My Hair is as Long as a River

When I saw this book I thought it was a fantastic idea to try and normalise boys with long hair. Nothing really, but especially not hair lengths or styles, should be gendered but they have always been seen that way unfortunately. As far as I'm aware I do think it's a lot better now but this book will definitely help to improve it even further.
A young boy with long hair describes (in lovely rhyming prose) how his hair is a part of him and compares it to various forces of nature, of course including a river. The fact his hair makes feel safe and strong is much more important than the fact that "long hair is girly". I also loved the wide range of representation in the other children listening to him and learning about his hair.

Thank you so much to Macmillan Children’s Books and Netgalley for the ebook to read and review.

The story was really lovely, a young boy has long hair and people don’t get why, so he shares his story full of imagination on what his hair means to him. I loved how vivid the description was about his hair, how much it truly meant to him, how it was his comfort and safe place, It was so precious.

I also loved the illustrations that went with this story they shared everything he was talking about including all his friends as they had an adventure of sorts, seeing exactly what his beautiful long hair could truly be used for. One scene even gave me major rapunzel vibes which I adored. Such beautiful pictures on each page, so imaginative and the things he could do with his hair were amazing.

The book is so creative, so beautiful to look at and so full of heart and love. It’s a great book for young ones to read and to start understanding that everyone is different and anyone regardless of who they are can style their hair however they are comfortable with, It’s so beautifully written in such a loving delicate way.