A Three Hat Day

by Laura Geringer, Arnold Lobel (Illustrator)

Overview

R. R. Pottle the Third has a truly wonderful, extra-extraordinary collection of hats. But happiness eludes him. He is lonely and dreams of meeting a perfect wife ' who will, of course, be wearing a perfect hat.

One day, a day so bad that R. R. Pottle wears not one, not two, but three hats at once, his dream comes true in the best possible way.

This warm, comical story by talented new author Laura Geringer is crowned with full-color illustrations by Caldecott Medal winner Arnold Lobel.

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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780064431576
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	06/30/1987
Series:	Trophy Picture Bks.
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	32
Sales rank:	498,911
Product dimensions:	6.50(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.08(d)
Lexile:	620L (what's this?)
Age Range:	4 - 8 Years

About the Author

Laura Geringer's collection of children's books goes from floor to ceiling, wall to wall. A graduate of Barnard College and Yale University, Ms. Geringer has worked as a newspaper reporter, an art teacher, and a book reviewer. She is now an editor at a major New York publishing house and lives with her husband, a clinical psychologist.

Arnold Lobel (1933–1987) illustrated many wonderful children’s books but is most beloved for his Frog and Toad stories, including the first one, Frog and Toad Are Friends, published in 1970. The books have garnered much acclaim, including a Caldecott Honor for Frog and Toad Are Friends and a Newbery Honor for Frog and Toad Together. These were followed by Frog and Toad All Year and Days with Frog and Toad.