I Want My Hat Back
Author & Illustrator: Jon Klassen
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Year of Publication: 2011
Genre: Fiction
Horn Book or Kirkus Reviews rating: 2
Summary: A bear lost his hat and thinks that he will never find it, so he goes on a search to find it. At the end of his search he realizes that he had seen the hat.
Summary of Professional Reviews: The Kirkus Review said that Font colors correlate with the animals' dialogue as well as the illustrations' muted color palette, and the four-sentence denials (first rabbit's, then bear's) structurally echo each other. Indubitably hip, this will find plenty of admirers. Others might react to a certain moral vapidity. And the littlest ones will demand to know where the heck that rabbit went. Meanwhile Cooperative Children's Book Center Choices thinks that Jon Klassen’s muted palette and elegantly simple, distinctive illustrations are a perfect match for his offbeat story.
Review by Katie: Klassen uses a unique storyline by having a bear go through and look for his hat. As he asks other animals if they have seen his hat they answer with a response of no, and their response is in a colored text that matches their color. The bear finally realizes that he had seen his hat and he goes back to get it. The color of the text really gives the reader a good idea of who is speaking and makes it an easy read for children. It is simple, yet complex at the same time.
I Want My Hat Back can be used when teaching inference and when children are learning about being focused and aware of their surroundings because it is easy to miss something so simple.
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Year of Publication: 2011
Genre: Fiction
Horn Book or Kirkus Reviews rating: 2
Summary: A bear lost his hat and thinks that he will never find it, so he goes on a search to find it. At the end of his search he realizes that he had seen the hat.
Summary of Professional Reviews: The Kirkus Review said that Font colors correlate with the animals' dialogue as well as the illustrations' muted color palette, and the four-sentence denials (first rabbit's, then bear's) structurally echo each other. Indubitably hip, this will find plenty of admirers. Others might react to a certain moral vapidity. And the littlest ones will demand to know where the heck that rabbit went. Meanwhile Cooperative Children's Book Center Choices thinks that Jon Klassen’s muted palette and elegantly simple, distinctive illustrations are a perfect match for his offbeat story.
Review by Katie: Klassen uses a unique storyline by having a bear go through and look for his hat. As he asks other animals if they have seen his hat they answer with a response of no, and their response is in a colored text that matches their color. The bear finally realizes that he had seen his hat and he goes back to get it. The color of the text really gives the reader a good idea of who is speaking and makes it an easy read for children. It is simple, yet complex at the same time.
I Want My Hat Back can be used when teaching inference and when children are learning about being focused and aware of their surroundings because it is easy to miss something so simple.