Picture Book Spotlight: This is Not My Hat

Picture Book Spotlight is an original weekly post that will highlight relevant and/or popular picture books and suggest age groups and storytime themes for them. It will also include a mini-review.

Title: This is Not My Hat Authors: Jon Klassen Pages:40 Audience: K-3 Themes: fantasy, nature, art,

Summary:                                                         
When a tiny fish shoots into view wearing a round blue topper (which happens to fit him perfectly), trouble could be following close behind. So it's a good thing that enormous fish won't wake up. And even if he does, it's not like he'll ever know what happened. . . . Visual humor swims to the fore as the best-selling Jon Klassen follows his breakout debut with another deadpan-funny tale.

My Thoughts: This is a really funny book about a tiny fish who steals a big fish's hat, thinking he can get off scott free. The reader will enjoy the moments where the little fish foolishly thinks he is outsmarting the big fish.  The illustrations are artfully muted in color and look like paper or watercolor.  This would be a great pick for story-time!