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

Great book about being an individual. Stephanie's ponytail was a lot of fun and prompted good conversations.

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.

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!!!!

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.

As an elementary school teacher, I have read many many children’s books but this remains one of my favorites when doing a read aloud with a new group of students. It is a great story about being comfortable being yourself, even if you are different from those around you, mixed with the humor I expect from a Robert munsch book.

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.

This was my favorite book as a child and reading it now I can see why. The girls got personality and tude. An adorable story unfortunately my old book was falling apart. While recently reading this to my 6 year old I noticed a coincidence. My mother got me this book when I was 6 in 1999. This is one my grandchildren will read. Love this story and so happy to have found it!

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