I Want My Hat Back

About this book

The bear's hat is gone, and he wants it back. Patiently and politely, he asks the animals he comes across, one by one, whether they have seen it. Each animal says no, some more elaborately than others. But just as the bear begins to despair, a deer comes by and asks a simple question that sparks the bear's memory and renews his search with a vengeance.

A picture-book morality play about dishonesty.

Subjects

  • age:max:6
  • age:min:2
  • american literature
  • animals
  • award:theodor_seuss_geisel_award
  • bears
  • bears, fiction
  • children's fiction
  • fiction
  • grade:max:3
  • grade:min:preschool
  • hats
  • hats, fiction
  • humorous stories
  • juvenile
  • juvenile fiction
  • juvenile wit and humor
  • lexile:230
  • lexile_range:201-300
  • lost and found possessions
  • new york times bestseller
  • new york times reviewed
  • nyt:picture_books=2011-11-19
  • picture books