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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Tags:	funny, cut-outs, picture book, fish, contradictory illustrations, animals

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This Is Not My Hat by Jon Klassen

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This is a story about a small fish that steals a hat from a big fish. It is clearly targeting younger readers. It is funny because the narrator of the story is a small fish that uses many of the same excuses to rational his thievery that young children will use. And in the end, these excuses don't save him from real consequences. I find it to be a humorous book too that adults can enjoy and the illustrations are very pleasing on the eyes.

pbailey1980 | May 11, 2013 |

Very clever book! I loved following the fish and its hat through the story and illustrations! Fun! (

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dukefan86 | May 11, 2013 |

Caldecott winner, 2013
a small fish steals a hat from a large fish and is convinced he got away with it. Illustrations show an entirely different reality in which the large fish tracks down the little fish and gets his hat back.

Phill242 | May 6, 2013 |

I loved the illustrations. It was a simple book lacking content but enjoyable.

mcalcagno | Apr 29, 2013 |

Thought the ending was silly. Gave the good common moral a majority of books share that stealing is bad and you shouldn't take something that isn't yours (at least not without asking). In this case the hat was clearly much too big for the little fish. (

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My Hat (2)

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10-9-2012

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Caldecott Medal (2013)

ALA Notable Children's Books (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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Amazon Best Books of the Year 2012: Jon Klassen first surprised readers with his runaway best seller, I Want My Hat Back, and his follow-up, This Is Not My Hat is an inside out version that is even more fun. Not only did Klassen go with a dark color scheme where the last was light, the action takes place underwater with much of the story told through the expressive illustrations of sea creatures. From the little fish who steals a bowler hat to the crab who sells him out with eyeballs pointing the way, there are lots of laughs along with lessons. This time Klassen created an ambiguous ending that invites lively conversation about the possible outcomes and ultimately leaves it up to the child to decide the little fish's fate with every reading. --Seira Wilson

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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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