Why I Let My Hair Grow Out

by Maryrose Wood

“It’s about a magic faery mermaid princess,” I said, smiling at her. “With long, strawberry-blond hair and a very pretty dress. And she’s brave and clever and has magic powers, only she doesn’t know it at first.”

  “Yay!” said Tammy, bouncing around the room like a rubber ball. “Yay!”

  I felt like saying it too, so I did.

  “Yay!”

  I was so glad to have someone to tell.

  about the author

  Maryrose Wood owns a pair of padded bike shorts but you will be hard-pressed to find a photograph of her wearing them. However, she always dons a helmet when riding her bike, and you should as well. Helmet-hair is no reason to take chances with your skull.

  Maryrose wrote Sex Kittens and Horn Dawgs Fall in Love, which was hailed as “an uproarisously funny debut” by ALA Booklist. Other nice things have been said about Maryrose and her work; you can see for yourself by visiting www.maryrosewood.com.

  She lives in New York with her two children and a feisty little redheaded dog.