When Dad's Hair Took Off

Author: Jörg Mϋhle

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“Pace, energy, superb comic illustrations and the hilariousness of dad going bald.” Julia Marshall, Publisher

A fast-paced, comical story for early readers, fully illustrated in color, in which Dad’s hair takes off through the open window to freedom!

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“Pace, energy, superb comic illustrations and the hilariousness of dad going bald.” Julia Marshall, Publisher

A fast-paced, comical story for early readers, fully illustrated in color, in which Dad’s hair takes off through the open window to freedom!

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A fast-paced, comical story for early readers, in which Dad’s hair takes off through the open window to freedom!

One day, Dad’s hair decided it was tired of being brushed and combed. It wanted a life of its own, to see the world. It took off.

Out of the bathroom, into the kitchen, and before you could say, “Hairsta la vista, baby!” it was gone.

Dad gave chase around the town. He spots his hair hiding in the lawn, on the road, at the zoo —it’s amazing how many things look like hair. He gives up.

Dad tries to accept life without hair. Then the postcards arrive. The hair is on a round-the-world trip and Dad is still bald. Until one day the unbelievable happens and the hair comes back.

This is a fast-paced tour-de-force, a wonderfully absurd story packed with wordplay and full colour hilarious illustrations.

When Dad’s Hair Took Off is a comical chapter book for early readers or for any child to enjoy reading aloud with a grownup who relates! A fun book to celebrate and share with Dad on Father’s Day or any day.

Translated from the German edition by Melody Shaw, where it was shortlisted for multiple awards.

Jörg Mühle studied illustration in Offenbach and Paris. He has been illustrating for books and magazines since 2000. He is the author and illustrator of worldwide bestselling interactive bedtime book for toddlers, Tickle My Ears.

Critic Reviews

"All the relish of a tall tale, deadpan timing, and choice vocabulary."

-- Foreword Reviews, starred review

"Get ready for a hair-raising—or should we say hair-racing?—chase and an abundance of absurdity and witty wordplay."

-- Kirkus Reviews

"An early chapter book—the kind Gecko Press excels at bringing us."

-- Betsy Bird, A Fuse #8 Production

"Both its punny, funny words and full colour illustrations are perfect."

-- Kids' Book Review, Australia

About the Author

Jörg Mühle was born 1973 in Frankfurt am Main and studied at the Offenbach School of Design and the École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs in Paris. He has been a freelance illustrator since 2000, and held a temporary professorship at the Fachhochschule in Mainz. Today, he lives in Frankfurt where he works as a freelance illustrator for book publishers, magazines and newspapers.