This one took a few sittings to get all the way through for me, and I don't think it was the story's fault. All the same, when I finally did finish I was happy with the conclusion. The illustrations are very nice and the story was pretty well done. (

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matthewbloome | May 19, 2013 |

Each day after school Luisa's school bus drops her off at the beauty salon that her mom works at cutting and fixing up hair. Her mom works hard, too hard, and almost never smiles but according to Luisa whenever her mom does smile she is like a pretty flower, the prettiest you've ever seen. But the next day will be moms birthday and Luisa has a surprise birthday party for her mom. They get to the salon and there is everyone. And now Luisa sees her mom dance and be happy, she is the happiest one in that room.

bmwade | May 17, 2013 |

A young girl saw how tired her mother was after work each day, so the daughter decided to give her mother a surprise party, which made the girl's mother extremely happy.
Source: Pierce College Library
Ages:5-8

Joy_Duval | May 13, 2013 |

This is such a sweet story about a little girl who plans a special birthday surprise for her mama. Luisa works very hard preparing for Mama's surprise birthday party. As soon as Luisa is dropped off at Mama's hair salon, she is hard at work planning, and making pictures do decorate with. Luisa tells everyone in the salon about the surprise, and makes sure Mama comes back to the salon later that night for the party. Luisa does this for her mother because her mom has been very sad ever since Papa left. Luisa is able to make Mama smile again, and make her realize that lfie is still beautiful. (

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awoodham93 | Mar 1, 2013 |

this little girl sees her mom is so tired everytime she comes from work , so she desided to make her mom a birthday party . all her moms costomer help her plan the supprise. so one night mom came home from work ,littlegirl knew she had to get her mom back to her job site for the party, when mom got there mom was supprise and happy . littlegirl told her mama she"ll give the world has her birthday present. made her even happier. pierce college library ages 6 to 8

alaskagirl | Feb 25, 2013 |

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For one magical night, Luisa wants to make her single mother's worries disappear.

Every day after school Luisa goes to Walter's World of Beauty to watch her mama work-- cutting, coloring, and curling customer's hair, transforming them into the images of their dreams. Mama works hard and hardly ever smiles, but when she does, she is the prettiest flower in all the World. At the end of each day, she puts her tip money in a special envelopes for Luisa-- the envelope marked "college." She wants to give her daughter the world-- but Luisa has plans of her own. It's Mama's birthday and, for one night, she wants to make Mama smile... the way she smiles in an old photograph of her dancing at a place called Roseland. So Luisa transforms Walter's World of Beauty into Roseland, by decorating it with roses and collages of Mama's customers, who are also in on Luisa's secret. And it isn't long before everyone is happily dancing, especially Mama, who is the happiest of all.

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At Walter's World of Beauty, Luisa's secret plans are underway to create a very special birthday celebration for her hard-working, single mother who is employed there as a stylist.