5/26/2023 0 Comments Happy to be nappy by bell hooksWith minimalist watercolor paintings, he shows us a wide variety of girls with different skin tones and hairstyles that are all over the map. Part of what makes this book so positive and uplifting is the artwork, from illustrator Chris Raschka. A teacher who read that book in her Brooklyn classroom wound up the subject of a full inquiry and ended up transferring schools out of concern for her personal safety. This book was less controversial than Carolivia Herron’s Nappy Hair, which was also intended to convey a message of acceptance. Hooks takes its literal definition and embraces it. While ‘nappy’ has long been a derisive term in the African-American community, Ms. This was the first children’s book from celebrated author, feminist and social activist Bell Hooks and it’s a poetic love song to natural hairstyles in little black girls. Kind of makes me realize how incredibly boring my own hair is.
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