I find this book very long and probably not a good read aloud choice. It would be a good read for 2nd grade or higher because of the length and because it is not a simple rhyme book. This story follows Bartholomew Cubbins a the simple boy in the Kingdom of Didd. Bartholomew always wore the same red had with a feather in it and one day as the king's is parading through town Bart is asked to bow and remove his hat at once. Bart bows and removes his hat several times only to find another red hat everytime. The king's men sieze him at once. Many people try to figure out why Bart always has another hat when he takes one off. The king gets a wise man, magicians, and a yeomen to figure out Bart's mystery, Finally after going through 499 hats Bart finds a the most beautiful hat anyone had everseen on his head and it was the last hat and the king buy the beautiful hat from bart for 500 pieces of gold.Readers can go to the highly interactive Seussville.com to view biographies of Dr. Seuss and events coming up that involve Dr. Seuss books and there are other neat features on the site as well.

When Bartholomew visits town one day, selling cranberries at the market for his parents, the King's procession screeches to a halt in front of him. King Derwin then leans out of his coach, demanding to know why Bartholomew hasn't respectfully removed his hat. He shows the king the hat in his hands that he's just taken off, but sure enough, another identical one sits atop his head. He takes that hat off only to reveal another and another, and another, and another. Bartholomew goes through 45 hats, then 136, then 233, as the angry king calls in every expert in the kingdom, from Sir Snipps the haberdasher to the Father of the Father of Nadd. In the end, Bartholomew barely gets away with his head. http://www.todayinliterature.com/biog... this website offers information about Dr. Seuss' life story, his books, and links to related topics.

Bartholomew Cubbins is a poor boy who was just going to town to try and get cranberries for his family. When the King comes into town, Bartholomew was not able to take off his hat because each time he tried, another hat would appear. The story continues with the King going through great lengths to try and take the book off of Bartholomew, although each time the hats become more and more elaborate. By the 500th hat, the King asks if he can buy the hat for 500 gold coins, and Bartholomew walks away with no hat and money for his family. ( )

Executioners, arrows and being pushed off a castle might be scary for some kids. ( )

This is a classic Seuss book for older children - it's dedicated to a girl 90 months old, which puts her at 7 and a half, my guess is that this book is intended to be read for children 7 years old or so.

Bartholomew Cubbins is struck by a terrible misfortune - every time he takes off his hat to the king, it is replaced by another. The king gets on his high horse about the subject, but everything turns out fine in the end when the king buys the final, majestic hat and puts it on his own head.

My nieces like this book quite a bit. ( )