Wild, Wild Hair by Nikki Grimes (Poetry Picture Book)

I really enjoyed this book because I reminds me of my 9 year old sisters hair. She does the same thing at Tisa. She runs and hides every morning because she doesn't want my mom to do her hair. She cries, throws tantrums, says she already did her hair, and trys every excuse in the book to not let my mom touch her hair. We finally had to buy a special brush that "won't hurt her head." It's pretty funny because she does most of the same things as Tisa. I believe this would be a great book to read to kids because so many of them can relate to what is happening in the book. Also at the end of the story when Tisa loves her hair and can't stop looking at it; my sister does the same thing. It might be a chore and hassle to do her hair but when it's done...she loves it. And so do the rest of us because we don't hear her crying.

I really liked how this book used talking in the book. I have never really seen poetry done with converations before and I liked how her vocabualry matched up every other line. It flowed really well together.