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This Is Not My Hat
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This Is Not My Hat Hardcover - 2012

by Jon Klassen; Jon Klassen (Illustrator)

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


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The 2013 Caldecott Medal winner! 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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  • Title This Is Not My Hat
  • Author Jon Klassen; Jon Klassen (Illustrator)
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 40
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Candlewick Press (MA), Somerville, MA
  • Date 2012-10-09
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Illustrated
  • ISBN 9780763655990 / 0763655996
  • Weight 0.86 lbs (0.39 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.1 x 11.3 x 0.5 in (20.57 x 28.70 x 1.27 cm)
  • Ages 04 to 08 years
  • Grade levels P - 3
  • Reading level 340
  • Library of Congress subjects Lost and found possessions, Humorous stories
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2012942300
  • Dewey Decimal Code E

Media reviews

Klassen’s authorial debut, I WANT MY HAT BACK (2011), became one of the surprise picture-book hits of the year, and while it’s tempting to see this follow-up as a sequel, it’s really only related in its hat-theft theme, animal characters, deadpan humor, and a suggestively dark conclusion. . . . The simple, dramatic tension and macabre humor that’s right at a kid’s level of deviousness mesh splendidly with Klassen’s knack for tiny, telling details and knockout page turns. Who knew hat thievery was such a bottomless well?
—Booklist (starred review)

The eyes have it in Klassen’s latest hat book (I WANT MY HAT BACK). Klassen manages to tell almost the whole story through subtle eye movements and the tilt of seaweed and air bubbles. . . Darkly hilarious.
—The Horn Book (starred review)

Simplicity is key in both text and illustrations. The black underwater provides the perfect background for the mostly gray-toned fish and seaweed while the monochromatic palette strips the artwork down to essential, yet exquisite design. Movement is indicated with a trail of small white bubbles. This not-to-be-missed title will delight children again and again.
—School Library Journal (starred review)

Klassen excels at using pictures to tell the parts of the story his unreliable narrators omit or evade.
—Publishers Weekly (starred review)

Klassen combines spare text and art to deliver no small measure of laughs in another darkly comic haberdashery whodunit...Hats off!
—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

This is, quite simply, an outstanding book—and that ain’t no fish tale.
—Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books (starred review)

Absolutely gorgeous artwork (digitally assembled Chinese ink illustrations) and an utterly original voice in the picture book world.
—Apartment Therapy

Citations

  • Booklist, 08/01/2012, Page 67
  • Booklist Ed Choice Youth, 01/01/2013, Page 14
  • Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks, 11/01/2012, Page 0
  • Horn Book Magazine, 09/01/2012, Page 66
  • Hornbook Guide to Children, 01/01/2013, Page 0
  • Kirkus Best Children's Books, 11/15/2012, Page 66
  • Kirkus Reviews, 09/15/2012, Page 0
  • New York Times Book Review, 11/18/2012, Page 26
  • NY Times Notable Bks of Year, 12/02/2012, Page 33
  • Publishers Weekly, 08/27/2012, Page 74
  • Publishers Weekly Best Books, 11/05/2012, Page 36
  • Quill & Quire, 09/01/2012, Page 34
  • Quill & Quire Books of the Yr, 12/01/2012, Page 21
  • School Library Journal, 09/01/2012, Page 116
  • Shelf Awareness, 10/12/2012, Page 0
  • SLJ's Best Books, 12/01/2012, Page 30

About the author

Jon Klassen is the creator of the 2012 Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor Book and New York Times Book Review Best Illustrated Children's Book of the Year I Want My Hat Back. He is also the illustrator of Caroline Stutson's Cats' Night Out, winner of the prestigious Governor General's Award for Illustration. Jon Klassen has worked as an illustrator for feature animated films, music videos, and editorial pieces. Originally from Niagara Falls, Ontario, he now lives in Los Angeles, California.
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