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Mom gets the love and support she needs. Mom is on her way to the hospital to get "alien blobs" zapped with medicine. The alien blobs are cancer. The treatment helps, but it also makes Mom lose her hair. One day she says, "Today is wig day," and she and her son head down to Hariett's Hair, where they find wigs of all styles and sizes: big hair, short hair, spiky hair, and curly hair. Finally, Mom finds the wig she's been looking for—and it looks perfect with her jeans and leather jacket. Lori Ries's loving story of a mother whose son gives her constant support during chemotherapy is illustrated with warmth and humor by Erin Eitter Kono.
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About the Author
Lori Ries is the author of Aggie and Ben, Super Sam! and Fix It, Sam. She lives in Tigard, Oregon.
Erin Eitter Kono has illustrated several award-winning books, including Hula Lullaby, which she also wrote. She lives in Redondo Beach, California.
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Narrated by a little boy whose mother has cancer, or what he calls “alien blobs inside her,” Punk Wig features a family who gets through a tough time with flying colors. The color in this case is bright orange, the color of Mom’s, which has spikes on top that look like candle flames. Ries tells the story with a light touch, leavening a scary subject with comic relief (mother and son trying on funny hairpieces before they decide upon Punk Wig). She also focuses on the simple, valuable act of being together and talking as the child pushes Mom on the swing, picks out a pumpkin as orange as Punk Wig, and puts the wig on a snowman mother and child have made. In the spring, Mom gets the results of her tests and offers her son a wonderful punk wig, which he proudly sports on the last page. The appealing watercolors, set mostly against white backdrops, zero in on the people in the story, allowing children to see both a little bit of the mother’s struggle and the happiness and love the mother and child share. Grades K-3. --Abby Nolan
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- PublisherBoyds Mills Press
- Publication date2008
- ISBN 10 1590784863
- ISBN 13 9781590784860
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages32
- IllustratorErin Eitter Kono
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