Big Wig
Written by Kathleen Krull
Narrated by Eliza Foss
4/5
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About this audiobook
Kathleen Krull
Kathleen Krull is well known for her innovative, award-winning nonfiction for young people, including Lives of the Explorers, Lives of the Musicians, and all other books in this popular series illustrated by Kathryn Hewitt. She is also the author of Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar Chavez, illustrated by Yuyi Morales, as well as The Beatles Were Fab (and They Were Funny) and Lincoln Tells a Joke: How Laughter Saved the President (and the Country), both co-written with Paul Brewer and illustrated by Stacy Innerst. She lives in San Diego, California. Visit her online at kathleenkrull.com.
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Reviews for Big Wig
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5This is a fantastic and quirky look at the history of hair about which there is not much available for the children's non-fiction section. Starting from an African prehistory with monkey's sitting under hairdryers, and a Marilyn Monro lookalike cavewoman this is not an entirely accurate story! The Nigerians are covered, as are the Eyptians with their false beards, the Mayans, Indians, Irish, Scottish, Greeks, Romans and England's Queen Elizabeth. The book travels through Iraq, Japan, France, Peru, the United States, Venice, China, Vienna and Mexico. Ending with the punk style and the most expensive haircut ever, this is an entertaining story.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A fascinating and entertaining world history of hair.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5This is a fantastic and quirky look at the history of hair about which there is not much available for the children's non-fiction section. Starting from an African prehistory with monkey's sitting under hairdryers, and a Marilyn Monro lookalike cavewoman this is not an entirely accurate story! The Nigerians are covered, as are the Eyptians with their false beards, the Mayans, Indians, Irish, Scottish, Greeks, Romans and England's Queen Elizabeth. The book travels through Iraq, Japan, France, Peru, the United States, Venice, China, Vienna and Mexico. Ending with the punk style and the most expensive haircut ever, this is an entertaining story.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5This hilarious book is packed with information about the history of hair. It's organized as a chronological timeline that is easy for young readers to understand. This book could easily be read in chunks, or straight through. My students begged me to read it straight through-- they loved the anecdotes about philosphers trying to cure baldness with goat pee and details about how the first blow dryer was invented. Many prominent historical figures appear (Joan of Arc, Marie Antoinette, Elizabeth I, John Lennon among them), so this is also possible to use as a biographical study. This book really excites students about the potentials for nonfiction.