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4.31 AVERAGE
4.31 AVERAGE
Dark, but not too dark (and I'm a wuss), and actually funny, like all of his work.
(5* = amazing, terrific book, one of my all-time favourites, 4* = very good book, 3* = good book, but nothing to particularly rave about, 2* = disappointing book, and 1* = awful, just awful. As a statistician I know most books are 3s, but I am biased in my selection and end up mostly with 4s, thank goodness.)
(5* = amazing, terrific book, one of my all-time favourites, 4* = very good book, 3* = good book, but nothing to particularly rave about, 2* = disappointing book, and 1* = awful, just awful. As a statistician I know most books are 3s, but I am biased in my selection and end up mostly with 4s, thank goodness.)
it‘s my friend’s favorite picture book and i absolutely agree with her - it‘s so good
dark
funny
mysterious
tense
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Jon Klassen back with another hat book. This time from the point of view of a thief. This tale reminds us that not everything is as it seems and you might even end up rooting for *gasp* the villain.
This is not my hat
Brief summary - A small fish steals a big fish’s hat and tries to justify his thievery
Annotation The small fish steals a hat and tries to hid from the big fish, but to no avail, since he is found.
Age appropriateness 3-6 years
Connection to six early literacy skills
Narrative Skills - This is strong since the story sends us following the thief and waiting to see if he gets away with it. Easily retold.
Opinion - I think that adults might enjoy this book as well as children. I am not sure if the message of stealing and justifying thievery is okay with me. Might be a good jumping off place to talk about honesty.
Brief summary - A small fish steals a big fish’s hat and tries to justify his thievery
Annotation The small fish steals a hat and tries to hid from the big fish, but to no avail, since he is found.
Age appropriateness 3-6 years
Connection to six early literacy skills
Narrative Skills - This is strong since the story sends us following the thief and waiting to see if he gets away with it. Easily retold.
Opinion - I think that adults might enjoy this book as well as children. I am not sure if the message of stealing and justifying thievery is okay with me. Might be a good jumping off place to talk about honesty.
dark
funny
fast-paced
Hilarious. HILARIOUS. About a fish who steals a hat from a bigger fish, and how he will stay on the run.
Very cute. I will have to revisit this when Zoe is a little older, so she can tell me what she thinks happens at the end. Right now, I have to explain the juxtaposition between the words and the pictures. Love the illustrations.
12/11/17
Read to grade 6. Big hit.
12/11/17
Read to grade 6. Big hit.
So, of course stealing is wrong and all (and Nina agrees: HAT MISSING UH OH STOLE IT!), but I find this book's chilling message of vengeance rather... troubling. The larger fish, the victim of a crime, chases the smaller fish into the weeds. What horrors occur there, we cannot see (it is where "the plants grow big and tall and close together"). All we know is that when the big fish emerges, he is wearing the hat... and the little fish is nowhere to be found.
Did the big fish eat him? Did he rip him fin-from-fin and leave his tiny corpse floating upside-down (UPISOUND! contributes Nina)? We have no way of knowing.
The violence only grows in our imaginations.
Did the big fish eat him? Did he rip him fin-from-fin and leave his tiny corpse floating upside-down (UPISOUND! contributes Nina)? We have no way of knowing.
The violence only grows in our imaginations.