- picture books, Lost and found possessions, Bears, Hats
The bear's hat is gone, and he wants it back. Patiently and politely, he asks the animals he comes across, one by one, whether they have seen it. Each animal says no, some more elaborately than others. But just as the bear begins to despair, a deer comes by and asks a simple question that sparks the bear's memory and renews his search with a vengeance. A picture-book morality play about dishonesty.
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Contemporary, spare, intimate and classical in form.
- contemporarynostalgic
- sparerichly built
- intimateepic
- classical in formformally daring
- effortlessdemanding
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About the book
- Author
- Jon Klassen
- First published
- 2011
- Pages
- 40
- Publisher
- scholastic, Walker Books, Limited, Editorial Milrazones
- Editions
- 17
- Language
- Chinese, French, Spanish, English
- ISBN
- 9780763696764
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Jon Klassen CM (born November 29, 1981) is a Canadian writer and illustrator of children's books and an animator. He won both the American Caldecott Medal and the British Kate Greenaway Medal for children's book illustration, recognizing the 2012 picture book This Is Not My Hat, which he also wrote. He is the first person to win both awards for the same work. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Klassen
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