Why is my hair curly? /
Iyer, Lakshmi
Why is my hair curly? / Lakshmi Iyer - India Westland Publications 2020 - 138p.
Avantika brushes and brushes, but there’s no keeping her curly hair down. She wished her hair was straight and smooth like Amma’s and Appa’s and her brother Avnish’s. Their parents had adopted the two of them when she was three-and-a-half years old and Avnish a six-month-old baby. Avantika often wonders if their birth mother had curly hair.
Her head has so many questions, the school year has started with hair-raising troubles, and Amma is busy at work. Avantika finds a confidante in the mysterious paati she meets in the park.
Why Is My Hair Curly by Lakshmi Iyer is a delightful celebration of curly hair and its courage to be yourself? Interspersed with exquisite black-and-white illustrations by Niloufer Wadia, this chapter book explores genetics, family dynamics and adoption identity through a light-hearted and sunny tale.
9789389648119
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Why is my hair curly? / Lakshmi Iyer - India Westland Publications 2020 - 138p.
Avantika brushes and brushes, but there’s no keeping her curly hair down. She wished her hair was straight and smooth like Amma’s and Appa’s and her brother Avnish’s. Their parents had adopted the two of them when she was three-and-a-half years old and Avnish a six-month-old baby. Avantika often wonders if their birth mother had curly hair.
Her head has so many questions, the school year has started with hair-raising troubles, and Amma is busy at work. Avantika finds a confidante in the mysterious paati she meets in the park.
Why Is My Hair Curly by Lakshmi Iyer is a delightful celebration of curly hair and its courage to be yourself? Interspersed with exquisite black-and-white illustrations by Niloufer Wadia, this chapter book explores genetics, family dynamics and adoption identity through a light-hearted and sunny tale.
9789389648119
Fiction
Children's Books
Kid's Books
Young Learners
Fiction IYE-L
