BUYING ADVISORY: EL (K-3), EL - OPTIONAL.
AUDIENCE APPEAL: AVERAGE
Put on your thinking cap for this one and get ready to get creative. This book has little to do with actual hats or their functions, rather it’s about how pretty much anything can be a hat if you want it to be. Pajama pants? On your head they become a “dangly hat”. Cats and other small furry creatures? If they’re on your head they make good hats in wintertime. Flowers? On your head they’re as regal as a queen’s crown. The use of various items as hats ranges from logical and silly to abstract and downright strange. The illustrations are bright and bold, and the cast of characters is diverse.
I wanted to like this book more than I personally did, but I suspect young elementary-aged students will get a kick out of it. I’m sure they will especially enjoy this book if combined with some imaginative discussion, some crafting projects and some hat experimentation. And the kids will, without fail, get a kick out of the partially visible bare bottom being scrubbed with a sponge in the shower on the edge of the towel-as-hat page.
Reviewer: Angie Campbell, EL librarian
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