Crazy Hair
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Crazy Hair is a fantastically fun tale written by New York Times bestselling author Neil Gaiman and illustrated by the astoundingly talented Dave McKean, the award-winning team behind The Wolves in the Walls.
In Crazy Hair, Bonnie makes a friend who has hair so wild there's even a jungle inside of it! Bonnie ventures through the crazy hair, but she may need more than a comb to tame her friend's insane mane.
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Neil Gaiman. (2009). Crazy Hair. Unabridged HarperCollins.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Neil Gaiman. 2009. Crazy Hair. HarperCollins.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Neil Gaiman, Crazy Hair. HarperCollins, 2009.
MLA Citation (style guide)Neil Gaiman. Crazy Hair. Unabridged HarperCollins, 2009.
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Neil Gaiman is the New York Times bestselling and multi-award winning author and creator of many beloved books, graphic novels, short stories, film, television and theatre for all ages. He is the recipient of the Newbery and Carnegie Medals, and many Hugo, Nebula, World Fantasy, and Will Eisner Awards. Neil has adapted many of his works to television series, including Good Omens (co-written with Terry Pratchett) and The Sandman. He is a Goodwill Ambassador for the UN Refugee Agency UNHCR and Professor in the Arts at Bard College. For a lot more about his work, please visit: https://www.neilgaiman.com/
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Crazy Hair is a fantastically fun tale written by New York Times bestselling author Neil Gaiman and illustrated by the astoundingly talented Dave McKean, the award-winning team behind The Wolves in the Walls.
In Crazy Hair, Bonnie makes a friend who has hair so wild there's even a jungle inside of it! Bonnie ventures through the crazy hair, but she may need more than a comb to tame her friend's insane mane.
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Starred review from January 10, 2005
As author Gaiman demonstrated on his recording of his first children's novel, Coraline
, he's more than up to the task of reading his work with great style. Here, again, he performs as a consummate storyteller, reading four stories, two of which have been published as picture books. Gaiman has a slow, suspense-building pace and a slightly ominous tone on "The Wolves in the Walls," in which Lucy tries to warn her preoccupied family of what the creaking, crackling, scritching, scratching noises in their house must surely be. "On The Day I Swapped My Dad for Two Goldfish," Gaiman's first picture book, the author/narrator rolls along at a jaunty, entertaining clip. On "Crazy Hair," Gaiman is sprightly, reading this silly rhyming poem about the very wild 'do of the 11-year-old narrator, big enough to house nesting birds and lions making a lair, and very resistant to brushing. Listeners and fans are also treated to a reading of "Cinnamon," a colorful original fable about a princess who refuses to speak (though a tiger in the exotically set tale has lots to say). which had previously appeared only on Gaiman's Web site. Gaiman's daughter Maddy conducts a warm, revealing and lively interview with her dad that is likely to charm listeners of all ages. Ages 5-up. (Nov. 2004)
FYI:
A CD recording containing
The Day I Swapped My Dad for Two Goldfish also appears in a limited edition reissue of the picture book, released by HarperCollins Children's Books in October 2004
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June 1, 2009
“Mister, you've got crazy hair,” Bonnie, a girl in a tank top, tells the narrator, whose dark hair twists and tangles across the spreads. (Are they strangers? Relatives? McKean's masklike faces make it hard to tell.) “In my hair/ Gorillas leap,/ Tigers stalk,/ And ground sloths sleep,” the man tells her. Cockatoos, explorers, hot-air balloons, pirate ships and more—“These await/ The ones who dare/ Navigate my crazy hair.” McKean blends line drawing, paint and closeup images of hair to convey the dizzying variety of life within the man's locks. Even the text participates in the mayhem: lines of type swirl, switch fonts, and swell and shrink for emphasis. When bossy Bonnie offers to tame the man's unruly mop with her comb, he warns, “Miss, just be aware/ This is really crazy hair,” but it's too late; she meets a Roald Dahlesque end, hauled deep into a new world, “safe inside my crazy hair.” While some may find the tale's intensity off-putting, fans of Gaiman and McKean's (The Wolves in the Walls
) twisted humor will welcome this lighter-than-usual addition. Ages 4–8.
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June 1, 2009
PreS-Gr 2-This award-winning duo delivers a new romp "through a labyrinth of hair." Bonnie, the intrepid young heroine, encounters an odd fellow with a masklike face and comments on his long, wavy locks. Affronted, he defends his do: "In my hair/Gorillas leap, /Tigers stalk, /And ground sloths sleep]. Hunters send in/Expeditions, /Radio back/Their positions/Still, we've lost/a dozen there/Lost inside my "crazy hair"." McKean's computer-enhanced, mixed-media illustrations offer a wondrous interpretation of the outrageous objects enumerated by Gaiman: cockatoos are composed in feathery, neon strokes; transparent hot-air balloons expose intricate collage interiors; leaping dancers radiate color. Many of the scenes have a blurry, dreamlike quality, suggesting movement or a hint of foreboding. The hair varies in density from slender strands to massive jungles to tubular trunks, as under a microscope. The text for this surreal poem (at times a bit awkward) curves, spills, vibrates, and dangles, graphically signaling the mood and the message. Viewers will want to follow closely the design on Bonnie's T-shirt; its transformations offer emotional cues and are partially responsible for the scary/safe feeling readers have after she combs the hair and is pulled inside. This imaginative concoction fits perfectly with Deborah Nourse Lattimore's "The Lady with the Ship on Her Head" (Harcourt, 1990) to celebrate the potential of hair with a life of its own."Wendy Lukehart, Washington DC Public Library"Copyright 2009 School Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.
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March 15, 2009
Preschool-G The duo responsible for The Wolves in the Walls (2003) return with another chaotic picture book popping with bright collage and multimedia imagery. A man takes umbrage with a young girl ogling his outrageous hairdo, and tells her in a series of increasingly ridiculous rhymes all the things that can be found in the stupendous swaths swirling upon his head (Hunters send in expeditions, / Radio back their positions / Still, weve lost a dozen there / Lost inside my crazy hair.) Each page is a veritable feast for the eyes, with frazzled clumps of hair competing for attention with outlandish elementscarousels, pirate ships, blue octopi, comb-eating bearsincorporated into the frenzied mix. Theres something a little unsettling and unhinged about the imagery, just on the safe side of nightmarish; but the text, for the most part, is delightful and glib. The whole thing comes off as a little self-gratifying on the creators parts, but there is no doubting the dazzling creativity on display. Perhaps best recommended for children with an adventurous artistic sensibility.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2009, American Library Association.)
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July 1, 2009
Bonnie comments on the narrator's "crazy hair," and he responds with fanciful descriptions of its many denizens (."..Gorillas leap, / Tigers stalk, / And ground sloths sleep"). Bonnie combs the hair, whereupon "one huge arm" pulls her in. McKean's psychedelically colored illustrations, framed by textured swirls, caverns, and landscapes of hair, are a striking complement to Gaiman's fantastical text.(Copyright 2009 by The Horn Book, Incorporated, Boston. All rights reserved.)
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