Hair for Mama
It's family picture time for the Carters, but Mama does not want to be in the photo this year. All of her beautiful hair is gone because of chemotherapy treatments for her cancer, and she doesn't want to be remembered without hair. Eight-year-old Marcus knows that the picture won't be...
| Main Author: | Tinkham, Kelly. |
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| Other Authors: | Bates, Amy June (Illustrator) |
| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York :
Dial Books for Young Readers,
c2007.
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| Summary: |
It's family picture time for the Carters, but Mama does not want to be in the photo this year. All of her beautiful hair is gone because of chemotherapy treatments for her cancer, and she doesn't want to be remembered without hair. Eight-year-old Marcus knows that the picture won't be the same without Mama, so he comes up with a plan to find her some hair and make her better. Even though the plan doesn't work in quite the way Marcus expects, he comes to understand that "hair is nice to have, but not as nice as me having Mama and Mama having me." |
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| Physical Description: |
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 28 cm. |
| ISBN: |
0803729553 9780803729551 9781428746251 (BWI bdg.) 1428746250 (BWI bdg.) |
| Author Notes: |
As an author, Kelly has written articles for local newspapers and national magazines such as Faces. She completed training with the institute of children's literature. Kelly makes author visits to schools and libraries. She works as a librarian at Newaygo area district library and is the reader for Carnegie on the road. Most recently, Kelly released Hair For Mama in May 2007. Hair For Mama is a children's picture book published by Dial Books for Young Readers, a Division of Penguin Young Readers Group and illustrated by Amy June Bates. |