A squirrel enters and asks the bear if he has seen a rabbit wearing a hat. After a page turn, we see the bear sitting on a rustled patch of ground, wearing the red pointy hat. He accuses the rabbit of stealing his hat. Upon recollecting that his hat was red and pointy, the bear snaps to a realisation and runs back to the rabbit. A deer comes upon the despondent bear and asks him what his hat looked like. The rabbit answers negatively and defensively, ending 'Don’t ask me any more questions.' The bear then moves on to ask a turtle, a snake, and an armadillo. The bear then asks a rabbit who is wearing a red pointy hat. He asks a fox and a frog if they have seen it, but neither has. Plot Ī bear laments his lost hat, and sets off to find it. The book was published by Candlewick Press in September 2011.

It was Klassen's first book as both author and illustrator. They decided the rabbit's words are red because he is wearing the red hat.I Want My Hat Back is a 2011 children's picture book by author and illustrator Jon Klassen. Notice how the colors change depending on which character is speaking? My kids also realized that the text matches the color of the speaking character.until you get to the rabbit. (Summary from Candlewick Press.)ĭay One: The Text The first day we look at this book we focused on the text. 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. 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. Each animal says no, some more elaborately than others. Patiently and politely, he asks the animals he comes across, one by one, whether they have seen it. The bear’s hat is gone, and he wants it back. Let's start with This Is Not My Hat, a 2012 Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor book. What? My kids writing dialogue? Yes, your kids can write dialogue. Hats off to Jon Klassen for creating two amazing books! I Want My Hat Back and This Is Not My Hat look simple at first glance, but they are packed with possibilities for helping your kiddos infer, question, study details in illustrations and even write dialogue.

I want my hat back by jon klaasen