About this item
This joyous and loving celebration of family is the first-ever picture book to highlight Black nighttime hair traditions--and is perfect for every little girl who knows what it's like to lose her bonnet just before bedtime.In my family, when the sun goes down, our hair goes up!My brother slips a durag over his locs.Sis swirls her hair in a wrap around her head.Daddy covers his black waves with a cap.Mama gathers her corkscrew curls in a scarf.I always wear a bonnet over my braids, but tonight I can't find it anywhere! Bedtime Bonnet gives readers a heartwarming peek into quintessential Black nighttime hair traditions and celebrates the love between all the members of this close-knit, multi-generational family.Perfect for readers of Hair Love and Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut.
About the Author
More on Nancy can be found at www.nancyredd.comFollow her on Twitter and Instagram @nancyreddFUN FACTS:* In 2002, Nancy appeared on Who Wants to be a Millionaire? with Regis Philbin and won $250,000. This would be her first time tripping on national television. * As Miss Virginia 2003, Nancy placed in the top ten and won a preliminary swimsuit award her year at Miss America. This would be her second time tripping on national television.* She ate her placenta and wrote about it for The New York Times in a piece virally heralded as the "NYT Headline of the Century."* Nancy totally wrote all of this third-person trivia herself. :)
