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The Longest Hair in the World

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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.

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

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.

When Emily blows out the candles on her birthday cake, she knows exactly what to wish for: the longest hair in the world. When her wish comes true, things get a little too hairy.

Be very careful what you wish for is the solemn moral of this hilarious story about a girl who wants to be the princess in a school play & the only way she can get the role is to have the longest hair in her class. Great fun!

Im 11 years old and i still love little kids books. Emily plays a funny part in the book and i think that Lois Duncan did a great job!

A fairy tale story that centers on the old saying, 'be careful what you wish for, it just might come true.' When a little girl blows out her candles and wishes for the longest hair in the world in order to be picked for the lead in a play, she finds that wishes aren't what they're cracked up to. My wistful and imaginative little four year old truly enjoyed the narrator's reading of this book so much I've decided to buy the hardcover so she can follow along.