I Want My Hat Back :"The funniest book ever written" - Guardian. A laugh-out-loud gift from bestselling and multi-award-winning picture book maker Jon Klassen - The Hat Trilogy
I Want My Hat Back :"The funniest book ever written" - Guardian. A laugh-out-loud gift from bestselling and multi-award-winning picture book maker Jon Klassen - The Hat Trilogy
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Published:
4 October, 2012
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A New York Times Bestseller and Best Illustrated Book
Voted one of the BBC’s 100 Greatest Picture Books of All Time
“The funniest book ever written” Guardian
“One of the simplest yet most original and entertaining picture books around” The Telegraph
“Astonishing. A charmingly wicked little book.” The New York Times
“Equally as funny for adults as kids.” Romesh Ranganathan, The I Paper, The Best Bedtime Books of All Time
Bear's hat has gone.
And he wants it back.
Collect all three HAT books:
I Want My Hat Back
This is Not My Hat
We Found a Hat
Prizes
Winner of Bank Street College Irma Black Award Honor Book 2012 (United States),Nominated for E. B. White Read-Aloud Award, Picture Books 2012 (United States),Winner of English 4-11 Book Awards Leicester 2012 (UK),Winner of German Youth Literature Award (Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis) 2013 (Germany),Winner of Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance Book Award 2012 (United States),Winner of Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor Book 2012 (United States),Short-listed for Kate Greenaway Medal (CILIP) 2013 (UK),Short-listed for Waterstone’s Children’s Book Prize 2012 (UK),Long-listed for Kate Greenaway Medal (CILIP) 2013 (UK),Nominated for Cybils Award, Fiction Picture Books 2011 (United States)
More Details
| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9781406338539 |
| ISBN10 | 1406338532 |
| Number Of Pages | 40 |
| Item Weight | 200 g |
| Product Dimensions | 200 x 276 x 8 mm |
| Publisher / Reseller | Walker Books Ltd |
| Format | paperback |
Media Reviews
“[…] the funniest book ever written and here is why: it is always funny, every single time you read it. And if you know any children at all, you will be reading it a lot. It is funny in whatever language you read it (22 and counting) and to almost every child in the world.” * The Guardian *
Repetition for the under 5’s and giggles for the over 25’s (Best book for laughs) * The Lady *
This must be one of the simplest yet original entertaining picture books around at the moment. -- Shirley Hughes * The Telegraph *
This is an author-illustrator who takes you from page to page with a dry humour which matches his story perfectly. -- Shirley Hughes * The Telegraph *
Elegant books * Wall Street Journal *
This simple story of a bear looking for his hat is my go to for an instant pick-up and giggle. Illustrated simply but with obvious care and forethought, the images convey an extra, subtle layer of humour which for now is lost on my young children. However they still appreciate the story and question why I am laughing like a loon at a bear looking for and finding a hat. * The Cheltonian *
“Read I Want My Hat Back by Jon Klassen. It’s the most subtle endorsement of murder you’ll ever find.” * GQ *
“Fed up with reading sugar-coated bedtime stories? Try Jon Klassen’s black-humoured book about a bear trying to track down his missing hat, which your delighted tot will spot long before our hapless detective. There’s loss, lies, vigilante justice and a sticky-pawed bunny. The deliciously deadpan dialogue and stylish muted colour palette will delight all ages, too.” * Gurgle *
“[…] hilarious and with such amazing illustrations to boot.” * Gurgle *
Recommended by Frank Cottrell-Boyce as a must read in lockdown on the Lauren Laverne Radio 6 Show. -- Frank Cottrell-Boyce * Lauren Laverne Radio 6 Show *
GoodReads Reviews
Author's Bio
Jon Klassen is the author-illustrator of I Want My Hat Back, We Found a Hat and This Is Not My Hat, the only book to ever win both the Kate Greenaway and Caldecott Medal. He also illustrated Triangle, Square, The Wolf, the Duck and the Mouse, Extra Yarn and Sam and Dave Dig a Hole, all written by Mac Barnett, as well as Ted Kooser's House Held Up By Trees. Before making picture books, he worked as an illustrator on the animated feature film, Coraline. Originally from Niagara Falls, Canada, Jon now lives in Los Angeles, California with his wife and son. Find Jon online at burstofbeaden.com, on Twitter as @burstofbeaden, and on Instagram as @jonklassen.