It is funny in whatever language you read it (22 and counting) and to almost every child in the world. And if you know any children at all, you will be reading it a lot.

Shirley Hughes The Telegraph Repetition for the under 5's and giggles for the over 25's (Best book for laughs) The Lady ' the funniest book ever written and here is why: it is always funny, every single time you read it. Shirley Hughes The Telegraph This must be one of the simplest yet original entertaining picture books around at the moment. 6.1K views, 192 likes, 11 loves, 9 comments, 25 shares, Facebook Watch Videos from Bassmaster: WATCH: Championship Sunday weigh-in at the 2023 Marathon. The Cheltonian Elegant books Wall Street Journal This is an author-illustrator who takes you from page to page with a dry humour which matches his story perfectly. However they still appreciate the story and question why I am laughing like a loon at a bear looking for and finding a hat. Illustrated simply but with obvious care and forethought, the images convey an extra, subtle layer of humour which for now is lost on my young children. It's the most subtle endorsement of murder you'll ever find.' GQ This simple story of a bear looking for his hat is my go to for an instant pick-up and giggle. He tries asking some of the other creatures of the forest in which he lives some frogs, a tortoise, a snake, etc. The deliciously deadpan dialogue and stylish muted colour palette will delight all ages, too.' Gurgle 'Read I Want My Hat Back by Jon Klassen. I Want My Hat Back is an adaptation of the famous picture story book by Jon Klassen and is all about, well a rather morose bear who loses his headgear and sets out to reclaim it. There's loss, lies, vigilante justice and a sticky-pawed bunny. I wish I could say, “I discovered this book first.” But I expect anyone who has already read it - the book was published late last month - would see right through me.' hilarious and with such amazing illustrations to boot.' Gurgle 'Fed up with reading sugar-coated bedtime stories? Try Jon Klassen's black-humoured book about a bear trying to track down his missing hat, which your delighted tot will spot long before our hapless detective. This is a charmingly wicked little book and the debut of a promising writer-illustrator talent. It may take younger children a few readings to understand the story in full, but when they do, they will savor it all the more.Īdult readers, for their part, will surely anticipate Klassen’s next picture book in the same way they yearn for a new Mo Willems or relish a William Steig classic.

None of the behavior is particularly commendable (except for the bear’s good manners), but the actions and attending emotions are all recognizably animal-like and human. The muted brown palette shifts to an angry red when the bear realizes, “I have seen my hat.” Don’t ask me any more questions,” and is drawn with a red, cone-shaped hat on his head (though the bear at first fails to notice). He responds this way as well to a rabbit, even though the rabbit sputters, “I would not steal a hat.

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