Stella’s Stellar Hair by Yesenia Moises
Stella is getting ready for a party and needs a new hairdo that suits her just right! What does she do? She journeys across the solar system to visit her aunties who try out new hairstyles on Stella until she finds what she’s looking for.
Stella’s journey is a journey towards empowerment as she discovers the various hairstyles black girls can wear to express different aspects of their personality. Wonderfully crafted and beautifully inspiring, the illustrator has also decorated the pages with beautiful colors to portray the galaxy and its cosmic wonder. The pictures are cartoonish in style with visuals of hair that blends into the backgrounds.
The story flows with a definitive, repetitious pattern which is perfect for children to digest. The reader follows Stella as she reveals our solar system providing an educational element. The visual impact of the book alone would be enough to sell me on it, but the heartwarming story of Stella’s search for self and its perspective on an often underrepresented part of childhood turns a simple children’s book into a worthwhile read, and a sense of self-esteem and understanding. If using for a storytime, this would be best for grades K-2nd.
Request this book from your local library!
Bibliography
Moises, Yesenia. Stella’s Stellar Hair. Imprint, a Part of Macmillan Publishing Group, LLC, 2021.
Amazon Link
https://www.amazon.com/Stellas-Stellar-Hair-Yesenia-Moises/dp/1250261775
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