Harriet's Horrible Hair Day
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Picture Book · Ages 4–8 · 2000 · Est. 4 min read-aloud

Harriet's Horrible Hair Day

By Dawn Lesley Stewart, Michael P White (Illustrator)

A rebellious curl leads to chaos and unexpected revelations.

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32 pages· 494 words· Est. 4 min read-aloud
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Harriet's neat braid is disrupted by a rebellious curl, sparking a wild adventure with her sister to tame it. As more curls escape, their attempts lead to chaos, leaving Harriet exhausted and her home in disarray. Can they find a solution, or is the answer hidden in how they perceive the problem? Discover the whimsical journey of self-acceptance and perspective in this lively tale.

From the publisher

One day an unruly curl pops out of Harriet’s nice, neat braid–a wriggly, wavy, horrible curl. When Harriet’s sister offers to fix her rebellious curl, they launch into a series of outrageous, hair-raising schemes to tame Harriet’s wayward ringlet. Despite their best efforts, another curl breaks loose…and then another…and then another. Soon the yard and the house are a wreck, poor Harriet is exhausted, and her head is covered in curls.Dawn Stewart’s rollicking, boisterous tale, vividly brought to life by Michael White’s brilliant and quirky illustrations, will entertain young readers while helping them to see that the root of our problems is sometimes all in the way we look at them.

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Format
Paperback
Pages
32
Words
494
Reading age
4–8
Audience
Picture
Lexile
AD550L
Themes & topics
Books about self-acceptanceBooks about familyBooks about hairBooks about siblings
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Book details

Reading levels
ATOS
~3.6
F&P level
~N
Publication
Published
February 1, 2018
First published
March 1, 2000
Edition
Language
English
Type
Picture Book
Identifiers
ISBN
9781682630358

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