Pretty Hair

<p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Sophia is excited for her first day at her new school. She has a new dress</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>new shoes and a new hairdo. Her mom has combed Sophia's hair into</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>cornrows with blue and white beads to match her dress. She loves hearing</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>the beads in her hair hit together like tiny wind chimes.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>When she arrives at school Sophia discovers her hair is different than the</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>other girls' hair. The children are curious about Sophia's cornrows and one</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>even seems to tease her. Sophia is sad; she begs her mom to style her</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>just like her friends'.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>This picture book helps young girls and women understand there are an</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>amazing variety of styles and textures of hair and no one type is the</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>definition of pretty. Children learn to embrace their differences as well as the</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>differences of others.</span></p><p><br></p><p><br></p>