Princess Hair, Sharee Miller
Princess Hair, Sharee Miller
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Princess Hair

Author: Sharee Miller

Narrator: LaQuita James

Unabridged: 3 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/26/2021


Synopsis

Princesses with curls wear pearls. Princesses with head wraps take long naps. And princesses with teeny-weeny Afros wear teeny-weeny bows.

Celebrate different hair shapes, textures, and styles in this self-affirming picture book! From dreadlocks to blowouts to braids, Princess Hair shines a spotlight on the beauty and diversity of black hair, showing young readers that every kind of hair is princess hair.

Debut author-illustrator Sharee Miller encourages confidence and pride in this playful, colorful picture book that teaches readers to love every bit of themselves.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jasmine on October 10, 2018

Adorable, and makes me wish I could do those hair styles, they look so great.......more

Goodreads review by Abigail on February 28, 2019

Author/illustrator Sharee Miller makes her picture-book debut with Princess Hair, which offers an affirmational celebration of all the different kinds of black hair. Whether it's Afros or dreadlocks, Bantu knots or kinks, every kind of black hair is princess hair, and all the little girls who wear s......more

Goodreads review by Adiaha on February 15, 2021

So my four year old is obsessed with everything princess and it pained me when she would tell me over and over that she wanted hair like Elsa the ice queen or simply state she wants princess hair. Well what is princess hair? Does she mean it in the literal sense? Or did she simply want a crown to we......more

Goodreads review by Margaret Boling on January 02, 2018

12/31/2017 ~~ If you purchase this book, be sure to get the version published by Little Brown. Reading the two editions of this book side-by-side clearly shows the value of having an editor, a book designer, and potentially the value of traditional publishing. Originally published by CreateSpace in......more

Goodreads review by Jason on April 24, 2018

At first I thought this was another celebration of all the ways we're all different, blah blah blah. But when I saw it was solely about the different types of black hairstyles, I was sold. The title doesn't pinpoint a particular type of reader at first glance, so this could be a good way for white p......more


Quotes

* "After decades of white princesses' domination of American fairytales, Miller expands the vision of what princess hair can look like to black girls....A sweet and joyful affirmation of the truth that 'NAPPY princesses are HAPPY princesses.'"—Kirkus Reviews, starred review

"This is the perfect book for young girls, but especially girls who might not be happy with their hair because it's different from the hair that they see on others."—The Huffington Post

"This exuberant, colorful collection of words and pictures is a stylish pick-me-up for any little princess who's ever had a bad hair day. Delightful."—USA Today

"In this adorably illustrated book for early readers, debut author Sharee Miller celebrates the diversity of black hair...showing young girls that whether you wear dreadlocks or puffs, you're still a princess."—Real Simple