Benbrook Public Library

"Celebrate along with this little girl as she proudly proclaims the wonder of her incredible natural hair. People may ask, 'Why is your hair so BIG?' But this girl knows it's because her hair is larger than life and can be so many wonderful things: magical and musical, soft and fearless, rich as her ancestral roots and deep as the Caribbean Sea. For those who already know it and for those who need to hear it, bold verse and vivid, fantastical illustrations...

"Hair In My Brush" focuses on a young girl named Briana receiving the rare, yet difficult diagnosis of alopecia, a condition that causes hair loss. Hair is a part of many children's identity. Briana has to learn how to redefine her own identity, as she no longer has the hair she once knew. Through love, patience, and understanding, Briana and her mother embark together on a journey to show others who Briana truly is and can be: smart, beautiful, and...

"This joyful, inspiring and powerful love letter to hair wrapping ties together past and present as it recognizes and demonstrates how knowledge is passed through generations"-- Provided by publisher.

"My disease is as rare as it is famous. Basically, I'm allergic to the world. I don't leave my house, have not left my house in seventeen years. The only people I ever see are my mom and my nurse, Carla. But then one day, a moving truck arrives next door. I look out my window, and I see him. He's tall, lean and wearing all black -- black T-shirt, black jeans, black sneakers, and a black knit cap that covers his hair completely. He catches me looking...

"In Furiously Happy...Jenny Lawson explores her lifelong battle with mental illness"-- Provided by publisher.

With so many beautiful hairstyles to choose from like perms and locs, a little girl decides to get the freshest fade on the block.

"While no cat can be called ordinary, Leonard is definitely no ordinary cat. In fact, he is an alien, sent on an earthly sabbatical and mistakenly given the body of a rather scruffy stray. Rescued by animal lover Olive, Leonard does his best to study the humans he hoped to join while contending with the indignities of hair balls, kitty litter, and a compulsion to shred the curtains. And as he collects experiences - shared cheese sandwiches, jokes,...

Features the touchy-feely patches and the descriptive words that help to develop babies' and toddlers' sensory and language development.

The kids at school dare John to visit the old house on the hill at night, and when he and his sister go in they find dusty dishes set on the table, a book open like it is waiting for a reader, and something hiding under the bed in the attic--and that is only one of the five scary stories with unexpected twists that are included in this collection.

"Hot Comb offers a poignant glimpse into black women's lives and coming of age stories as seen across a crowded, ammonia-scented hair salon while ladies gossip and bond over the burn. The titular story 'Hot Comb' is about a young girl's first perm--a doomed ploy to look cool and to stop seeming 'too white' in the all-black neighborhood her family has just moved to. In 'Virgin Hair', taunts of 'tender-headed' sting as much as the perm itself. It's...