Thank you anyway."Įventually, after he's lying down in despair, a deer asks him what his hat looks like. Each animal he meets, he asks, "Have you seen my hat?" After their various responses, he says, "OK. The text is color coded for the speaker, with a bear walking through the pages looking for his hat. The illustrations are simple and flat, with the eyes looking straight at the reader. I also handed it to my teenage son to read. I made sure to bring this book straight to her when I checked it out. I have a co-worker whose favorite picture books are ones where someone gets eaten. I was happy it won a Geisel Honor for a book for beginning readers, because it's written in a way that makes it easy for beginning readers and tells a story that will delight them when they understand what's happened. 2011 Sonderbooks Stand-out: #4 Picture Books
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