I Want My Hat Back

$15.19

Hardcover
Author: Jon Klassen
Illustrator: Jon Klassen
Publisher: Candlewick Books
Publish Date: September 2011
Language: English
Reading Level: 1
EAN: 9780763655983

Overview

A New York Times Best Illustrated Children’s Book of 2011!

A picture-book delight by a rising talent tells a cumulative tale with a mischievous twist.

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.

Details

Pages: 40
Dimensions: 11 x 8.1 x 0.5 in
Lexile Score: 230
Interest Level: Lower Grade (LG)
Point Value: 0.5
ISBN: 0763655988

Awards

2014 Grand Canyon Reader Award - Nominee (Picture)
2014 Monarch Award - Nominee (Grades K-3)
2013 Colorado Children's Book Award - Nominee (Picture Book)
2013 Golden Archer Award - Nominee (Primary)
2013 Greenaway Medal - Nominee (Illustrator)
2013 Virginia Readers Choice Award - Nominee (Primary)
2012 Buckaroo Book Award - Nominee (Children's)
2012 Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens - Recommended (Up to Seven)
2012 E.B. White Read Aloud Award - Winner (Picture Book)
2012 Geisel Medal (Dr. Seuss) - Honor Book (Children's Literature)
2012 Irma S. & James H. Black Award - Honor Book (Children's Literature)
2012 Maryland Blue Crab Young Reader Award - Honor Book (Beginning Fiction)
2012 Texas 2x2 Reading List - Recommended (Children's)
2011 Cybils - Finalist (Fiction Picture Book)