The Hair You Wear

Miranda Paul is an award-winning children’s author of several science and nature-themed books including Water is Water, One Plastic Bag, I Am Farmer, and Beyond: Discoveries from the Outer Reaches of Space. Some of her titles have received recognition from the National Science Teachers Association, the Nature Generation’s Green Earth Book Awards, the American Library Association, and the Council of Botanical and Horticultural Libraries. When she’s not writing books or reading poetry to crocodiles, you can find her rescuing animals, raising butterflies, and recycling trash into treasure. She lives in Wisconsin. Learn more about her current and forthcoming titles at www.mirandapaul.com and follow her on Instagram at @mirandapaulbooks.

Lorraine Nam based the art in this book on the happy memories of the many libraries she visited as a library kid. Now she is a library grown-up who has even illustrated a few picture books. She is the illustrator of Look Up with Me, Wei Skates On, Your House Is Not Just a House, and the Play with Me board book series. Lorraine lives and works in New York City.