Stephanie's Ponytail (Munsch for Kids) Paperback – Picture Book, May 1, 1996

My daughter had this book and we LOVED it. Now I’ve purchased it for my granddaughters and they love it. It’s a silly book that we’ve read all the time!!!!

This book is a classic! As a school librarian, I wanted to share it with my students but it wasn’t being published by any of the big name vendors. Luckily Amazon was able to provide me with exactly what I needed! The book came in great shape and my students loved the story.

My daughter goes to a school where girls are not allowed to wear pants but boys can. We raised the issue with the school board and the matter will be taken under advisement, so hopefully the policy gets changed for next school year. In the meantime, we were told by the principal that nobody would be punished for wearing pants to school when it is cold, so my daughter has elected to wear pants instead of her jumper some days this winter. Well one day a boy in her class teased her that she was in fact a boy because she dressed like one at school. She said she told him that girls wear pants too and to just look at their teacher (who is female and, ironically, wears pants almost daily). When she told me about it, I asked her if his comment made her feel like not wearing pants and just wearing the jumper to school and she replied, "No! Not when it's cold. I like wearing pants." We had a discussion about how important it is to be yourself even if others make fun of you for it. After that discussion, I came to amazon looking for books that illustrated the lesson about nonconformity. Stephanie's Ponytail is a lighthearted and fun book that does just that. Stephanie asks her mom to style her ponytail in various ways. Each time everybody at school teases her about her new ponytail, but when Stephanie continues to wear it that way and feel confident, they start to copy her and change their hairdos to be like her. Stephanie gets the last laugh at the end of the book, and my daughter laughed right along with her. This is a good book if you are looking for books to help build your child's confidence and self esteem.

Hilarious book about little Stephanie who asks her mom to make her a ponytail because nobody has one in her class. The kids make fun of her but Stephanie says "It's my ponytail and I LIKE IT! The enxt day, all the kids have copied her hairdo. She asks her mom to change her style every day and the same thing keeps happening...the kids make fun of her yet copy the style the next day. In the end, clever Stephanie thinks of a great way to fool everyone! Fun for many ages (even I really enjoy it). I'd say 5-8 is the best fit.

Such a sweet book. A favorite of my daughters when they were young. Bought for my baby grandaughter💗

Fun book to read your kid before bed time. Boy or girl will enjoy this book, it is a classic.

I have found this text particularly interesting for boys AND girls ages 5-8 as a Read Aloud. The repetition in the text engages even the reluctant reader to predict text. The overall message of the story is believe in yourself. The children love the surprise ending!

The story itself We love it.... but this is tiny tiny.... I was expecting a small book, but this is smaller than a kids meal book... I gave it three stars because on the content.Update: I gave this five stars the first time I reviewed it because I was so disappointed with the size, but my three year old is fascinated by these tiny books... It's funny, he wants to read them every day, and the great thing is, he can take it everywhere because they fit anywhere...I don't give it the five stars because, me, the parent, would have wanted these to be a little bit bigger...What it occurs to me that these can be used as party favors, and children love them

One of my favourite books growing up. So many lessons to learn from it. To this day my mom & I reference it when we wear our hair in wonky-ways. Classic Munsch book! Great illustrations.Only downside is it was a little smaller than the version I had as a child, 8x8 instead of 10x8, but included photos with tape measure to give size and others show the illustrations inside. Paperback version. Good quality. Highly recommend.

Me encanta es de mis libros favoritos, para que los niños sepan que ellos puede. Ser y usar lo que quieran simplemente por qué es su cuerpo y son ellos, sin importar lo que los demás piensen. Me encanta y a mi hijo de 3 años también

Story about a girl who comes to school with a different ponytail every day and who gets copied by everyone. Very lovely and funny illustrations, too. In the end she manages to trick all the copycats......read for yourself :-)

I just adore Robert Munsch!I recommend this book to anyone who knows a strong willed little one or maybe a little one that needs to toughen up a bit and not follow so much Or for any kid really.Lots of fun but if you don't like words like "ugly" or "brainless" being used this is not a choice for you.

Great book. Funny, very well written.