Pierre's New Hair

Pierre's New Hair is a bear who loves hair! When his hair looks fantastic he feels it too. His idols, the Poodle Squad, have fantastic hair and he dreams of one day proving that bears can have this hair too. News spreads that the Poodle Squad are judging this year's roller skating championships. Pierre and his friends begin training straight away. They train hard and as they near perfection nothing can stop them, they just need the perfect look.

On the day of the championship everyone is ready, except Pierre. His hair needs more lift and more zhuzh. It takes too long perfecting it and by the time he's ready, his friends have gone. With a race against time, Pierre decides to take a short cut. Through mud, bushes and animals he plunges, springs and slides, until he finally arrives and joins his friends on stage. The crowd gasps… The perfect hairstyle is no more. Will this affect his confidence and ruin the performance? Or will he realise that he doesn't need good hair to have a good time?

This is the perfect book to use to address the concept of self-image and self-perfection.  Proving that friendships are more important than image, this is a particularly useful resource for younger children who are beginning to become conscious of their own and others' appearance.

Pierre's New Hair clearly models how collaboration achieves good results, through the story and illustrations. The illustrations are bright and busy, adding lots of humour and context to the story itself. Overall this is a great book addressing a theme that is less commonly covered in children's books.

Picture Book / Reviewed by Maria Faithorn, teacher

Suggested Reading Age 5+