When we think of cancer we down always assume children are in that category, Katie's Hat is about a brave young girl and her colorful hats that guide her to positivity. She is diagnosed with cancer and all her hope is gone. She one day realizes the fun and joy a hat can bring to her different moods. This book is encouraging in many way and beautifully written. ( )

Kathy loved hats. She remembers every hat at every important stage of her life. Then, she is diagnosed with cancer. When her hair starts falling, her feelings towards hats change completely. I relate completely with Kathy. I really got creative trying to hide my half-bald head on the left side of my head where the hair didn't fall. Sometimes I preferred wearing my hair (or the one lock of hair I was left with) up, then wearing a hat. hats made me look like a 10-year-old boy, and hair scarves were like a neon billboard on my head for everyone to stare.
I personally did not like the book. I can not imagine Kathy liking a baseball hat. even worst with the pins. her scalp would feel irritated with the texture of the jean fabric and the metal.

Maybe For other people is different, but for me, this book did not encourage me but made me miss my long hair and my old life even more. ( )

Kathy always loved to wear hats as a child but when she is diagnosed with cancer things begin to change. She had to miss school, receive treatment, and spend more time in the hospitals. The worst part was that her hair that took so long to grow was falling out. Her feelings towards hats completely changed and she no longer enjoyed wearing them, she felt dumb wearing them. After her mother tells her she is forgetting about her thinking cap she wears everyday she gets an idea. She begins adding pins to her hat and soon it is filled, and she was happier to wear hats again. After two years of being diagnosed, Kathy's treatment had finally worked, she was cancer free. She is now excited about moving onto greater hats, such as her graduation cap, when she gets married, and buying hats for her children. I enjoyed this story, it is filled with hope and acceptance of one self. This book can be used in the class room but also in hospitals for children struggling with cancer. This book can help students understand cancer and what can happen when someone has cancer. This shows that people that have cancer are no different then anyone else just because they are receiving treatment or losing their hair. I think children should be aware of the issues of cancer and this is a good place to start with that. ( )

This is a very hopeful story for people of all ages. Kathy is a young girl who is obsessed with hats. She has a collection of hats, and they come in handy when she is diagnosed with cancer. Kathy begins to hate her hats until everyone starts pinning pins to her hat. Through this, she begins to think of all of the hats she can wear later on in life such a graduation and a veil at her wedding. She finds out that she is cancer-free, and her class rejoices with her. This can be a great book of hope to read to children struggling with things like this. ( )

Kathy loves all kinds of hats. However, she gets cancer and her hair falls out because of the chemotherapy. She is upset and hates having to wear hats-she thinks they're stupid. One day her mother talks to her about the importance of thinking about things differently, and then Kathy realizes that having to wear hats doesn't have to be a bad thing. She begins to accumulate pins to decorate her hat with, and she comes to enjoy wearing them again. It is a realistic book because it might exist in our life. I saw the author's note, her daughter get cancer and she take chemotherapy. Fortunately, her daughter gets better. ( )