Wally Does Not Want a Haircut

by Amanda Driscoll

Overview

A bright barnyard tale from the author of Duncan the Story Dragon about facing your fears (and a pair of shears), and learning that a hug from your mama can make just about anything seem possible.
 
Wally does not need a haircut. His hair is perfectly fine.
Sure, it trips him up a tad and gathers a bit of greenery.
But Wally does NOT want a haircut.
He doesn’t even want one after his mama and their barnyard friends show off their own fun new ’dos. But when his unruly hair holds him back from the hoedown, he might have to reconsider.


"Full of terrific vocabulary that is not watered down for the audience, and the brightly painted, full-page illustrations are appealing and comical. Full of alliteration, rhyme, and onomatopoeia, this humorous and cheerful picture book will be a fun read-aloud for the younger crowd."--School Library Journal

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780553535815
Publisher:	Random House Children's Books
Publication date:	07/26/2016
Sold by:	Random House
Format:	eBook
Pages:	32
File size:	33 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.
Age Range:	3 - 7 Years

About the Author

Amanda Driscoll is a graphic designer and has been an artist in one form or another her entire life. She is a veteran of many haircuts, some producing questionable results. She is also the author and illustrator of Duncan the Story Dragon, which Kirkus declared is “likely to be a storytime hit.” Amanda lives outside of Louisville with her two children and two dogs, who, all combined, still have less hair than Wally. To find out more about Amanda, visit her at AmandaDriscoll.com.

Editorial Reviews

06/01/2016
PreS-K—Wally the woolly lamb has a very impressive coat—one he is proud of and does not want trimmed. However, his hair becomes a hindrance from time to time. It often causes him to trip and tumble, and, sadly, it blocks him from hugging his mother. One day, Mama decides that she has waited long enough and declares that today is the day that Wally will get shorn. Even the sound of the shears sends Wally into a tizzy. With the help of a few barnyard friends with fancy new "dos," and an inconvenient mishap, Wally concedes and gets his hair cut after all. This is a story that many children will relate to, and it will have them rooting for Wally from the very beginning. Plus, the joy of Wally's realization that the haircut wasn't so bad after all is a relief to everyone. The text is full of terrific vocabulary that is not watered down for the audience, and the brightly painted, full-page illustrations are appealing and comical. VERDICT Full of alliteration, rhyme, and onomatopoeia, this humorous and cheerful picture book will be a fun read-aloud for the younger crowd.—Amy Shepherd, St. Anne's Episcopal School, Middleton, DE

School Library Journal

2016-03-16
Wally's got one wild and wooly problem. Even though his out-of-control fleece trips him up, gathers leaves and twigs, and keeps him from hugging his mama, young Wally does not think he needs a haircut. When the shears go "Swicka! Swicka!" and the clippers go "Bzzt! Bzzt!" Wally wigs out and hides between two large bales of hay. Mama shows him that haircuts don't hurt by getting one herself. The sheepdog, the horses, the bull, and the goats all get new hairdos too, but Wally's still afraid. "Cows got curls, donkeys donned updos, and the yak sported spikes. Even the pigs wore wigs." Wally is still not interested in a shear. Then the animals decide to have a haircut hoedown, and Mama asks Wally to dance; he wants to come out of hiding…but he's stuck thanks to his wool. He finally asks Mama to cut his hair and discovers that he loves the freedom of short wool. Driscoll's alliterative sheep tale is a satisfying-enough story of fears faced. Children scared of barbers or the shears will identify. The Photoshop-painted pencil-sketch illustrations are acceptable cartoon farm fare: smoky, smudgy, smiling animals with wacky mops. Still, among the annals of haircut resistance, amiable though this book is, it's not a radical departure from the rest. Cute—but it doesn't stand out from the flock. (Picture book. 2-6)

Kirkus Reviews