picture book about a stolen hat

or how to avoid shipping and handling fees

My son came home from university on December 20th.  As the case with many 18 year old boys, he had not even begun to think about what he wanted to give people for Christmas.  But Mu-um, I had to study for exams, and then I had to pack ....   I bailed him out by telling him about a dvd that his dad wanted.  We got online, and the dvd was $3.00 short of the free shipping amount.  Mum to the rescue: I will buy a book so that you don't have to pay shipping, Son.

And that is how I just got this book in the mail.

This is Not My Hat

written and illustrated by Jon Klassen
published by Candlewick Press (2012)
fiction, semi-morality tale
appropriate for children 3 - 7

Jon Klassen must have a thing about hats.  I Want My Hat Back was brilliant.

This time the hats go sub-marine.

This hat is not mine.  I stole it.
I stole it from a big fish. He was asleep when I did it.

A small fish, blatantly and un-repentedly steals a hat from a big fish.  He thinks that he can get away with his larceny, because the big fish was sleeping. And will be asleep for a long time.  And probably won't even notice that the hat is gone.  And if he does notice, the little fish will go to where the plants are tall and strong and grow close together. Where nobody can find him.

The pictures tell a different story.  Brilliantly.

If you aren't totally hooked yet (pun very intended),  watch the trailer.

We are going to have a wee bit of fun with hats - no stealing allowed - after we read both the Jon Klassen books.

We tend to be book gluttons - so we will also read

and

We will have a crazy, silly, where-on-earth-did-you-get-that hat day.  

I am feeling a touch partial to this one of a kind head covering.

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