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Not wanting to get her hair done, a young girl imagines that she is being chased in the wild jungle and so must be swift to avoid being captured, in an amusing tale for young children.

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Rita Williams-Garcia is the author of several acclaimed novels for young adult readers including Fast Talk on a Slow Track, a Parents Choice Honor book and Like Sisters on the Home Front, a Coretta Scott King Honor Book. Inspired to write Catching the Wild Waiyuuzee by a daughter who would do everything in her power to avoid getting her hair combed and braided, Rita knows that wherever there's a waiting bed or bath or comb, you're sure to find a Wild Waiyuuzee. Rita lives in Jamaica, New York, and she is the mother of two daughters.
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PreSchool-Grade 4-An enormous feeling of playfulness and love comes through in this story of an African-American mother and child. The story begins on the cover, where the Wild Waiyuuzee's eyes peek out of a bush. On the first page, she sprints from her hiding place, trying to escape Shemama the Catcher. Readers receive clues to the Wild Waiyuuzee's identity through Reed's wildly graphic illustrations, rendered in Photoshop. As the child runs into a mango grove, "Tippi Tappi Tappi Tappi," a door appears among the deep green stalks. Later on, the yellow flowers of a plant blend into those found on wallpaper, while large ferns obscure an electric socket. Just when she thinks she is safe in an iguana cave (a table covered with an iguana-print tablecloth), Shemama catches her and rubs "nut-nut oil" onto her head. One quick escape later, the girl finally lets Shemama near enough to "plait-a-plait and string-a-bead" in her hair. Finally revealed, Mama and her little one gaze at "their look so selves" in a mirror, and even the Wild Waiyuuzee has to admit, "Ah, ko! Beautiful." Williams-Garcia's rhythmic, poetic language partners with Reed's dynamic illustrations to convey the boundless energy found in every Wild Waiyuuzee.
Kathleen Kelly MacMillan, Carroll County Public Library, Eldersburg, MD
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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