The Longest Hair in the World [Audio Cassette]

Lois Duncan (Author), Christina Moore (Narrator)

Product Details

• Audio Cassette
• Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc (1999)
• ISBN-10: 0788726323
• ISBN-13: 978-0788726323
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,141,813 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Lois Duncan was born in Philadelphia, PA, and grew up in Sarasota, FL.
She knew from early childhood that she wanted to be a writer. She submitted her first story to a magazine at age 10 and became published at 13. Throughout her high school years she wrote regularly for young people's publications, particularly Seventeen.

As an adult, Lois moved to Albuquerque, NM, where she taught magazine writing for the Journalism Department at the University of New Mexico and continued to write for magazines. Over 300 of her articles and stories appeared in such publications as Ladies Home Journal, Redbook, McCall's, Good Housekeeping, and Reader's Digest, and for many years she was a contributing editor for Woman's Day.

Lois is the author of over 50 books, ranging from children's picture books to poetry to adult non-fiction, but is best known for her young adult suspense novels, which have received Young Readers Awards in 16 states and three foreign countries. In 1992, Lois was awarded the Margaret A. Edwards Award, presented by the School Library Journal and the ALA Young Adult Library Services Association for "a distinguished body of adolescent literature." In 2009, she received the Katharine Drexel Award, awarded by the Catholic Library Association "to recognize an outstanding contribution by an individual to the growth of high school and young adult librarianship and literature."

Six of her novels -- SUMMER OF FEAR, KILLING MR. GRIFFIN, GALLOWS HILL, RANSOM, DON'T LOOK BEHIND YOU and STRANGER WITH MY FACE -- were made-for-TV movies. I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER and HOTEL FOR DOGS were box office hits.

Although young people are most familiar with Lois Duncan's fictional suspense novels, adults may know her best as the author of WHO KILLED MY DAUGHTER?, the true story of the murder of Kaitlyn Arquette, the youngest of Lois's five children. Kait's heartbreaking story has been featured on such TV shows as Unsolved Mysteries, Good Morning America, Larry King Live, Sally Jessy Raphael and Inside Edition. A full account of the family's on-going personal investigation of this still unsolved homicide can be found on the Internet at http://kaitarquette.arquettes.com.

Lois Duncan's personal web page is at http://loisduncan.arquettes.com.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The book to give to any little girl who wants long hair!, July 21, 2002

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Catherine S. Vodrey (East Liverpool, Ohio United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Longest Hair in the World (Paperback)

Here is the perfect gift for your favorite little girl who happens to be longing and yearning for long hair: Lois Duncan's astute "The Longest Hair in the World." Emily appears in the beginning of the book as a spunky redhead with a short haircut. But at her birthday party, mindful of the fact that only long-haired girls will be chosen to play princesses in an upcoming school play, Emily wishes for "the longest hair in the world."

Trouble and calamity ensues as Emily's wish comes true. It gets to the point where her father has to zip her through the local car wash in order to get her streaming locks shampooed! Finally, a year later on her next birthday, Emily makes a new wish--not the one you might think--and the book ends on a hilarious note.

Jon McIntosh's cartoony illustrations perfectly suit the zany tone and zippy pace of Duncan's text. He does an especially fine job depicting the growing burden Emily has in carrying around the longest hair in the world.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars ABSOLUTELY DELIGHTFUL!, September 13, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Longest Hair in the World (Hardcover)

Any imaginative child with a sense of fun is going to adore this book

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Story Children Love, July 13, 2003

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Robyn Schiller (Florida) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Longest Hair in the World (Paperback)

I am a kindergarten teacher and year after year this is our favorite class book. Even children who don't have the attention span to listen to stories, are excited about this book. My classes ask me to read it over and over again.