But looking at the sizeable price-tag for the slim volume (£6.99), who could be blamed for trying?Īn adult would polish off the story in a minute or so – the book barely rivals The Hungry Caterpillar for narrative complexity. The faux-naif charm of Klassen’s picture-book, which follows a bear’s quest to find his mislaid tiny red, conical party-hat, may be hard to replicate.
It’s enough to make you go: I want my paint-box back! Together with its follow-up, This Is Not My Hat, it has seen sales of more than a million and been translated into 20 languages. I Want My Hat Back, by the Canadian author, animator and illustrator Jon Klassen, is still in early infancy (it was only published in 2011), but it has already acquired the stature of a children’s classic.
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