From a completely bald beauty queen with alopecia to the famed hair-hang circus act, Stenn weaves the history of hair through a variety of captivating examples, with sources varying from renaissance merchants diaries to interviews with wig makers, modern barbers, and more. In addition to expelling the biological basis and the evolutionary history of hair, the fiber is put into context: hair in history (as tied to textile mills and merchant associations),...

An easy-to-read, rhyming introduction to hair.

Celebrates the joy and beauty of nappy hair.

When Aaron hurts his hair's feelings by saying he hates it, his hair runs away and jumps onto other people and into trouble.

Discusses the ways that different animals use their hair to survive, including the polar bear, reindeer, and porcupine.

A little dog is afraid to get a haircut, but finds that he looks "cool" with short hair.

Camilla stays in her tower, giving herself exotic and interesting hairdos, until the day she has an unexpected visitor.

Provides tips for curly hair, including shampooing, conditioners, drying, combing, styling, getting the right cut, and how to heal hair after years of strong detergents and damaging blow dryers.

When Mrs. Toggle's bad hair day coincides with class picture day, her students, the custodian, the nurse, the art teacher, the librarian, and the principal all try to improve the situation.