Crazy Hair [Library Binding]

Neil Gaiman (Author), Dave McKean (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 26, 2009 | Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: P and up

"In my hair

Gorillas leap,

Tigers stalk,

And ground sloths sleep.

Prides of lions

Make their lair

Somewhere in my crazy hair."

Editorial Reviews

From Booklist

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, we’ve 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 elements—carousels, pirate ships, blue octopi, comb-eating bears—incorporated into the frenzied mix. There’s 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. Preschool-Grade 3. --Ian Chipman --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

About the Author

Neil Gaiman’s bestselling novels include Neverwhere, American Gods, Coraline, Anansi Boys, and Good Omens (with Terry Pratchett). He is the creator of the Sandman series of graphic novels and author of the short-fiction collections Smoke and Mirrors and Fragile Things. The winner of numerous literary honors, Gaiman is originally from England but now lives in America.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 4 and up
  
• Library Binding: 32 pages
• Publisher: HarperCollins (May 26, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0060579099
• ISBN-13: 978-0060579098
• Product Dimensions: 10.2 x 10.4 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.1 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,496,679 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

I make things up and write them down. Which takes us from comics (like SANDMAN) to novels (like ANANSI BOYS and AMERICAN GODS) to short stories (some are collected in SMOKE AND MIRRORS) and to occasionally movies (like Dave McKean's MIRRORMASK or the NEVERWHERE TV series, or my own short film A SHORT FILM ABOUT JOHN BOLTON).

In my spare time I read and sleep and eat and try to keep the blog at www.neilgaiman.com more or less up to date.

Customer Reviews

 

Most Recent Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best writers around today
I have been a fan of Neil Gaiman for a long time now, but that was in reading his adult fiction (and by adult I'm just indicating that it wasn't written with a child audience in... Read more

Published 1 month ago by Alfred

5.0 out of 5 stars As fun to read as it is to hear
Fun one to read to the six year old. There were a couple of words she didn't understand, but she was chiming in with "crazy hair" all the way through. Read more

Published 9 months ago by Okie Jeff

5.0 out of 5 stars I love this book!
My husband picked this up for our daughter when he was TDY in Arizona, and I love to read it to her!

Published 15 months ago by Lori Lindsey

5.0 out of 5 stars A Hairy Yet Strange Great Read
Nail Gaiman does it again with his odd, yet intriguing writing about a man with hair so crazy things actually live in it. Read more

Published 19 months ago by DelGal's Book Reviews

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic, unique, the whole family loves it
I noticed this book sitting on display on top of one of our library's bookshelves and grabbed it just based on the cover. Read more

Published 20 months ago by Erisha126

4.0 out of 5 stars Cracked up Mom, Dad and Baby Boy
I picked this up at the library for my husband to read to our 9-mo old for bedtime. I didn't read it before hand - the title and art made it seem worth the rental. Read more

Published 24 months ago by Curly Girl

5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant Minds
This is everything I expected from Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean. They are a brilliant duo and they never let me down. Read more

Published on January 20, 2010 by Charlotte Sometimes

5.0 out of 5 stars It's a fun, different and zany picturebook choice!
Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean's CRAZY HAIR offers a zany, artistic set of illustrations telling of a man's crazy hairdo and a girl's comments. Read more

Published on November 21, 2009 by Midwest Book Review

1.0 out of 5 stars Another Girl-Child Gets Eaten. BUURRRPP !!
This book can be analogized to a story of Little Red Riding Hood, told from the wolf's point of view, which ends with the wolf swallowing Riding Hood, and then boasting that she... Read more

Published on October 6, 2009 by J. Whelan

5.0 out of 5 stars Thoroughly delightful
Gaiman and McKean are a match made in heaven and this is my favorite of their collaborations so far. Read more

Published on September 6, 2009 by J. Day Mattson

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