Author: Fox, Mem
Illustrator: Tusa, Tricia
Publisher: Scholastic Press 2006
Genre: Picture Book, Fiction
Age:3-8
Tone: Light and breezy
Description: A hat blows into town landing on numerous inhabitants and turning them into animals.
A fun little read with large watercolour illustrations. One of the reasons I like this book is that it is physically quite large making it easy to hold and show when doing a storytime. This combined with the big and lively illustrations make it a good choice for public storytime. The repetitious, lyrical verses also have a distinct rhythm. Sometimes, when I am using this book for a public storytime and feeling brave, I sing the book rather than read it. If you get the chance - try it! Make up your own tune then burst out in song as soon as you hit the words - "Oh, the magic hat! The Magic Hat! It moves like this, it moves like that!". For this to work you must abandon all sense of "coolness” and inject as much honest enthusiasm as possible into your delivery. Whilst kids don't care so much about singing ability, they feed off honest enthusiasm and abandon, so just enjoy yourself no matter what and the kids will love it.
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