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When Dad's Hair Took Off
by Jorge Muhle
Age Range: 6-8
This is a seriously whacky and off-the-wall story full of fun narrated by a young boy as he tells the strange story of the antics of his Dad’s missing hair.
“Dad’s hair was sick of being brushed and combed. It was tired of hanging around on his head. It wanted a life of its own. It wanted to see the world. One day, it coiled itself, and sprang.” The boy’s dad went after it, he scolded, threatened, begged and pleaded but all to no avail. The hair was off out of the bathroom and along the hall to the living room, over the kitchen table, and out through the open window. As the boy recounts in the story his father does not give up easily and he sets off to get it back!
Created by acclaimed German author and illustrator Jörg Mühle of the bestselling Tickle My Ears series and Two for Me, One for You picture book, When Dad’s Hair Took Off is a fast-paced and delightfully absurd tale that will raise a lot of giggles. Melody Shaw’s clever translation has captured the humour very well with a play on words as the hair sent Dad postcards from its travels:
“From Manhairtan Island
and the Sahaira Desert
From Hairizona,
from Antarctic Arc-hairpelago,
from Mount Hairverest, Bulghairia
and Buenos Haires.
From hair, there and everywhere …”
With its exuberant comical illustrations, this is a laugh-out-loud book that is sure to be enjoyed by young readers (and adults) too.