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- Hattie, Get a Haircut!
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- Author: Jenna Glatzer (with Monica Kendall)
- Reviewer: Carolyn Howard-Johnson
- Publisher: Moo Press, Inc. (Imprint of Keene Publishing)
- Format: Children's (Ages 4 and up), Fiction, Hardcover, 32 Pages, 2005, $19.95
- ISBN: 0972485309
- Rating: * * * * Quills
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- Not only is Hattie, Gets A Haircut! the perfect book for a child who doesn't like to sit still for the barber as one might guess, but it is also a delightful poem touched with humor and a lovely little lesson in giving.
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- Hattie hates to have her hair cut and is quite vehement about it. As I recall, my daughter wasn't nearly so vocal, so even parents who think their child tolerates getting a haircut well might be mistaken. At any rate, the day before the dreaded scissors are taken to her hair Hattie protests, "You can make me eat my broccoli / give me pointy shoes to wear, but I will never / no way / not at all / let someone cut my hair!" Aha! How lovely. A child who is allowed to express her emotions.
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- That night Hattie goes to bed in quite a snit and dreams that her hair is growing…and growing…and growing! When her hair gets so long that grandmothers start knitting it and birds start building nests in it, she knows she is in trouble. She, of course learns a valuable lesson about the nature of fear, and later, a clever hair dresser and her mommy suggest donating her tresses to a charity that makes wigs for children who have no hair.
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- The rhyme is easy, and it keeps the subject light and adds to the humor. Monica Kendall's pencil and watercolor illustrations capture Hattie's moods perfectly. I would have liked to see this book include the name, Web site or other contact information of a charity that handles the donation of hair. This lapse may be forgiven, however, for other than that, Hattie is a honey!
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