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Ali and her middle school classmates are raising flocks of fairies to make their wishes come true. But growing a flock is harder than it sounds: the fairies eat only human hair, and the rules for dealing with them are confusing, misleading, and subject to change. As Ali and her friends struggle to earn their wishes, mistakes are made, spells go awry, and soon Ali is up against hundreds of two-inch-tall imps who have very big plans-to replace all the...
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A celebration of family tradition and natural hair, in this adorable rhyming book!
A la pequeña EJ le hace mucha ilusión acompañar a su mamá y a su abuela por primera vez a la peluquería. Quiere encontrar un peinado especial, pero con tantas opciones... ¿cómo elegir? A los lectores les encantará "probar" peinados junto a EJ, quien se imagina luciendo distintos estilos. ¿Deberá llevar moños, con cintas y lazos? ¿O mechones que le hagan...
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Over 20 million women in the United States alone, are suffering from some type of hair loss. That's why it is so important for stories like mine to be heard. Androgenetic alopecia (AGA) is the most common form of hair loss in women. This type of hereditary hair loss can begin any time after puberty and usually occurs, if at all, before the age of forty. For me it began when I was 28.
In the book I share with you about how my hair loss began, the...
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Eve and Faye's correspondence began with a simple letter about a bad job interview or bad hair day, seeking comfort from hundreds of miles away. As their adult lives unfolded, gender roles, career choices, and family relationships became fair game, subject to both scrutiny and hilarity as the Ledermans lovingly ridicule everyone in their path. In one letter, Faye laments, "Every time I apply mascara before an interview my eyelashes get all clumped...
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Emmy Nominated Soap Opera Star, Amy Gibson, International Wig Designer, Leading Personal Hair Loss Consultant and 'The Voice of Hair Loss, has been living with hair loss for 25-years, and has dedicated her life to helping women better understand and emotionally cope with hair loss and how to live their lives normally, like any woman with hair.
In her new book, Amy crosses the barriers by opening a no-blink conversation about how to live with hair...
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It will make you laugh. It will make you cry.
It will make you look at your hairdresser, like you never have before.
There's more to cutting hair than scissors.
For Tracy Bitternose, hairdressing was a way to deliver beauty, inspiration, kindness, creativity, self-worth, and strength not only to herself, but to every person who sat in her chair.
She's been through it all: abusive relationships, divorce, self-loathing, health issues, and even cancer,...
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Chris-Tia Donaldson knows what it means to beat the odds. Going from the inner city of Detroit to the Ivy League to founding a successful hair care company and facing brutal trials like breast cancer along the way, she embodies the strength so many women in America aspire to have - and knows how the challenges women face can create remarkable perspective, calm, and understanding.
In This is Only a Test, Chris-Tia reflects on her journey as a black...
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Fans of the hit Bravo show Tabatha's Salon Takeover tune in for the straight-shooting, unvarnished commentary of its ballsy, stylish, and savvy star. Though millions admire Tabatha Coffey's unflinching honesty and never-say-die attitude, some do not and have even taken to name-calling. Refusing to let others define her, she has reclaimed the word "bitch," transforming it to fit the person she is: Brave, Intelligent, Tenacious, Creative, and Honest....
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THE GOVERNMENT CREATED HER. THE MILITARY USED HER.UNTIL SHE DISCOVERED - NO ONE COULD CONTROL HER.
Sixteen-year-old telekinetic Eten longs to be a healer, not an assassin. She's enraged when she must teach her adorable five-year-old sister to kill. Not that she can do anything about it. These are emotions Eten must keep under strict control or risk the wand-a device that lights up her spinal implants with excruciating pain.
But Eten has begun...
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I Am Not My Breast Cancer gathers the warm, loving, frank, and informed voices of more than eight hundred women-from every state in the nation and from continents as far away as Australia and Africa-who reveal their fears, trade advice, share experiences, and express their deepest, most intimate concerns. Essential reading for any woman with this diagnosis, it offers the companionship of other women dealing with this disease. Taking the reader chronologically...
15) God Loves Hair
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"A touching poetic exploration of budding sexuality, the mysticism of religion, and family dynamics. Shraya's text and Neufeld's illustrations capture the confusion, innocence, and de3lusions of adolescence bang on." -Brian Francis, author of FruitI am often mistaken for a girl. Not just because I like to wear dresses or makeup. I don't mind. My parents are from India and here is not quite home. School isn't always safe and neither is my body. But...
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"Poof! Then magic happened, from light inside my heart. They loved me and I learned, I am capable, kind and smart!" How do we inspire our children to know all the ways they can shine in this world, simply by being who they are? BE YOU TIFUL LOVE, SOFIA is the true story of Sofia Sanchez, a little girl with Down syndrome. Talking to you heart to heart, Sofia takes you on her personal journey of dreaming big and never giving up. Gorgeous full color...
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"From Down syndrome advocate and viral sensation Sofia Sanchez comes this beautiful and inclusive picture book about all the different ways to make a family. Families come in many different shapes and forms -- but they all teach you how to be strong and show you how loved you are. Alongside a sweet and simple narrative, the warm illustrations tell their own story. Beginning with Sofia Sanchez's adopted family, readers will meet families with two moms...
19) Together we ride
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Told in rhyming text, a young African American girl learns to ride a bike, with the help of her father.
20) Wash day love
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"Little Tasha hates getting her hair washed, but with her big sister, mother, and grandmother's loving encouragement, the weekly ritual becomes a family bonding experience."-- (source of summary not specified)






