Maria awakes one morning to find her normally spiky brown hair replaced by all the colors of the rainbow. Her head is full of colors, and on this day she draws and paints like never before. The following morning Maria awakes to find her head full of books. They tell her about faraway places, creepy spiders, and rockets that fly to the moon. And it isn’t long before her head is full of animals and then people. But one day something unexpected happens: Maria awakes to find her head is full of—nothing. Or maybe there is something after all.

Kiki’s colorful watercolors wonderfully capture the joy and anticipation of Maria’s early morning surprises.

Text Copyright © 1994 by Catherine Friend. Illustrations Copyright © 1994 by Kiki, published by Hyperion Books for Children, 1994, 1995. ISBN 1-56282-360-4