What’s Silly Hair Day with No Hair? is a children’s pictures book about a girl named Bea who has alopecia and feels left out during her school’s “Silly Hair Day.” With her best friend Shaleah’s help, she tries and rejects wigs and yarn hair before finding an inclusive solution: changing the event to “Silly Hair or Head Day,” allowing everyone to participate by decorating their heads with gems and tattoos. The book promotes themes of friendship, inclusion, resilience, and awareness for alopecia.
Discussion Questions
- Share a time when you felt left out. How did that make you feel?
- What does it mean to be a good friend?
- Bea has tried several ideas to help her fit in on Silly Hair Day, but none of them were quite right. What do you think Bea should do?
- Bea changed Silly Hair Day to Silly Hair or Head Day so everyone could be included in the fun. Are there any changes you could make at home or at school to better include everyone?
Activity:
Watch this video to better understand alopecia areata.