This is Not My Hat
 front cover of unknown edition | |
| Author | Jon Klassen |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | Jon Klassen |
| Cover artist | Jon Klassen |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Children's picture book |
| Publisher | Candlewick Press |
Publication date | 2012 |
| Media type | Print (hardback & paperback) |
| Pages | 40 pp |
| ISBN | 9780763655990 |
| OCLC | 779856963 |
This is Not My Hat is a 2012 children's picture book by Canadian author and illustrator Jon Klassen. It was originally published in 2012 by Candlewick Press. Klassen won the annual Caldecott Medal in 2013 for illustration[1] and the British Kate Greenaway Medal for children's book illustration. Klassen is the first person to win both awards for the same work.[Notes 1]
Description
This is Not My Hat is a small format paperback book measuring 11.3 x 0.4 x 8.2 inches in dimension.
Critical reception
This is Not My Hat received favorable reviews including Kirkus Reviews describing it as a "darkly comic haberdashery whodunit" with "sublime book design",[2] Common Sense Media calling it "slyly funny",[3] and Publishers Weekly writing "Klassen excels at using pictures to tell the parts of the story his unreliable narrators omit or evade." and concluding "Tough times call for tough picture books."[4] The School Library Journal wrote "This not-to-be-missed title will delight children again and again."[5] It was the winner of the 2013 Caldecott Medal[6] and of the 2014 Kate Greenaway Medal. From the creator of the #1 New York Times best-selling and award-winning I Want My Hat Back comes a second wry tale.
Plot
A small fish has stolen a hat from a big sleeping fish, and boasts about how easy it will be for him to get away with the theft, because the big fish won't wake up any time soon. Except it does.
The story echoes the plot of Klassen's earlier book, I Want My Hat Back, in which a bear is looking for his missing hat, and finally finds it on the head of the rabbit who has stolen it. This is Not My Hat reverses the viewpoint of the story, but with similar results.
Notes
- ↑ Publication year for the British CILIP awards is the school year, roughly, September 2012 to August 2013 for consideration in 2014. Publication year for the American Library Association awards is the preceding calendar year. The ALA considers only picture books for the Caldecott Medal. CILIP considers all illustrated children's books for the Greenaway and its judges recommended the eight books on its 2014 shortlist for children as old as ages 9+
References
- ↑ "Caldecott Medal Winners, 1938 - Present". American Library Association. Retrieved 2009-05-27.
- ↑ "This Is Not My Hat". www.kirkusreviews.com. Kirkus Media LLC. 29 August 2015. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
- ↑ "This Is Not My Hat". www.commonsensemedia.org. Common Sense Media Inc. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
- ↑ "This Is Not My Hat". www.publishersweekly.com. PWxyz LLC. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
- ↑ "Pick of the Day: This Is Not My Hat". www.slj.com. Media Source Inc. 24 September 2012. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
- ↑ "Caldecott Medal & Honor Books, 1938-Present". www.ala.org. Association for Library Service to Children. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
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| Awards | ||
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| Preceded by A Ball for Daisy |
Caldecott Medal recipient 2013 |
Succeeded by Locomotive |