This Is Not My Hat (edition 2012)

by Jon Klassen, Jon Klassen (Illustrator)

Series: My Hat (2)

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Title:	This Is Not My Hat
Authors:	Jon Klassen
Other authors:	Jon Klassen (Illustrator)
Info:	Candlewick (2012), Edition: First Edition, Hardcover, 40 pages
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When a small fish steals a hat off the head of a large fish, he finds a host of rational reasons why it is ok to justify his behavior.

Believing that no one saw him steal the hat, still he decides to hid in the tall underwater plants.

When a lobster informs the large fish, he travels to find the thief and his small hat.

This is a wonderful moral tale of knowing you are doing wrong, making excuses, and then, in the end facing the consequences.

I recommended this 2013 Caldecott Medal winner. (

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Whisper1 | Jun 18, 2013 |

A fish swims on through the mysterious underwater environment, beautifully illustrated leading to new revelations of wearing a hat. A simple story that evokes so much thought. (

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rnelson12 | Jun 13, 2013 |

This book has very interesting illustrations, with each page connecting to the previous page. The humor is very different and a bit on the older children side of things, which might not resonate with younger children.

rebeccabrooke | Jun 9, 2013 |

Short Summary: A book about a fish that swims around with a stolen hat on, and tries to make himself feel better by making excuses for stealing it until he gets caught by the fish he stole it from.

personal reflection: Love this book! I like any kids book that brings an element of dry humor, because I think we underestimate kids' ability to understand it. It is also a good lesson for read aloud to not steal because it's not worth it!

hkent32 | Jun 9, 2013 |

I loved the flow of this cleverly written and illustrated book! I purchased it for my own library (

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My Hat (2)

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10-9-2012

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Caldecott Medal (2013)

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For Will and Justin, again

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This hat is not mine.

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Lawson/LIB 428 desc. --The extraordinary, simple, yet extravagant illustration coupled with the sort of twist/mystery plotline in the book when the fish go out of sight make this book such a fun and amazign read for children. Children and adults will likely appreciate the amazing artwork and design in this story but it's a double threat with the fun/humorous storyline and loveable characterization as the little fish has stolen a big fish's hat and swims along sort of bragging about it unknowingly being chased by the big fish until they reach seaweed and dip behind it, and only the big fish emerges, leaving the reader to assume what happened to the other. This book is incredible and should not be missed.

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From the creator of the #1 New York Times best-selling and award-winning I Want My Hat Back comes a second wry tale.

When a tiny fish shoots into view wearing a round blue topper (which happens to fit him perfectly), trouble could be following close behind. So it’s a good thing that enormous fish won’t wake up. And even if he does, it’s not like he’ll ever know what happened. . . . Visual humor swims to the fore as the best-selling Jon Klassen follows his breakout debut with another deadpan-funny tale.

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A tiny minnow wearing a pale blue bowler hat has a thing or two up his fins in this underwater light-on-dark chase scene.

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