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Win one of three signed copies of I LOVE My Cotton Candy Hair!
Guest Blogger, Aisha recently reviewed a new children's book called, "I LOVE My Cotton Candy Hair!" It is the first release in a new children's book series which aims to foster a love of reading and a love of self by introducing stories that champion the principles of absolute self love and acceptance. The author has generously offered to give 3 signed copies away to our readers.
You can check out the book review here.
I love these types of books for our children. I feel like they really send a positive message and reinforce to our children that they are beautiful just the way they are, cotton candy hair and all.
I would like to thank Author, Nicole Updegraff not only for the wonderful giveaway, but also for writing this book for our children.
Enter the Giveaway:
- You must follow Beads, Braids & Beyond. To follow the blog simply look to the upper right column. There's a little button that says "Follow". Easy peasy!
- Leave a comment telling me who the book will be for and why you would want this book for them.
Example: I follow BBB and the book will be for my daughter, A. I really want this book for her because I think it will reinforce that she is beautiful just the way she is. -Nikki G.
That's it! Please only leave one comment.
Three winners will be chosen on September 22nd, 2010 using Random.org
Good luck! Another big thanks to Nicole Updegraff. Check out her website here.
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I would love to win this book for my beautiful God Daughter. One thing I always want her to know is that she is beautiful just the way she is. She doesn't have to have straight hair to be considered beautiful. Her curly "cotton candy hair" is unique, which makes her even more beautiful! She is starting to attend school and interacting with different children, of different ethnicities. So now is the perfect time to introduce this book to her.
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I follow BBB! The book will be for my daughter Danasia, and we will share it with my niece Amiyah! They will both benefit from the idea of loving yourself just the way you are. -Becca
ReplyDeleteI follow (via Reader) and I would love to win this book for my daughter (due Oct 13) to counteract the messages she's sure to hear from my grandmother (just as I did growing up) no matter how hard I try. -- Mireille
ReplyDeleteI follow BBB and I would like this book for my daughter!! She love to read and what would be more perfect than a book on how to love herself the way she is!!!!
ReplyDelete*crossing fingers hoping to win**
Oh oh oh I would love to win this! I most def follow and this would be for my 2 daughters, Tatum age 4 who loves her hair in a "puff ball" and Terin age 2 who hates getting her hair done but what can you do lol.
ReplyDeleteI would like this book for my daughter because I am the only one in our family that is natural and the treatment that I get from family and some friends, after two years of being natural, is not the idea I want planted in my daughter's head about her natural kinky hair. Also my daughter just started Pre-K and this will be a good book to add to her reading log.
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Tonya Strong
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I follow B&B and the book would be for my niece. My niece is inter-racial and lives in a small town in Iowa with the Caucasian side of her family. They do what they can with her hair but they do not know very much about hair care, and she has two female cousins her age that have long straight hair and I just want her to grow up with a good self image.
ReplyDeleteAs an African American female I know how difficult it can be to love "one's hair" and I especially know how difficult it is for her growing up in a community where not many people have "cotton candy hair". We (the husband and I) visit twice and year and I braid her hair and do different styles for her, because her mother has arthritis and keeps her daughters hair in a short fro for convenience. I just want my niece to know that she is beautiful just the way she is, and grow up to embrace her "cotton candy hair" as I have mine.
I follow BBB and I would like to win this book for my niece Clara. I volunteered to do Clara’s hair on weekends because she has really long and kinky hair. Her mom works a lot and is sometimes too tired to do pretty styles on her daughter. Clara has 3 older sisters that already had a perm done and she wants to get a perm too. I try to tell her that she has beautiful hair and that she doesn’t need a perm. Clara is in second grade and she enjoys reading. She would love this book. ;-]
ReplyDeleteI follow BBB and the Book would be for my beautiful daughter S. I know she will Love the Book I already tell her that she is beautiful and the book will enlighten her how beautiful she is on the inside and out..
ReplyDeleteI follow BBB and this book will be for my two children who love to read. Both of them have very curly/kinky hair and I want them for once, to be able to identify with the character and to grow up loving their hair. It doesn't have to be straight, curly hair is just as beautiful!
ReplyDeleteI follow BBB and I would love to gift this book to my daughter. Although she's only 3, she definately has a great love for her hair. I'm sure as she gets older people's comments could effect that about her. It's very rare you see a book that relates to you when you are biracial. I think this book would be a great addition to our library!
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I'm a follower! I would get this book for my biracial daughter Serenity. I think it will reinforce everything positive I'm trying to teach her about her hair. She's always getting wonderful comments from people (even strangers) about her lovely curls. It's funny that this book is about "cotton candy" hair - that's how I describe Serenity's hair because when it's especially it looks like and is delicate just like cotton candy! Thank you for a chance to win this awesome book for my little girl!
ReplyDeleteI follow BBB and I would love this book for my daughter E, cos I think it will help her to accept even more how beautiful she is inside and outside.
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I follow the BBB blog and facebook page on a regular basis. It has been heaven sent as I learn the best ways and techniques for caring for my daughter's hair. I would love to win this book for her. Here at home we are constantly trying to develop and reinforce strong self esteem for her so once she really gets out in school with others not like her self, she will stand strong and proud and never 2nd guess her God given beauty. I would love this book to be a part of this process for her.
ReplyDeleteI follow BBB and would love this book for my 4 year old daugher Lex....it will help her accept her hair for what it is and embrace the beauty in her curls!
ReplyDeleteI follow BBB and I would love for my daughter, Saniya to have this book because she truly enjoys reading and it would help her to understand that she is naturally beautiful beyond measures.
ReplyDeleteI follow BBB and the book will be for my daughter, Ray. I really want this book for her because I think it show her that other girls love their hair as much as she does.- Letty K.
ReplyDeleteI follow BBB and this book would be for my 5 year old daughter, who is biracial. Because the area we live in, she doesn't see too many people like her and with the type of hair she has. She had a bit of an issue with it once before and I would love to read this to her so she knows that her fluffy and puffy hair is so beautiful.
ReplyDeleteI follow BBB. And this books would be for my daughter Chasity. I wish there were books like this when i was growing up. Although she is only 1 1/2 i want her to start learning as early as possible to love herself the way she is. And to not pay attention to the media on how shes supposed to look
ReplyDeletei follow bbb...this book would be 4 my beautiful girls aleja, 4 and amiya, 5..to remind them how beautiful their hair makes them!!! Dori
ReplyDeleteI am a follower (of course) lol.. I would love to read this book to my daughters. It is always good to hear their hair is beautiful from someone other than their mom. :)
ReplyDeleteI follow BBB and this book will be for my daughters Amirah and Kalilah, we have story time every night and all messages i reinforce to my girls are via books, this book will deffinatley help promote self love for my babies and i really hope i can have the chance to win a copy. thank you.
ReplyDeleteI follow BBB. I want my daughters to have this book. My big girl especially, she has been making alot of comment about perms(and she is only 4!) I really want her to learn to love herselfe the way that GOD created her.
ReplyDeleteI follow BBB. This book will be great at affirming the beauty of my baby girls Cotton Candy hair!
ReplyDeleteI recently began following BBB. I am so excited to find this blog because we are adopting a daughter from Ethiopia. This book will be for her. We want so much for her to be proud of her heritage and who she is. Thanks so much for the give a way!!
ReplyDeleteI follow BBB. This book would be for my daughters who are already way into hair and clothes at a young age.
ReplyDeleteim a BBB follower and i would love for my 2 girls to have this book, being born in a foreign country where all they see is children with white skin and long black hair, and inside toy storys and bookstores all they see is barbie this and hannah montanah that, i would love for them to have a book where they can identify with the character and photos in the story where they can love their hair and skin and not feel strange and out of place
ReplyDeleteI follow GFC and this book will be for my niece.
ReplyDeletehi, im nadela & i love u blog. so the reason i want to win this book is for my niece. she is 6 turning 7 and i think her hair beautiful the way it is but she is just counting the days till she will get a perm. when i told of how beautiful it was she said " no its not, it nappy!". i believe its because she is surrounded by those who think "nappy hair" is bad hair and she sees extension braids and getting perm as her only option. So i think this book would help her to embrace her hair & the way God made her. ---thanks <3
ReplyDeletefollow BBB and the book will be for my daughter, Zaria S. I really want this book for her because I think it will reinforce that she is beautiful just the way she is.
ReplyDeleteI would love this book for my niece. She's 3 years old and I feel that it's never too early to teach a child the importance of self love. I think this book will teach her that's it's okay to have "cotton candy hair" and that she is still beautiful no matter what.
ReplyDeleteI follow BBB(love you guys). I have three daughters and they had cotton hair..so this book would be nice to add to our collection.
ReplyDeleteI follow BBB and this book will be for my niece. I would love for her to have this book so that she can learn to love herself unconditionally no matter what!
ReplyDeleteI follow BBB and the book will be for my daughter. I would love for her to have this book knowing that she is beautiful no matter what.
ReplyDeleteI follow BBB on facebook and this blog...i would love this book for my daughter. since i have just started learning how to properly nourish and style her hair we have a long way to go. i want her to love herself for who she is. She is bi-racial and really has no influence of african american women role models in her life right now. its important for me to raise her loving her hair and herself :)
ReplyDeleteI am a follower of BBB, and I would like to get this book for my daughter. I think it would help show her that her hair is beautiful just the way it is.
ReplyDeleteI follow BBB, and this book will be for my niece. I want this book for her because she is starting to feel self-conscious about her beautiful natural hair. She wants it to be longer and straighter. I think this book will help foster her self esteem and learn to embrace her natural kinks!
ReplyDeleteI follow BBB, and this book would be for my daughter, Naia, who gets tons of compliments but still constantly complains about her 'puffy' hair. -Tia
ReplyDeleteI follow BBB. I would like to win this book for my 6 year old daughter who likes her cotton candy hair, but sometimes still wishes she had straight hair like her friends at school, so that I can re-enforce that her hair IS beautiful and fun, and that she does'nt have to look like everyone else to be pretty. And also this would help her self esteem by letting me show her that there ARE other people with the same kind of hair she has and she isn't different in a bad way, just special!
ReplyDeleteI follow BBB. I would love to win this book for my daughter Jaicia. We live in a small town in South Dakota, where the "brown" population is less than 1%. She already compares her self to her classmates who all have long straight hair. I tell her daily how beautiful her hair is, and how it makes her unique, and I think this book would help to reinforce that. I want her to love her cotton candy hair, too!
ReplyDeleteI NEED this book!!! I have 3, count them, 3 daughters ages 8, 4, and 11 months who all have a head full of thick curls of all types. They and I would love to have a copy to share and bond over :)
ReplyDeleteI follow BBB! I would like this book for my daughter Cadance. She is just now starting to pick her own books off the bookshelf and I would love to have a myriad of books for her to choose from to show her all races. You do not have to be a blonde hair blue eyed girl to make the cover of a book. I know she would love this book! Thanks for this!
ReplyDeleteI follow BBB, and I would love to have this book for my daughters. I always try to tell and show them how beautiful they are, just for being them. Maija
ReplyDeleteI follow BBB. I want the cotton candy hair book for my daughter's,Avianna and Ava because it reminds me so much of them and they can relate to the little girl in the book
ReplyDeleteI'm a fellow BBB follower and this book will be for my neice and daughter. Mostly for my neice tho. Most of her classmates have perms or long hair and she in that " I wish I looked like them" stage. I want her to realize that her hair as well as everything else about her is beautyful and she should be proud of HER cotton candy hair!
ReplyDeleteI follow. I'd love to read this book with my daughter and have yet another way for us celebrate her lovely curls.
ReplyDeleteI follow BBB and I would really love this book for my daughter M. I want to have books in her collection that emphasize how beautiful her hair is just the way God made it.
ReplyDeleteI follow BB&B and would love this book for my son and daughter because it will only add to the positive messages we are keeping in our home about their hair. :-) Kristen
ReplyDeleteI follow BBB and I would like to win this book for my neice C so she will realize she is beautiful and her hair is gorgous!
ReplyDeleteI would love to win this book for my 2 daughters and newly adopted twin daughters so that they can all relate hair wise with each other and see that they are special and beautiful.
ReplyDeleteI definitely follow BBB. I would love to win this book for my almost 3 year old daughter. I collect books for her that promote love for her natural hair. One of our current favorites is "Catching the Wild Waiyuuzee." "I Love my Cotton Candy Hair" would fit her collection quite well.
ReplyDeleteI follow BBB and I would like to win this book for all my kids. Mainly my oldest who just turned 4. She loves her hair or "fluff" as she calls it and I think the title alone reinforces the positive thoughts she has of her hair. I would also like it for my son so that he will appreciate natural hair later on and my 1 yr old daughter she loves books and she will learn about herself early, always a great thing. :)
ReplyDeleteI am a follower of BBB. I would like to win this book for my daughter so that she can realize that she and her hair is beautiful.
ReplyDeleteI follow BBB! I'd love this book for my 2 1/2 yr old dtr. I love books that instill high self esteem in our children at a young age. This is the first book i've seen on the natural hair subject so i love it, u go girl!
ReplyDeletei would love this book for my sister and niece. my sister is transitioning from relaxed hair to natural hair and i want to give her all the assitance i can with teaching her and her daughter tha natural curls are a beauty to cherish!!
ReplyDeleteI follow BBB and I would love this book for my daughter Kamryn. I want this book for her to help me reinforce that she is beautiful with kinky curly hair.
ReplyDeleteI follow BBB and the book will be for my daughter, B. and daughter to be, M. I really want this book for them because I want to teach them to love ALL of themselves just the way God created them. -Rebekah J.
ReplyDeleteI follow BBB & would love to win a copy of this book for my 7 & 4 year old daughters. I think it's always good for them to see people who look like them in print/on tv because the majority of the images are the exact opposite of what they look like. It might also help my younger daughter learn to appreciate her own unique beauty as she loves "princess hair."
ReplyDeleteI follow the blog!
ReplyDeleteI know my daughter would love this book. She reads every morning as soon as she wakes up.
I would love this book for my five year old daughter! I love for us to read books with characters that look like her, which can be rare. I constantly instill in her that her hair is beautiful and unique, and does not have to be straight to be pretty. I think this book would be an additional avenue for her to be receive that message as well.
ReplyDeleteI follow BBB. This book would be for my twin daughters, who are 3. It would be great because their hair doesn't look like their mama's. We are always trying to let them know how beautiful they are!
ReplyDeleteI love this site and just found it through CurlyNikki.com! I am following and this book would be for my 2 year old daughter. It is partly because of her that I am wearing my hair natural. It is really important to me to show her that she is naturally beautiful and what better way for her to feel that than by seeing her mother embrace her own natural curls.
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I follow BBB and the book will be for my daughter Emma. I want this book for her because its important to me for her to see herself reflected in stories that she reads, especially when it comes to body image and hair.
ReplyDeleteI follow BBB and I would want the book for my daughter Danaiya because I want her to know that no matter what her hair looks like it doesn't define her...
ReplyDeleteI follow BBB and I would love to win this book for my daughter Kayreena. I think this book would help her remember that she's beautiful no matter what kind of hair she has.
ReplyDeleteStephanie K
I follow BBB, and I would love to win "Cotton Candy Hair" for my little princess' E and M. They mean the world to me and are the most beautiful little girls. I want to brighten their day like they do mine everyday, with a special book that shows them what Mommy tells them everyday.......just how beautiful their Cotton Candy hair is.
ReplyDeletei follow BBB.. this book would be for my daughter Alexis.. i want her to know that she is beautiful no matter what and just cause she looks diffrent and has different hair than all of her friends.. she is still beautiful
ReplyDeleteI follow BBB! This book will be for my 3 daughters. I think it will allow them to further embrace their natural hair textures!
ReplyDeleteI follow BBB and I would love this for my 2 little girls. We all need some self love.
ReplyDeleteI follow BBB; this book will be for my 8 year-old daughter. I really want this book for her because I want her to embrace and love her beautiful natural hair. She doesn't right now, and I think this book could go a long way towards helping her to see the beauty in her hair.
ReplyDeleteI'm a BBB follower and this book will be for my daughter L. I think this book will be another great oppurtunity to show my daghter how important self love is. She isn't her hair however her beautiful strands of love means so much to me and I want her to grow to love her hair just as much as I do.
ReplyDeleteI am a BBB follower and this book would be for my daughter, Isabella. She is an AA little lady who is growing up in a Caucasian family. I want her to value her hair as it is, to think of it as beautiful hair even if it doesn't look like the rest of ours. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteI follow BBB and this book would be for my little girl Alayah. I think she will love this book :)
ReplyDeleteI follow BBB and this book will be for my one and only daughter (9 weeks old). It's a beautiful book with a great message!!
ReplyDeleteI follow BBB and 3 other hair care and styling blogs so have lots of 'adult'-centered reading material, but would love to add to our small but growing collection of CHILDREN'S books IN ENGLISH with pictures and stories involving COC. We are living in Germany where there isn't much awareness about racial/color/hair issues in the adult --and thus also in the young -- population. It is very rare even to find pictures of POC in children's books. We would love to be able to show friends and our 1st grade class a book with a STRONG and PROUD BLACK GIRL as the MAIN character!
ReplyDeleteI follow BBB and I would love this book for my little girl Jaliyah. She already loves to read and I Love what this book is about.
ReplyDeleteI follow BBB and I would love this book for my daughter T. I love to teach my child that her hair is beautiful and something to be proud of. I know reading to her about this topic works because she tells me she loves her hair!
ReplyDeleteI'd love to have this book for my daughter! She's two, loves books and I want her to love the hair she was blessed with. She's multi-racial and definitely has cotton candy hair!!
ReplyDeleteI follow BBB! I would give this book to my daughter, even though she doesn't have black hair. I've actually seriously considered buying it recently! Q may not have "cotton candy" hair, but she has curls and I want her to love them no matter what. I think ALL of use should learn to love ourselves the way we are, no perming, straightening, even dyeing! I have straight hair and my 2 yo Q has gorgeous ringlets... but she's the only one in our family who does. I don't want her to grow up thinking her hair is "harder" or "worse" than straight hair. I want her love the curls God gave her! Just the way they come out of her head! <3
ReplyDeleteMy daughter E (age 8) would love this book. She was adopted from Liberia 2 1/2 yrs ago and is most comfortable wearing braids. Her hair is tightly curled and beautiful. I have enjoyed your blog and always learn so much here. Thank you so much!
ReplyDeletePat Joyce
I am a follower of BBB! This book would be for my beautiful 4year daughter who can't understand why she doesn't have hair like her (white) best friend.
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I'm a follower of BBB! I've wanted to get this book for my 3.5 year old daughter Tia for a while now. It's hard enough to find a book that features an interracial family and/or a biracial lead character. But it's even more difficult to find something that encourages a positive self image, especially related to hair. My daughter has already noticed other children talking about her hair and gets self conscious about it sometimes. She doesn't have any role models with natural hair, all her family members, her godmom, and our friends use relaxers. She is just getting into reading and really identifies with characters in books so I think this book would be awesome for her self esteem and confidence.
ReplyDeleteI follow BBB and this book would be for my 2 year old daughter, Lauren. Lauren is just beginning her journey. Her journey of self discovery. For Lauren to meet Charlie through the art of storytelling will give Lauren the chance to see another little girl just like her, a girl who loves her curly hair. It would also open the door of discussion between Lauren and I to talk about her hair, my hair and her friends hair. This book would be awesome. I would love to share this book with my daughter.
ReplyDeleteMy daughter would love this book. She is kindergarten and loves to be read to and look at books.
ReplyDeleteI am a follower of BBB and this book would be for my 2 year old princess A! She has a love for reading and the message in this book would certainly enhance her self-love and confidence...Thanks for this awesome giveaway!
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Hey Nikki-
ReplyDeleteI follow BBB and would love this book for my daughter TK. This would be a great add to TK's library as she is learning to read and learning to appreciate all that makes her unique and beautiful!
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I follow BBB and would love to have this book for my coily cutie K. This book appears to promote an attitude of self-love and acceptance that I want my little one to embrace.
ReplyDeleteI follow BBB and the book would be for my oldest daughter Kyla, so she can see that she is beautiful and her hair doesn't have to be like everyone elses.
ReplyDeleteI am a new follower but I've been lurking for a while! This book would be great for my nieces who are in middle school!
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I follow BBB and I would love to give this book to my niece. I want her to know that she is beautiful and unique in her own way. Also I would love for her to start reading books about natural hair so she can understand the importance of natural hair.
ReplyDeletei follow BBB("for a long time by checking on the bookmark but i am recently a follower") and i want this book for my little sister.she has alot of low self esteem when it comes to her hair.All she want is a simple ponytail no pretty braids or ponytails because she thinks its a hassle to do her hair.I didnt know how to manage it or take care of it the right way until i found BBB.I never liked doing her hair and at times called it nappy.When in all reality it was me!I didnt know how to take care of it in the right way.now by me telling her that she has grown to accept that is what her hair really is.When it is not,it is a full thick head of gorgeous curly hair.And i need and want her to understand that and not growing up and wanting to get perms or relaxers like i did when i was young and loose her beautiful curls.I want her to grow up and encourage other people that its ok to love who you are and your hair because "you are not your hair".Also i want her to understand my hair isnt nappy its unique,its curly and its beautiful.
ReplyDeleteI am a follower of BBB and I would like this book for my two daughters. I want to instill positive feelings about in them about their unique hair. I love that this book likens their hair to cotton candy--something that's so sweet and soft!
ReplyDeleteI follow BBB!
ReplyDeleteAnd my daughter will enjoy this book for show and tell at school because she loves to wear big hair like her Mommy!
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I follow BBB and this book would be for my daughter Makayla.I want her to know she is beautiful and her hair is beautiful just the way it is :)
ReplyDeleteI follow BBB and the book will be for my daughter, Zaria. I really want this book for her because I think it will reinforce that she is beautiful just the way she is. - Vick
ReplyDeleteThis book would be for my niece Jazmine. Jazmine has beautiful big curly hair, but unfortunately she is surrounded by girls with straight hair and often wishes for "down hair". I would love to give her this book to show her that her hair is beautiful!
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