Crazy Hair (2009)

As expected, this book is "out there!" I liked the bizarreness and creativity of what was in the crazy hair. ( )

Another cute-for-children poem by Gaiman. What makes this little book are the whimsical, saturated images by Dave McKean who must leave little trails of brilliance and paint wherever he goes. ( )

While not Gaiman's best effort, it's still a bizarre absurdity of a poem well matched with Dave McKean's bizarrely absurd art. The art and text work very well together (and I could look at McKean's art all day), though it doesn't gel as a book as well as Wolves in the Walls. ( )

This fantastical picture book plays with the idea of having long hair that gets so tangled it's like a birds nest. The crazy hair is so tangled and messy that not only do birds live in it, but bears, dancers and pirates too! Even those who try to comb out the tangles get entrapped in the mess with no escape. A fun book for those who can relate to the tangled hair but the pictures and lack of a "happy ending" (tangles are freed) may be too much for a younger crowd. ( )

McKean's audacious illustrations bring the rhyming text vividly to life in this daring celebration of the imagination. Striking and theatrical' The Bookseller 'Sometimes scientifically accurate and sometimes surreal, over-arching all is the movement, rhythm and pace achieved through the combination of text and illustration