There is absolutely no reason not to let your hair dry on its own. It's ridiculous to use electricity to dry your hair if you don't have a good reason and want to do so. I'm 48 and I have wonderful hair because I never abuse it with a hair dryer or styling products. That being said, if not drying one's hair did lead to tropical plants growing from it, would that really be so bad? ( )

I was working on a stumper for a patron about dirty kids and this book came up. I think part of the reason I had issue with it is because I also hate to dry my hair and will go to work with it damp. In this book, Ruthie grows plants out of her hair because she goes to bed with it wet. ( )

In the middle of winter, in a tucked-away town,
Where the snow never seemed to stop coming down,
In a mountain-sized house, the color of sky,
Lived a girl with thick hair that took too long to dry.

So begins this delightfully irreverent tale, written in the tradition of Dr. Seuss. When a spirited little girl named Ruthie Bon Bair refuses to dry her wet hair before bedtime, she is plagued by an unusual host of difficulties—plants and flowers and other outrageous items begin to sprout from her scalp! As her condition escalates, Ruthie and friends attempt to control the growing vegetation in her hair, but not without some surprising, and hilarious, results. . . .