Jon Klassen for the smallest hands! The very first HAT book in board book form.

“The funniest book ever written” Jenny Colgan, Guardian

“One of the simplest yet most original and entertaining picture books around” Telegraph

A New York Times Bestseller and Best Illustrated Book

The bear’s hat is gone, and he wants it back. Patiently and politely, he asks the animals he comes across, one by one, whether they have seen it. Each animal says no, some more elaborately than others. But just as the bear begins to despond, a deer comes by and asks a simple question that sparks the bear’s memory and renews his search with a vengeance...

Creators

Jon Klassen is the author-illustrator of I Want My Hat Back, We Found a Hat and This Is Not My Hat, the only book to ever win both the Kate Greenaway and Caldecott Medal. He also illustrated Triangle, Square, The Wolf, the Duck and the Mouse, Extra Yarn and Sam and Dave Dig a Hole, all written by Mac Barnett, as well as Ted Kooser's House Held Up By Trees. Before making picture books, he worked as an illustrator on the animated feature film, Coraline. Originally from Niagara Falls, Canada, Jon now lives in Los Angeles, California with his wife and son. Find Jon online at burstofbeaden.com, on Twitter as @burstofbeaden, and on Instagram as @jonklassen.

Awards

Bank Street College Irma Black Award Honor Book
English 4-11 Book Awards Leicester
German Youth Literature Award (Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis)
Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance Book Award
Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor Book
Kate Greenaway Medal (CILIP)
Waterstone’s Children’s Book Prize
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