Hair Love by Matthew A. Cherry

Title: Hair Love 

Genre: Fiction 

Author: Matthew A. Cherry

Illustrator: Vashti Harrison 

Major Awards: No major awards 

Age group: 4 to 8 years 

 

Summary: 

This story written by Matthew Cherry is about a beautiful bond between a father and daughter. Zuri’s hair is unique and she loves all the hairstyles that she can do with it. While her mom is away, it is her dad’s duty to do her hair. After many struggles, they followed a video and perfected an amazing hairstyle just in time for when her mother returns home. 

 Evaluation: 

Appropriate grade level would be Preschool to 3^rd grade. 

I really enjoyed reading this book because it has a very powerful lesson, to learn how to love your natural hair or just yourself natural. The illustrations were beautiful and had the right balance of color. The colors in some pages were soothing and then it other they were vibrant. This book would be perfect to read aloud during “love yourself” awareness month. I would definitely have it in my classroom library because you just never know what student might one day need this book to learn how to love themselves as they are.