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Stella discovers that her new glasses are magic, allowing her to see the knit-knotters--night sprites that are flitting around town tyeing knots in children's hair so they need haircuts--and when a conversation with one of them, Trixie, reveals the reason, Stella comes up with a plan to deal with the mischievous fairies.
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When one of Henry's toys gets stuck in Heidi's hair, mom cuts a chunk of Heidi's hair off. The hair salon can't fix the problem, so Heidi calls on her Aunt Trudy and her book of magic spells for a new hairdo. However, the spell goes awry and it's up to Heidi and her mom to come up with an old-fashioned solution.
6) Rapunzel
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A retelling of the classic fairy tale about a beautiful girl with extraordinarily long golden hair who is imprisoned in a lonely tower by a witch. Written in graphic-novel format.
9) What once was mine: a twisted tale : What if Rapunzel's mother drank a potion from the wrong flower?
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Desperate to save the life of their queen and her unborn child, the good citizens of the kingdom comb the land for the all-healing Sundrop flower to cure her . . . but someone mistakenly picks the blossom of the Moondrop instead. This shimmering flower heals the queen and she delivers a healthy baby girl with hair as silver and gray as the moon. But with her mysterious hair comes dangerous magical powers: the power to hurt, not heal. For the safety...
11) Hair story
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Illustrations and rhythmic, rhyming text follow a Boricua girl and a Black girl from birth through early childhood, culminating in a playdate where they celebrate their natural hair.
12) Wash day love
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Wash day is Tasha's least favorite day of the week because water always gets everywhere, in her eyes, in her ears, and even down her back. But with the encouragement of her big sister, mother, and grandmother, Tasha learns how important wash day is and that it is a special bonding time for the women in her family. Includes notes from the author and the illustrator.
15) Princess hair
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Celebrates the different shapes, textures, and styles of African American hair that little princesses wear, from dreadlocks and blowouts to head wraps and braids.
16) Beach hair
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When a young family decides to spend the day at the beach, a child finds joy in all the different kinds of beach hair they see--including their own.
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"You're fifteen. You spend your time at school and at Val's hair salon with Baker, Val's son, who has eyes that are like falling off a cliff into space. The salon is a space of safety, but also of possibility and dreams. When you dream, you visit an enchanted forest full of friends and wonder. You dream of witches and magic, of hair so rich and alive that it grow upwards and outwards into a wild landscape, becomes trees and leaves, and houses birds...