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4.31 AVERAGE
4.31 AVERAGE
Little fish readily admits his thievery in this companion to "I Want My Hat Back." What little fish doesn't acknowledge is that his theft may not have escaped unnoticed. Once again, readers will enjoy knowing the outcome before the characters do and eagerly anticipate the ending.
Used for Pre-K Outreach Storytime 5/9/2016 - everyone loved this one, too! They all thought the little fish would get away with it, right up until the end!
adventurous
challenging
dark
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
While not as strong as the initial entry of the hat trilogy, this book is still an excellent, tragic tale of someone being undone by their own hubris.
Okay, so the joke was redone, but it's still pretty funny. Three stars if it is repeated again.
Another hat, another story by Jon Klassen. Little fish steals a hat from a Big Fish. By looking at the picutres, older kids will be able to tell how the story ends. Love it!
I finally found 'I want my hat back' only to discover Jon Klassen has created another tale involving the theft of a hat. Frankly any description of what happens will be longer than the actual book and you really need to see the wonderful illustrations to get the humour in full. So go get it. Perhaps a bit more obvious than the previous book but no less charming/funny/vicious for it. If only all books for the very young had this much intelligence and wit. Great for kids and adults.
So glad this won the Caldecott. Even more deliciously subversive than Klassen's previous hat-themed offering. What I love most about it is the ambiguity of that two-page spread of nothing by underwater plants. You can't see what's happening, you can only guess. I loved reading this to the kids at my hat-themed children's program and speculating about what occurred during those two pages. (Although it seems obvious, Klassen does leave things open to interpretation, depending on the optimism or tenderheartedness of the audience.) Beautifully illustrated, suspenseful, and pithy. Highly recommended to everyone.
adventurous
funny
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Loveable characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
funny
fast-paced
This 2013 Caldecott award winner quietly combines words and illustration in storytelling, sometimes allowing the illustrations to fill in what the text does not. With relatively simple illustrations, the characters are expressive, though perhaps Klassen allows the text to do most of the talking for the little protagonist who steals the hat.
The text itself is an easy stream-of-conciousness, so the illustrations tell the story of every character other than the protagonist. As a stream-of-conciousness, the protagonist does explain his past actions and current.
The story is moralistic: stealing is wrong, you know it's wrong, and if you do it anyway, you will be caught.
The silence of the protagonist at the end of the tale speaks volumes, though it is somewhat ominous for a children's picture book.
The text itself is an easy stream-of-conciousness, so the illustrations tell the story of every character other than the protagonist. As a stream-of-conciousness, the protagonist does explain his past actions and current.
The story is moralistic: stealing is wrong, you know it's wrong, and if you do it anyway, you will be caught.
The silence of the protagonist at the end of the tale speaks volumes, though it is somewhat ominous for a children's picture book.