When Sophie slides into class wearing her colorful, unruly mermaid hair hoping to blend in, she creates classroom mayhem immediately. Since holding strands of the hair calms her anxious tummy-aches, Sophie tries to manage the wandering wild hair until she’s told she must find a new way to calm her tummy-aches. 

 

This gentle story tackles the topics of finding skills to cope with change, and the importance of resiliency and adaptability with humor and sensitivity.  It will appeal to readers ages 4-8 who embrace the courage of the Anxious Bean in The Anxious Bean Breathes by Dana Omar and those who giggle at the silly hair situations found in On Account of the Gum by Adam Rex.