A review by neuroqueer
Stella's Stellar Hair by Yesenia Moises

hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted

5.0

This book is one I wish I had when I was a child.

The book is about a young black girl who is trying to figure out how to do her hair for an upcoming event. Her mom suggests she go and ask her aunties for help - the twist being that the aunties live on different planets.

Each aunt represents a different style of hair - twists, afros, dreadlocks, waves, etc. - and tries to do that to Stella’s hair. Moises even puts an explanation of why each aunt wears a certain hairstyle on their respective planet.

The art is so beautiful. The colors are wonderful and vibrant. I wish I read the physical copy instead of the kindle one. I may just go buy it.

It’s a short book but I feel like it is an important one for little black girls to know that their hair is great! You may have days where it feels like it’s doing it’s own thing but it’s fine. Your hair is beautiful no matter what. I would go on to say this book works for any young child of any background, really.

My only gripe: I grew up with Pluto as planet (and was my favorite one) so I’m sad they’re not represented in the book (RIP Pluto planetary status).