DADS READ: “My Hair Is A Garden” by author/illustrator Cozbi A. Cabrera
JER: “ My Hair Is A Garden ” by author/illustrator Cozbi A. Cabrera starts with a specific problem - “Mack’s hair is always a mess” everyone, even Mack, seemed to accept it as a fact. What I love about this book is that it expertly weaves in universal themes from one specific problem: • Relying on Community: “there was something special about Miss Tillie . . . You could say her house had a glory. . . . She knew I was at her house for a reason. . . . Miss Tillie called my mama, who said I could stay there a while.” • Growth takes time: “I thought about how that little tree had survived and all the water Miss Tillie gave it every day, even though it looked like a broken branch. I wondered if I would have given up and thrown it away.” • Diversity is beautiful: A Japanese maple isn’t prettier than succulents, “they’re both beautiful even though they’re so different.”; and • I especially love the last few pages: “My hair is a garden. And like e...