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Happy Hair

This book is an empowering celebration of girls’ black hair. A collection of beautiful black hairstyles where girls will be able to see happy reflections of themselves with a positive message, “I love being me!”.


HAPPY HAIR by Mechal Renee Roe, copyright © 2014 by Mechal Renee Roe. Used by permission of Doubleday, an imprint of Random House Children’s Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC. All rights reserved.

  • Written by Mechal Renee Roe
  • Illustrated by Mechal Renee Roe
  • Published by Doubleday
  • Narrated by Alexa Wallace
  • Running Time 00:03:18
  • Date of Filming October 2020
  • Written by Mechal Renee Roe
  • Illustrated by Mechal Renee Roe
  • Published by Doubleday
  • Narrated by Alexa Wallace
  • Running Time 00:03:18
  • Narrator Alexa Wallace
  • Position Guard
  • Team Monmouth Hawks - Monmouth University
  • Hometown Wheatley Heights, NY
  • Birthdate September 4, 2000
  • Height 5' 8"
  • Favorite Book Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
  • Favorite Basketball Player Russell Westbrook and Dwyane Wade
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