Redd’s family represents a range of varying hair textures and care routines, while Myers’s vibrant illustrations bring the close-knit crew and their daily rituals to affectionate life. book to highlight Black nighttime hair traditions-and is perfect for every little girl who knows what its like to lose her bonnet just before bedtime. A search begins, the whole family pitching in until the purple cap is found in an amusing spot. Wearing her own hair in a freshly braided crown, the girl discovers that her bedtime bonnet, which helps “protect my hair from tangles and lint,” is missing. Bedtime Bonnet is an important addition to children’s literature because it celebrates Blackness by providing a glimpse into a common cultural practice. Description: New York: Random House, 2020 Summary: As family members braid, brush, twirl. Her father’s brush “makes rows of black waves appear,” her grandmother “rolls up her silver mane,” and her mother “gathers her corkscrew curls” before each adds their own covering (wave cap, kerchief, scarf). Title: Bedtime bonnet/Nancy Redd illustrated by Nneka Myers. The protagonist is unable to go sleep because there is one thing missing-her hair bonnet This book encouraged our little girl to wear her bonnet to protect her hair and maintain her hairstyles.

Her brother “twists and tightens each of his locs” before donning a durag, while Sis “combs her hair in a swirl” before putting it in a wrap. Bedtime Bonnet is a cute story with wonderful illustrations about how all the members of a family participate in a night time hair routine. Moda infantil para niños y bebés con encanto. The youngest, an expressive girl sporting two Afro puffs, introduces readers to her family as they begin readying for bed. Exclusiva ropa para bebés y niños diseñada en España y fabricada con materiales naturales. “In my family, when the sun goes down, our hair goes up,” begins this story about a intergenerational black family’s nighttime hair routines.