Happy to be nappy!
Happy with hair all short and strong.
Happy with locks that twist and curl.
Just all girl happy!
Happy to be nappy hair!

bell hooks and Chris Raschka join together to create an exuberant, rhythmic, read-aloud celebration about the joy and beauty of “nappy” hair.

bell hooks’s Ain’t I a Woman was called “one of the twenty most influential books of the last twenty years” by Publishers Weekly. She is a renowned social critic, writer and feminist intellectual. ms. hooks lives in New York City, where she is a distinguished Professor of English at City College. This is her first book for children.

Chris Raschka’s other picture books include the Caldecott Honor Book Yo! Yes?, Charlie Parker Played Be Bop, Mysterious Thelonious, and Like Likes Like. Mr. Raschka combines color washes with bold paint strokes to create the joyful illustrations that capture the beauty of ms. hooks’s lively text. Mr. Raschka lives with his wife and son in New York City.