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Copyright © 2019 by Jim Benton
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Book design by Tom Daly
Jacket design by Tom Daly
Jacket illustrations copyright © 2019 by Jim Benton
The illustrations for this book were rendered in pen, ink, and watercolor.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Benton, Jim, author, illustrator.
Title: Bad hair day / Jim Benton.
Description: First edition. | New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, [2019] | Series: Franny K. Stein, mad scientist ; [#8] | Summary: Franny tries to follow her mother’s suggestion to change her appearance, but by turning hair styling into a science experiment she creates some very greedy pigtails that terrorize the town.
Identifiers: LCCN 2018015661 | ISBN 9781534413375 (hardcover : alk. paper) | ISBN 9781534413399 (ebook)
Subjects: | CYAC: Science—Experiments—Fiction. | Hair—Fiction. | Dogs—Fiction. | Mothers and daughters—Fiction. | Humorous stories.
Classification: LCC PZ7.B447547 Bad 2019 | DDC [Fic]—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018015661