So the first thing that came to my mind when I saw this book was Don Imus. A few year back this radio personality used the term 'nappy' to refer to the women's basketball team at Rutgers. Immediately there was backlash towards him and he eventually was fired from CBS. 'Nappy' is a frowned upon term to use, this book however celebrates 'nappy' hair.
Truthfully, I don't don't really see the need for a book like this? I think the underlying message of this story to celebrate who you are, what you have, you are beautiful... is a great message, but is this really the best way to portray that message? I don't know. On top of not really liking this book I thought some words were incredibly difficult to read because of the text font in cursive. Overall, I appreciate what this author is trying to do, I just think there are more appropriate books out there that would get the same message across.
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