TAGS: Black, Father-daughter, Family, Vashti Harrison, Black Hair, Textured Hair, HardcoverĪlso available in our Hair Love Book Bundle. It’s also a sweet story to show dads a new way to bond with their daughters, providing such an important and strong image of black fatherhood. Take-away message: Don’t give up! Use trial-and-error to problem solve. The film won the Oscar for the Best Animated Short at the 2020 Academy Awards. Smith Hair Love is a 2019 animated short that follows the difficulties a young man encounters in doing his daughter’s hair for the first time. I’m OBSESSED with all of Vashti Harrison’s work! She has an amazing ability to create such emotive and captivating characters. Cherry, Everett Downing Jr., and Bruce W. Zuri and her father are depicted in such an endearing pose on the cover art, and I love that their faces envelop most of the cover. Which resonates with most kids, no matter their ethnicity. But it’s also more broadly a story about the bond between a father and daughter. Hair Love is an absolute breathe of fresh air! Little Black girls will certainly be delighted to see themselves in the pages of this book. Braids make her feel like a princess, and two puffs make her feel like a superhero! One day, when mom is away from home, Zuri’s dad wants to help create the perfect hairstyle, but he soon finds that it’s not as easy as it looks. Cherry’s Academy Award-winning short film, Hair Love, young Zuri expresses herself through the countless hairstyles that her beautiful locks allow. In this heartwarming adaptation of Matthew A. Reading level: Lexile AD480L | Fountas & Pinnell J Cherry Illustrated by Vashti Harrison (2019) – Hardcover
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