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The Hair Of Zoe Fleefenbacher Goes To School (2009)

by Laurie Halse Anderson(Favorite Author)

3.88 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

0689858094 (ISBN13: 9780689858093)

languge

English

genre

Fantasy

publisher

Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers

review 1: I was surprised when I saw that one of my favorite authors, Laurie Halse Anderson, had a children’s book out, so I immediately ordered it at my library.It definitely delivered everything I would expect from this author: it had a deeper message that would help both children and adults who are reading it. I found it inspiring and I thought that it was exactly the kind of book/message that I would want children to be reading about. I especially enjoyed the fact that Zoe’s parents were loving and supportive rather than the antagonists of the story, and I also love that there was a positive parallel to the antagonist as if to show that not all people in the antagonist’s position will behave or think the way that she did.I recommend this for parents to read to their childr... moreen, and teachers to read to their students.
review 2: I didn't care for this story as much as I thought I would. I like the idea of hair with a mind of its own, but I felt that the illustrations just gave her too much hair. However, the story is really about working with someone uncooperative as opposed to fighting them. Zoe's kindergarten teacher understood this, but Ms. Trisk, the first grade teacher, didn't. You could say that Zoe's hair was like an ADD/ADHD child. Restraining it would only make the situation worse. Zoe understood that she could channel her hair's energy into helping rather than being a hindrance. This book was a 2010 honor book for the Horace Mann Upstander Children's Literature Award. Just wish I'd like the pictures more, because the story makes a good point. Recommended, however, as I think children will enjoy it. less

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