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David Shannon is awesome. You might be familiar with his No, David books, or A Bad Case of the Stripes. When I heard about his newest book, Bugs in My Hair!, I thought, “Who would write a book about lice??” Well, in this short video, author David Shannon — sounding just like a picture book author should — shares why he tackled this subject. The video also features many of the illustrations from the book, so it’s an excellent look at what you can expect from the story.
I remember getting lice when I was in middle school. I think it was summertime, so I wasn’t quite as humiliated as I might have been if I had to go to school. My kids have escaped lice, and at 9 and 15, I’m hoping we have gotten away with it. I honestly don’t know if I could handle it!
But books like this remind parents and kids that lice is just another one of those experiences that many school kids have. If you can’t beat ’em, laugh at ’em!
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Christian Alejandro says
Yes a couple of tough battles with it.
Sue Hull says
Yes when my daughter was little. It went around the whole school twice.Eww so gross! It’s making me itch just thinking about it. LOL! These are cute books.My 2 nieces would like them.Thank you 🙂
Rachel G says
My family has never never had lice
AEKZ2 says
No lice in our family…yet
Brigette Streeper says
I had lice in Junior High. I remember doing school work and this bug dropped onto my paper. I told my mom about it when I got home and she ran for the pick! She lifted up my hair and looked around, and then screamed a little… My whole family had them. After a lot of washing and cleaning we got rid of them… Ugh, they are nasty things!
susan smoaks says
when i was little i got them all the time, it was horrible
Monica says
When I was little I did- it got passed into our home several times in fact!
Jaclyn Reynolds says
I had them in 1st grade, luckily my kids never got them! 🙂
Mihaela D. says
no lice over here yet 🙂
emily l says
Never, but with the amount of kids growing and growing at the school, I realize it may only be a matter of time.
Melissa B. says
My oldest daughter got lice once when she was in preschool.
Diana Hatch says
no lice in our family
Liz W. says
We have thankfully not gotten lice yet– dreading the inevitable notice from the school!
Marla says
We’ve managed to avoid lice in our family but have had enough scares (good buddies of my daughter having them) that we own a lice comb and I spray my daughter’s hair with Fairy Tales Rosemary Repel every day!
Natasha Tucker says
nope never thankfully!
mary j says
Yes my neice and nephew got lice from school. It was not fun!!
Crystal Rose says
We were living in a 7 person home a few years back (renting a split level with another family we’re friends with). One of the two kids got them. Then everybody got them. It was a nightmare.
Deb S says
No thank God.
Susan Smith says
Thankfully, no, we’ve not had to deal with them.
Amy W. says
My kids haven’t had lice, but I got it when I was a kid.
Teresa Thompson says
My son, years ago.
Natalie says
Yes my daughter had it when she was four, it was really hard to get rid of
Melinda Stephens says
I had lice once in elementary school, but not since.
Aimee says
Thankfully, no, we’ve not had to deal with them!
Jenny says
not yet, but I am sure our turn will come 🙁
tina reynolds says
I had it once when I was a little kid. My kids have not had it
jeni lutz says
So far my kids haven’t gotten it but I did when I was little
Ed Nemmers says
No; clean here!
Nicole C. says
Yes, unfortunately it has!
Karen Drake says
My kids are grown up now but they caught the lice when they were in grade school, and..it was awful, they are so hard to get rid of, I thought I was going to have to shave their heads..lol I am so glad there is a childrens book about this, there is so much stigma attached to having lice, and we all know it has nothing to do with cleanliness or where you live, everyone is at risk if you have children in school. If I win I plan to give the books to my 4 yr old granddaughter, I think she will enjoy them and also learn from them.
Eileen Burke says
Not yet, knock on wood.
ReggieMann says
Not yet (fingers crossed!)
joni says
No lice here. But there was a kid in my daughter’s grade just diagnosed with scabbies.
Kellie Conklin says
No one in my family has had it (yet!) but there have been many times the dreaded letter has come home from school and we hold our breath!
Sarah W says
On more than one occasion when I was a kid!
Angela Rhodes Ingles says
No, not yet – though I’m a teacher with long hair and see 700 kids a week, so I consider it inevitable at some point in my career! 🙂
Ashley h says
No we haven’t
OneMommy says
Haven’t had lice here, yet…. Oldest just started kindergarten, so I’m sure we will have it one day. Ugh.
Cate says
No lice here, thankfully.
Maria B says
Yes, I had it!
April G says
Thankfully no (KNOCK ON WOOD), not yet!
danielle lima says
my daughter had it 4 times last year. Her classmates kept passing it back and forth
Susan Chester says
Yes, all of my kids and myself have had lice. ICK!
Tari Lawson says
Thank goodness I have not had to deal with lice.
Tabitha P. says
Yes,2 years ago lice came here.
It was her 1st year of school and I had to cut her hair…
Michele C says
Yes unfortunately. Getting rid of it was very hard work. And I felt so bad for our daughters.
Miguel says
I had them when growing up.
Lauren says
Lice is not fun! I never had any experiences with lice as a kid, but my children once got it at their elementary school. We freaked out so much that I was washing their sheets and vacuuming every day. Luckily, the over-the-counter medicine I bought did a great job in getting rid of those icky critters.
Linda Meyers-Gabbard says
Unfortunately yes many years ago. It can happen to anyone. It does not discriminate.
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Tonyia Palmatier says
Nooooo thank god! I would freak!
Alvina Castro says
sadly yes it has gotten us 🙁
Wish i could say no
marian boll says
I can say NO to that question
Lauren Becker says
no, I don’t remember anyone in the family having it!!
Kelly Brown says
No, but it has been in my classroom before. I totally need this book to share with my Kindergarten students.
kathy stevenson says
4 years ago it did! It was AWFUL!
Jeanna says
No, thankfully not yet. I’m so nervous though!
Richard says
No Lice Here.
Allison says
No! Definitely not. Thank goodness
Jessica T says
We seemed to always be de-licing when I was a kid. . . but so far have kept it out of my kids!
Nannypanpan says
No, but my sisters kids got it
Shari L. says
We are lice free so far! And blessedly, I was spared as a child, too.
Addison Kat says
I had lice as a kid but we haven’t had it with the kids yet
Julie says
OH, my gosh! I had three girls with long… THICK hair … school years were a nightmare when it came to lice … hours and hours and hours of combing through tiny pieces of hair in natural light … I hated it and I’m so glad that my son is now 13 and I likely don’t have to go through it any longer. My daughters, however, are finding out what I went through!
Krystal says
We’ve never had lice in our family. Thank goodness!
Deanna says
When we were in elementary school!
sharon says
I discovered my kids both had lice soon after school let out for the summer. Thankfully, we have a lice removal salon near us where we could take them to get it removed. Not that it was cheap, but it was worth it!
Cindi says
Never, believe or not! Our youngest son has a head full of hair
and there was lice in his preschool, he never contracted it…
Thanks, Cindi
Cindy B says
My boys had lice when they were in elementary school, what a pain! We have a grandson living with us now and I keep reminding him not to share hats or combs!
rea says
Thankfully, we have never had lice.
ZAHIR says
My younger sister had lice, but not now, she is completely free from it now.
Marie G. says
No, we haven’t had lice YET, thankfully. Thanks for the giveaway!
Liz says
Great nieces. While I had visions of plague, the doctor-mom explained that there are different types of lice and head lice aren’t scarey (to her).
Anne says
never had lice.
Megan Schmitz says
Lice has not gotten my family but I did have it when I was little.
Kerrie Mayans says
Not in our family, yet!
Deb says
I can never get used to the idea of lice, although the classrooms at my husband’s school has at least a handful during the year. Tough to kill and disgusting at best but I’m glad that David Shannon was fearless enough to tackle this tough subject. Humor sometimes takes the edge off of difficult situations. And lice are no laughing matter. –Deb (DialMforMoms.com)
Rachel S. says
Yes, we have had them in our family.
Melissa says
Yes! Last year it ran rampant in my son’s kindergarten class. Kids passed it back and forth for almost three months!
kasia says
thank God no !
Anne Lehnick says
We got lice in May. It was awful. I’m ready if it happens again though.
Tiffany Marston says
Yes we have
Mozi Esmes mom says
Yes, my daughters best friend in preschool had a case, and she brought it home. Hers wasn’t too bad, but I got it for the first time in my life… Not fun!