Read: 'Sophie's Lovely Locks' by Erica Pelton Villnave

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• Type: Children's book
• Title: Sophie's Lovely Locks
  
• Author: Erica Pelton Villnave

Sophie McPhee loves her long hair. Twirly, whirly, long and girly. But she doesn’t love the tangly mess that happens after a day of swinging upside down and playing in the rain.

When sticky tape and glue won’t keep her hair up, and bubble gum ends up making things a little too sticky, Sophie decides to cut her hair. But what should she do with all of her long hair? She decides to do something very special and donate her locks to an organization that gives hair to other little girls that need it. What a beautiful lesson to share with little girls.

The delightful watercolor illustrations add a magical quality to the story. This is the perfect book to read to a little girl that is going to be cutting her long hair and may be a bit reluctant about it. It demonstrates a spirit of giving and sharing for young girls to emulate. 

As an added bonus, the author will donate a portion of proceeds from sales of the book to a hair donation program that benefits kids.

Want to donate your own hair or know someone that does? Check out these organizations.

Locks of Love
www.locksoflove.org
Locks of Love provides hairpieces to children ages eighteen years and younger in the United States and Canada suffering from any type of medical hair loss.

Pantene Beautiful Lengths
www.beautifullegths.com
Pantene Beautiful Lengths is a campaign that encourages people to grow, cut and donate their hair to create free real-hair wigs for women who’ve lost their hair due cancer.

Wigs for Kids
www.wigsforkids.org
Wigs for Kids provides custom-made hair replacements to children suffering from hair loss because of medical treatments, health conditions, or burn accidents.