Nappy Hair by Carolivia Herron

This book could cause controversy for many reasons. When the brother tells Brenda that she should be ashamed of her nappy hair. She corrects him and tells him that she is proud of her nappy hair. The book continues with a conversation with God explaining that he is going to give the "brown little girl" the nappiest hair in the world. Slavery is brought up in the book telling how her parents were sold for only a nickle and a dime. Later in the book they are explaining how Brenda looked when she was born with many adjetives and one of the ones they used to describe her hair was "screwed up." This suprised me because the book is mostly about how Brenda loves her hair, but her family admits that her hair is 'screwed up.'
This book had great illistrations, and would be good for teaching children to accept themselves for who they are. The girl in this story admits that she is happy with her appearance even when her family acts as if she isn't perfect.