It's True! Your Hair Grows 15 kilometres a year (3): Your Hair Grows 15 Kilometre Each Year

Diana Lawrenson · Leigh Hobbs

май 2004 г. · IT'S TRUE! Книга 3 · Allen & Unwin

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Psst! It's true! This is the best book on HAIR you'll ever read!

Did you know a single strand of hair can show that you've been poisoned? Or that redheads were once burned at the stake as witches?

Find out the facts about follicles and what makes hair frizzy, fine or fair. Read up on beards, babies, barbers and baldness. Talk about toupees and discover that hair is everywhere.

Tease your friends with tangled tales and hair-raising facts.

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Diana Lawrenson had practically no hair until she was two years old. Now she has plenty, and has written several award winning non-fiction books for kids. She trained as a nurse and a midwife and lived for a while in the Solomon Islands where she had adventures with cyclones, earthquakes and crocodiles. She is the author of Inside the Australian Ballet and From Puppies to Partners.

Leigh Hobbs is best known for his children's picture book characters, the subversive but lovable Old Tom and Horrible Harriet. His love of drawing began in primary school and he hasn't stopped creating art in one form or another since then. Leigh is a painter, sculptor, cartoonist and author. Leigh is Australia's Children's Laureate for 2016 and 2017.