I Want My Hat Back
Readers rate it 4.4 (80 on Hardcover)
40 pages · Released 2016 · Candlewick Press
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This award-winning picture book is a humorous and clever tale about a bear searching for his lost hat, with a gentle moral lesson about honesty and consequences. The story uses animal characters and simple language to explore why lying doesn't work, making it perfect for preschoolers and early readers. The illustrations are stylish and the plot has a satisfying twist that rewards attentive listeners without being mean-spirited.
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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 despair, a deer comes by and asks a simple question that sparks the bear's memory and r... 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 despair, a deer comes by and asks a simple question that sparks the bear's memory and renews his search with a vengeance. A picture-book morality play about dishonesty.
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- picture books
- Lost and found possessions
- Bears
- Hats
- Fiction
- nyt:picture_books=2011-11-19
- New York Times bestseller
- Animals
- Juvenile fiction
- Juvenile Wit and humor
- Humorous Stories
- New York Times reviewed
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ISBN 9780763696740 · Candlewick Press