I Want My Hat Back

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A picture-book delight by a rising talent tells a cumulative tale with a mischievous twist. A New York Times Best Illustrated Children’s Book of 2011! This is the fantastic board b ook version of I Want My Hat Back. Perfect for strong little hands who are still mastering the art of turning the pages of picture books. The bear’s hat is gone, and he wants it back. Patiently and politely, he asks the animals he comes across, one by one, whether they have seen it. Each animal says no, some more elaborately than others. But just as the bear begins to despond, a deer comes by and asks a simple question that sparks the bear’s memory and renews his search with a vengeance. Told completely in dialogue, this delicious take on the classic repetitive tale plays out in sly illustrations laced with visual humor — and winks at the reader with a wry irreverence that will have kids of all ages thrilled to be in on the joke. A marvelous book in the true dictionary sense of “marvel": it is a wonderful and astonishing thing, the kind of book that makes child laugh and adult chuckle, and both smile in appreciation. A charmingly wicked little book. —The New York Times 4-8 years Show more