The Magician's Hat

by Malcolm Mitchell, Dennis Campay (Illustrator)

Overview

Super Bowl champion and literacy crusader Malcolm Mitchell presents the story of a magician who reveals an awe-inspiring treasure from his bag of tricks -- books that make every kid's dream come true!

Super Bowl champion and literacy crusader Malcolm Mitchell presents the story of a magician who reveals an awe-inspiring treasure from his bag of tricks -- books that make every kid's dream come true!This is not your typical afternoon at the library -- a magician invites kids to reach into his hat to pull out whatever they find when they dig down deep. Soon -- poof! -- each child comes away with something better than they could've imagined -- a book that helps them become whatever they want to be, and makes their dreams come true through pages and words, and the adventures that follow. But each child can't help but wonder, What's really making the magic happen?"Malcolm Mitchell is changing the world through the power of reading." -- Dav Pilkey, bestselling creator of the Dog Man and Captain Underpants series"The Magician's Hat will cast its spell on you!" -- Jeff Kinney, bestselling author of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780996552912
Publisher:	Read With Malcolm Inc
Publication date:	08/01/2015
Product dimensions:	6.50(w) x 1.50(h) x 9.50(d)
Age Range:	4 - 8 Years

About the Author

MALCOLM MITCHELL is the rookie who helped the New England Patriots win Super Bowl LI. He’s also the founder of an initiative called Read with Malcolm, which introduces book ownership to students, and works to improve literacy in schools. Malcolm’s Share the Magic Foundation promotes the benefits of reading to kids in underserved communities. As the New England Patriots Summer Reading Ambassador, he encourages summer reading. Malcolm lives in Atlanta, Georgia.

JOANNE LEW-VRIETHOFF is the acclaimed illustrator of many picture books, including Beautiful by Stacy McAnulty, named among School Library Journal's 2016 Books with a Message. She is a Mom's Choice Gold Award medal winner whose illustrations can be found in The Dancing Pancake by Eileen Spinelli and Peace, Baby! by Linda Ashman. Joanne also is the illustrator of the Hilde Cracks the Case series by Hilde Lysiak. She lives in Amsterdam with her husband and two children.

Editorial Reviews

Praise for The Magician's Hat:

"Malcolm Mitchell is changing the world through the power of reading." — Dav Pilkey

"the Magician's Hat will cast its spell on you!" — Jeff Kinney

From the Publisher

2017-11-13
New England Patriot and literacy advocate Mitchell proves to have a touch of magic as an author as well as on the field.It's Family Fun Day at the library, and families of many sizes, constellations, and skin tones are participating. Amid book scavenger hunts and storytelling, a magician arrives. He is white and lanky, sporting a purple polka-dot vest and a bright yellow ascot. But most importantly, he has a very large, mysterious hat. He tells the children how he came to Family Fun Day when he was younger and read his very first book about magic in the library. Turning the pages and getting lost in the words inspired him to become a magician. He realized that it wasn't just about spells and potions, but that books themselves are magical. Three children reach into the hat and find books about their future professions—Amy, a white girl, is a dentist; Matt, a bespectacled black boy, is a football player; and Ryan, a white boy, is an astronaut. The magician then turns the hat to readers, asking, "What are your dreams?" Previously self-published, the work gets a new look from Lew-Vriethoff's bustling library and bright swirls of magic and bookish motivation. As an entry in the books-are-awesome genre, it's mostly distinguished by the author's clear belief in his message.Perhaps youngsters who think they are more interested in football than reading will take the message to heart. (Picture book. 3-6)

Kirkus Reviews