Review: A lesson in personal hygiene
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 09 13, 2013
Four-year-old Claire loved playing beauty shop with her mom, spending hours brushing each other's hair. But then she decided that taking such meticulous care of her hair was boring and that she had more fun things to do. Of course, her hair became a mess, and Curly Claire soon became known as Messy Claire. Resisting the pleas of her mom and the taunts of her friends, it took a traumatic event involving Claire's pet mouse to persuade her to take care of her hair.Hygiene is a lesson that kids have to learn, sometimes the hard way as Claire did. "Messy Hair Claire," with its rhyming text and color illustrations, teaches that lesson by showing the consequences of neglecting personal hygiene, then reinforcing the positive aspects of neatness and cleanliness.It's a simple story that younger kids will enjoy and learn from.