Jon Klassen's "This Is Not My Hat" Picture Book

Amazon Customer: Easy to read. My 5 year old loves these books

United States on Oct 07, 2023

Sarah Bennett: These books are amazing. I can't say how many times I've read this to my baby, so funny!

Canada on Sep 12, 2023

LizHLizH: I ordered this for my daughter after remembering this and it’s sister book “I want my hat back” from years ago. I ordered both of them and both arrived damaged. This one has scruff marks on the cover and something sticky/oily on the back. Really thinking about returning it because of the state it arrived in.

United States on Sep 10, 2023

nanniejames: Have always loved this author and my students always are shocked at the end of these books. Love the dry humor and the story told.

United States on Aug 10, 2023

Amy W.: We're giving this book as a gift TOMORROW, so there is no time to return it. The book itself is darling. We bought it because our son loved Klassen's Sam and Dave Dig a Hole. But we opened it to read all the way through and the cover is coming unglued and about to fall off. I'm going to try some craft glue and hope it holds. We bought the paperback version. So disappointing, giving a gift in subpar condition.

United States on Jun 30, 2023

Joelene Jones: Another great book from Jon Klassen!

Australia on Jun 04, 2023

Jennie: I bought this book for my grandson, he is 5 years old. He absolutely loves it. He reads this book every day and enjoys the story very much! He also
reads it to his one year old brother who doesn't sit stilll or listens and is very noisy too! Ha Ha !

United Kingdom on Apr 28, 2023

Iz: Book is wonderful, love it .
it is the delivery that was not a good experience . Was set on the outer part of our entrance,which has a large over hang. had been raining and then a thunderstorm before i arrived home. Box was soaked , book has a few wavy pages ; will keep it but very disappointing they would not have tucked it at the door it would have never got wet. And the email said " hand delivered to customer " !

Canada on Aug 29, 2021

Helen: Klassen's art is just fabulous and his view of life seems quite quirky! My 7-year-old daughter and I love him! For some reason, this is the last of the hat trilogy for us to read. Klassen's comic timing with his illustrations is superb. He makes subtle changes to the illustrations that actually create a dramatic and humorous impact. We laughed out loud reading this. For example, Klassen shows us a large fish that fills 2 pages in profile with his eye closed. The little fish has just stolen the big fish's hat while he sleeps but we only see the big fish. On the next 2 pages, the little fish is thinking that "he probably won't wake up for a long time" and at that time we are looking at the same picture of the big fish but with his eye open. The next page the little fish thinks that "even if he does wake up, he probably won't notice that it's gone" and without changing anything in the picture except the big fish's eye we know he notices. The big fish's pupil is pointed up toward his head! Then on the next page, the little fish thinks that "even it he does notice that it's gone, he probably won't know it was me who took it." This time Klassen uses the exact same 2-page big fish...

United States on Mar 25, 2017

Broxi3781: We own this author's first book (I Want My Hat) - which is so brilliant I couldn't wait to buy his next book. My son recently complained that too many of books were "the same". He wanted something truly unique and that is how we found Jon Klassen. I must point out though, that the black humour in these books may not appeal to all children - and in fact may upset some. I would advise parents to read this on thier own before sitting down to storytime.

This story is about a small fish who steals a hat from a much larger fish. He is quite pleased with himself, gloating about how he will get away with his crime - but crime doesn't pay and tiny fish should not antagonise big ones. Tiny fish swims through blackened ocean happily talking to himself about how big fish will never know what happened, will never find him etc.... All the while big fish is swimming behind getting closer and closer. I will not give away the ending - but I will say it might upset some children. However, the unhappy parts are not actually shown, they are simply implied by illustration so you can easily craft your own happier ending.

This has an absolutely delightful deadpan humour. My children are...

United Kingdom on Nov 07, 2012