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Ik Wil Mijn Hoed Terug (2012)

by Jon Klassen(Favorite Author)

4.38 of 5 Votes: 2

languge

English

genre

Fantasy

publisher

Gottmer

review 1: I Want My Hat Back is a Caldecott Honor book by author-illustrator Jon Klassen, who won the Caldecott Medal for This Is Not My Hat and illustrated Extra Yarn, also a Caldecott Honor book. I Want My Hat Back starts with a bear who is searching for his missing hat. He asks different animals if they’ve seen his hat, and eventually finds a rabbit wearing his red, pointy hat. The bear doesn’t notice the hat, the rabbit lies, but later the bear realizes “I have seen my hat” and goes back to confront the rabbit.This is Not My Hat is a great book and I think it totally fulfills the requirements of a Caldecott winner, but I enjoyed it as an adult and I thought it seemed a little too dark to be a winner.I think Klassen’s drawings are brillant– the texture of the images... more and simple but expressive eyes of the characters set the tone for both books.This beautiful picture book caught my eye immediately because of the humorous illustration on the cover.I love how the description for I Want My Hat Back is longer than the book. Nevertheless, this is one of the funniest children's picture books ever. Klassen's artwork is beautiful and his humorous technique at telling the story of a bear's lost hat is unique.The writing is simple yet catchy and the drawings are engaging.I particularly liked one scene that was painted red to depict anger.
review 2: This book tells the story of a bear who lost his hat and cannot find it. He goes around asking many different animals if they have seen his hat and nobody has seen it. Finally he decides to give up when a deer approaches him and asks him what is wrong. He tells him how he lost his hat and cannot find it, when suddenly he realizes that he did see his hat! He runs back past all of the animals to the rabbit who stole his hat and was wearing it. This is a book good for young children because it has basic sentences few words per page. The images are very clear which makes it easy for children to understand even if they cannot read or do not understand what the words are saying. Students could discuss a time when they lost something and the process they went through to try and find it. Then they could describe how they felt that day when they found it, or when they decided to give up looking because all hope was lost. They could talk about if they had similar feelings to what the bear felt. less

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