After generations of short hair in her family, a little girl celebrates growing her hair long to connect to her culture and honor the strength and resilience of those who came before her.

"Marlene loves three things: art, her cool Tía Ruby and hanging out with her best friend, Camila. But according to her mother, Paola, the only things she needs to focus on are school and growing up. That means straightening her hair every weekend so she can have 'presentable,' 'good' hair. But Marlene hates being in the salon and doesn't understand why her curls are not considered pretty by those around her. With a few hiccups, a dash of embarrassment,...

Bonnie encounters all sorts of exotic animals and marvelous things inside a man's crazy hair

When Stella learns that her best friend Willa is moving away, she makes a wish and tries with a magic potion to keep her in Redwood City, California.

Simple text and child-like drawings describe how hair can look in many different situations

Franny tries to follow her mother's suggestion to change her appearance, but by turning hair styling into a science experiment she creates some very greedy pigtails that terrorize the town.

Various people at a backyard picnic offer their comments on a young girl's tightly curled, "nappy" hair

When Millie has to fix her hair by herself for the first time, her friend Renee and a sense of humor help her to discover something about friendship and independence

After her first trip to a beauty parlor Junie decides she wants to work there, and she practices on her bunny slippers, her dog, and herself with disastrous results

A little girl refuses to brush her hair until it becomes so unruly that it takes over everything