From School Library Journal
PreSchool-Grade 2-The day Jeremiah hears his father called Baldy is the day he realizes that the man has no hair. This sets him on a mission to find the lost locks. His search raises question after question: Does it hurt to lose hair? Was his father sad to lose it? Will Jeremiah lose his hair someday? And what does it matter how we look on the outside, compared to who we are on the inside? Jeremiah's journey from uncertainty to reassurance is told in a funny, touching way. Payne's wide-eyed protagonist complements the straightforward text, illustrating well the vivid imagination of a worried child. Some of the pictures are laugh-out-loud funny and will amuse young readers. This is a delightful book that uses baldness as a way to explore how everyone is unique. It is excellent both for reading aloud in a classroom setting or for sharing one-on-one.
-Kara Schaff Dean, Needham Public Library, MA Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
About the Author
Joe O'Connor is a successful entrepreneur and president of Kalpa Systems. He is the father of two children, lives in Birmingham, Michigan, and is magnificently bald. This is his first book. The author lives in Birmingham, MI.
Henry Payne is a nationally-syndicated editorial cartoonist for The Detroit News and has been a finalist for The Pulitzer Prize. He is the father of two boys, lives in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, and is still in possession of his hair.Henry Payne lives in Bloomfield Hills, MI.
