![]() ![]() I wish I could say, “I discovered this book first.” But I expect anyone who has already read it - the book was published late last month - would see right through me. Book 1 I Want My Hat Back by Jon Klassen 4. This is a charmingly wicked little book and the debut of a promising writer-illustrator talent. ![]() It may take younger children a few readings to understand the story in full, but when they do, they will savor it all the more.Īdult readers, for their part, will surely anticipate Klassen’s next picture book in the same way they yearn for a new Mo Willems or relish a William Steig classic. None of the behavior is particularly commendable (except for the bear’s good manners), but the actions and attending emotions are all recognizably animal-like and human. ![]() ![]() Each animal says no, some more elaborately than others. Patiently and politely, he asks the animals he comes across, one by one, whether they have seen it. The muted brown palette shifts to an angry red when the bear realizes, “I have seen my hat.” The bear’s hat is gone, and he wants it back. I Want My Hat Back Written and Illustrated by Jon Klassen Publisher’s Synopsis: The bear’s hat is gone, and he wants it back. Don’t ask me any more questions,” and is drawn with a red, cone-shaped hat on his head (though the bear at first fails to notice). Due to the great illustrations the children will work out the funny story much quicker than the bear who is the main character in the book. The dialogue is very funny and it is one of the books which makes children engaged right from the beginning. He responds this way as well to a rabbit, even though the rabbit sputters, “I would not steal a hat. I Want My Hat Back is a book that makes everybody smile. ![]()
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