When Harriet's sister offers to fix a rebellious curl, the three of them launch into a series of outrageous, hair-raising schemes to tame Harriet's wayward ringlet. Despite their best efforts, though, two, three, four, and still more curls break loose. Soon the yard and the house are a wreck, poor Harriet is exhausted, and her head is covered with curls. Dawn Stewart's rollicking, boisterous tale, vividly brought to life by Michael White's brilliant and quirky illustrations, will entertain young readers while helping them to see that the root of our problems is sometimes all in the way we look at them.
When Harriet's sister offers to fix a rebellious curl, the three of them launch into a series of outrageous, hair-raising schemes to tame Harriet's wayward ringlet. Despite their best efforts, though, two, three, four, and still more curls break loose. Soon the yard and the house are a wreck, poor Harriet is exhausted, and her head is covered with curls. Dawn Stewart's rollicking, boisterous tale, vividly brought to life by Michael White's brilliant and quirky illustrations, will entertain young readers while helping them to see that the root of our problems is sometimes all in the way we look at them.