Rainbow Hat

by Hong Hai, Hong Hai (Illustrator)

Overview

A colorful and funny story about hats and animals. For readers ages 3 years and up.

Woosh! Bear's colorful hat is blown away. From there it goes on a serendipitous adventure through all of Bear’s animal friends back to his head. Will Bear get his hat back? The illustrations, full of emotion, movement, and playfulness, add to this colorful and funny story about hats and animals.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781605376172
Publisher:	Clavis
Publication date:	06/01/2021
Pages:	32
Product dimensions:	8.27(w) x 11.42(h) x (d)
Lexile:	260L (what's this?)
Age Range:	3 - 8 Years

About the Author

Hong Hai is a loving couple from China. They team up to create picture books that conquer the hearts of young children. They’re the winners of the first Zhang Leping Picture Book Award and the second Hans Christian Andersen Original Picture Book Award. In addition, they’ve won the Beluga Original Picture Book Award three years in a row. With their picture book Rainbow Hat, they won the silver prize in the 2019 Key Colors Competition.

Editorial Reviews

"In this book a bear's at flies off his head, landing on a turtle. This prompts him to follow the hat all around trying to get it back. The image of bear swimming underwater is especially great." - Frankfort Community Public Library

"When Bear's rainbow hat gets carried away by a gust of wind he follows it as it travels from one animal to the next. It always seems to be just a little bit too far away to grab. I loved the simplicity of this book. The simple illustrations bring focus to the colorful hat but if you pay close attention you can see the emotions Bear goes through as he attempts to get his hat back and the confusion of the other animals while they have the silly hat. This will be a great read aloud allowing children to repeat the line, "where did the hat go?" - Cooke County Library

"Cute book! Great for kids who are just learning to read. Kids can make predictions to what happens next and can stay engaged. Loved the illustrations." - NoShelfControl

From the Publisher

2021-04-14
A bear loses their hat and tries to get it back.

With a “Whoosh!” Bear’s hat blows away in the wind. To Bear’s surprise, it lands right on Turtle’s shell. Turtle walks into the pond, so Bear dives in after—“Splash!”—to get the hat back. Before Bear can get it, Frog leaps from the water and sends the hat airborne. The hat falls off Frog and lands on Duck. Dipping their head into the water with a “Quack!” Duck loses the hat to Fish. Bear diligently—and desperately—paddles along. At last, Bird ends up with the hat and flies away. Another “Whoosh!” carries the hat downward as Bird lets go. But where will it land? This Dutch and Belgian import, discovered in China via an international competition sponsored by the publisher, cleverly uses a repetitive structure and limited vocabulary to introduce various animals and terrains. Recurring questions like “Who has the hat now?” appear alongside illustrations before each subsequent animal is named, playfully inviting readers into the story. À la the classic Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? front and back endpapers depict bright bands of color—in this case, the colors and pattern of the hat. Those colors pop on every page, making the hat easy to spot. (This book was reviewed digitally.)

A wild—and funny—hat chase. (Picture book. 3-6)

Kirkus Reviews