Minji's Salon

Ages 3-6.

Mother’s visit to an elegant salon inspires Minji to play hairdresser at home while she is away. Minji persuades her skeptical yet jolly dog to sit as her subject, and uses styling aids such as as ice cream and crayon rollers to make her magic.

The colors of the illustrations are muted, but the contrast between the depictions of mother’s fancy hairstyling experience and Minji’s creative chaos is hilarious. Midway through the process, the dog is covered with an odd assortment of objects, including paint, straws, an underwear cap, and chewed bits of magazine.

The humor of the book is heightened by tongue-in-cheek, playful text. The words of an artiste float overhead as Minji works, spouting aesthetic philosophies such as, show more “You have to be patient; beauty takes time.” An exaggerated voice will make for a lively read-aloud, helping children understand the irony between the tasteful words and Minji’s mess making; otherwise, the text could come across as dry.

While Minji certainly surprises her mother with her enthusiastic creation, her playacting is viewed with a smile and good grace. In Minji’s Salon, parents and children alike will recognize their own experiences with funny outcomes resulting from the imagination of a child. Recommended. show less

When Minji’s mother heads to the beauty salon, Minji pretends to be her dog’s hairdresser. While her mother’s hair is being shampooed, colored, and curled, Minji works diligently on her patient pooch. The simple, charming story of a young girl using her imagination is accompanied by delightful artwork. Choung’s uses subtle colors, mostly white backgrounds, and a cast of very expressive characters to expand the text. Each left-hand page is a picture of Minji’s mother and her hairdresser; opposite is a view of Minji and her dog involved in similar activities. “Mom will be back soon. I think she’ll be surprised,” Minji tells her splendidly remade pup. Indeed, Mom is surprised—and decides she wants to make an appointment show more of her own with her creative daughter, despite the fact that the house is covered in paint, jello, and more. show less

Minji's Salon is a charming tale of a little girl who has fun playing beauty salon while her mother is off getting her hair done. It is told as a parallel tale. On the left we wordlessly see Minji's mother at a tres chic establishment being pampered. On the right is Minji making quite the mess while she performs her version of the same beauty treatment on her long-suffering pooch. Mother comes home to quite a surprise! The illustrations are a quirky delight

Minji's Salon displays the imagination and creativity of Minji. Minji's mom goes to the hair salon for a makeover. Minji decides that she will giver their dog a makeover as well! Her mother chooses a hairstyle, hair color and cut. Meanwhile Minji is at home giving the dog a makeover using paints, a bruch, hat and ribbon. Minji's mom takes a while at the salon and so does the dog. Minji's hair is complete and she returns home to find a mess! The dog is adorable and so is Minji, her mother decides to go along with her daughters imagination and asks her if this is Minji's Salon? Minji is delighted and her mothers asks her for and appointment.

Great to show how parents' daily lives influence children's' lives

This story is of a little girl who goes to the hair shop with her mother. Minji goes home and try out all her new skills she learns from the shop that day on the dog. This story is intended for children maybe 4 and old .

Minji pretends to be a stylist using her imagination.