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    Chicagoan's book celebrating black girls' hair is a hit — 20 years after it was first published

    by Nara Schoenberg, Chicago Tribune May 02, 2018 4 minutes

    CHICAGO - Natasha Tarpley was inspired by her own Chicago childhood when she wrote her first picture book, a joyful look at the mother-daughter hair-combing sessions that produce black girls' tight cornrows, swinging braids and exuberant Afros.

    Reviews of the 1998 book "I Love My Hair!" were positive, but not ecstatic. Media coverage was moderate. Awards committees looked elsewhere.

    But a funny thing happened on the way to publishing oblivion: "I Love My Hair!" just kept selling. It's currently the No. 1 best-seller in "children's multiculturalism" on Amazon, and this spring its publisher is releasing an anniversary edition. Citing readers' embrace of the book's joyful presentation

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