Nancy Redd has one rule that’s non-negotiable for her family. “When the sun goes down, our hair goes up,” she told ESSENCE. The author and mother turned this policy into a delightful children’s book ...

The author and mother of two celebrates black hair — and bonnets — in her new picture book Sam Gillette is a Staff Writer on the Human Interest team at PEOPLE. She first joined PEOPLE in 2016. Some ...

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Some picture books celebrate children going to bed with their blankets. Others show little boys and girls cuddling up with their teddy bears. But author and mother of two Nancy Redd became frustrated ...

"Wearing a bonnet is like brushing my teeth. There's not a night that's complete without it," says author Nancy Redd. Her book Bedtime Bonnet celebrates black nighttime hair routines. When Nancy ...

When Nancy Redd's daughter was three years old, she started wearing a bonnet to bed. It's a "ubiquitous black experience that I grew up with, my mom grew up with, all my friends grew up with," Redd ...