Her mother explains that the colour red is a beautiful colour. Her wise mom sits her daughter down and they have a tête-à-tête regarding the beauty that Tiffany possesses on top of her head. She just wants to be "normal" and blend in, not feeling all weird because her red hair makes her stick out from the rest of the pack. Tiffany feels like her red hair sets her apart from the rest of the kids around her. "I hate my red hair!" and the story takes off. Bet it will do the same for you, and if you have a little one, this is the book you want to cuddle up and share with them. This book brought back happy memories for me of reading bedtime stories to my kids when they were small. Tiffany herself is rendered as cute but a little rag-tag, which makes her a real little girl. This is a very upbeat book supported by colorful and imaginative artwork by Jason Hutton. Fortunately Tiffany has a sweet and understanding mom who lovingly walks her through why red is a good color, the color of many wonderful things, especially “the color of the love that grows in your heart.” ” It centers around a little girl named Tiffany (don't know if this is autobiographical) who comes home from school distraught because her classmates teased her about her red hair. Long time since I picked up a children's book (my kids are grown and gone and no grandkids yet), but I'm glad I spent some time with Tiffany Haisten's delightful “Red Is The Color Of.
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