Lucy is famous for her hair. We cannot go anywhere in public without being stopped and asked about her bouncy spiral curly hair. She has a love hate relationship with that hair, though. You see, she has friends who won't even sit next to her at the dinner table because they are afraid of her hair (Kenna), and she prefers it curly to straight, but brushing the tangles out after a bath is torture for her...{ask the neighbors, b/c I am sure they can hear her blood curdling screams.} She loves wearing it down in all of it's afro glory with only a clip, not a pony, but that creates tangles especially in this humidity, and so the roller coaster ride of managing her hair continues.
We were so excited to find the book The Hair of Zoe Fleefenbacher Goes to School at the library last month. Zoe's crazy hair has a life of its own, not unlike the hair of Lucy Lichtenberger, and she learns to embrace its benefits through a series of hilarious events. The illustrations are AMAZING and Lucy has fallen in love with this book. So glad to have found a book that speaks to my baby's heart and the part of her that wonders if her hair is a blessing or a curse. I love children's lit.
