PIONEER LIBRARY SYSTEM — CHILDREN'S BOOK REVIEW

Frizzy

This title can be found at your local library or check it out digitally using the PLS Connect app or the Libby app!

For more information on finding a copy of Happy Place and other recommendations, please visit the Moore Public Library or call us at 405.793.4347. You can also visit us online at pioneerlibrarysystem.org or download the PLS Connect app

Author: Claribel A. Ortega Illustrator: Rose Bousamra

Reviewer: Adara Bates, Children’s Library Associate, Southwest Oklahoma City Public Library

Have you ever spent hours in a salon chair getting your hair done? Tried product after product in an attempt to tame your curls, waves, or frizz? Marlene definitely understands this! Frizzy by Claribel A. Ortega is a middle grade children’s comic book that follows Marlene as she goes on a journey of personal growth and empowerment by embracing her natural hair, frizz included! Despite the bullying she has experienced from the kids at school, she is going to honor her natural hair and quit straightening it. The only thing she has to do now: convince her mother that embracing her natural hair is a good idea and that having curly, wavy, or frizzy hair is not less beautiful or less professional. This story is a great example of how accepting ourselves for who we are and supporting those we love in doing the same, can bring us closer together. No one should feel they have to change a part of themselves to fit in with the crowd!

A quote from the book that really depicts the overall message—Marlene’s friend Camilla says to her:

“You know I love your curls! But it doesn’t make a difference what you look like to me. I just want you to be happy.”

We all deserve to have people in our lives who just want us to be happy. Check it out!

For more information on this title or other recommendations, call the Southwest OKC Public Library at 405.979.2200, or visit us in person or online at pioneerlibrarysystem.org.