You can find a full set of discussion cards in the I Want My Hat Back Activity Bundle or as a separate pack. I know that if he wants it back, that means that he isn’t missing his hat on purpose. He also told us that the bear wants it back. Is there a difference between the rabbit lying and the bear lying to the squirrel? If so, in what way? Already on the first page, I’m thinking: ‘Okay, the author told us that the bear’s hat is gone.What if the rabbit didn’t steal the bear’s hat?.Do you think the consequences of stealing the hat were appropriate? Why or why not?.Why do you think Jon Klassen leaves some pages wordless?.Why do you think the illustrator made p.Why do you think the deer asking the bear about its hat is an important part of the story?.What would have been a different way for the bear to deal with the rabbit stealing its hat?.What is your opinion of how the bear dealt with the rabbit once it found its hat?.Why do you think the rabbit stole the bear's hat? Why did it lie to the bear about taking its hat?.How did the illustrations help you understand the emotions and thoughts of the characters in I Want My Hat Back?.Featuring music by Arthur Darvill and a book and lyrics by Joel Horwood. Wils Wilson directs Jon Klassen’s children’s picture book classic, I Want My Hat Back. You can also introduce different genres, authors and illustrators. He asks all the animals in the forest, but no one has seen it. You can model reading habits, strategies, fluency, tone, and eye contact. Originally from Niagara Falls, Canada, he lives in Los Angeles.Read-aloud sessions are a wonderful way for children to understand the connection between written text and spoken language. I WANT MY HAT BACK is the first book he has both written and illustrated. He also created illustrations for the popular series THE INCORRIGIBLE CHILDREN OF ASHTON PLACE and served as an illustrator on the animated feature film Coraline. Jon Klassen received the 2010 Canadian Governor General’s Award for his illustrations in Caroline Stutson’s CAT'S NIGHT OUT. Told completely in dialogue, this quirky, hilarious, read-aloud tale plays out in sly illustrations brimming with visual humour and winks at the reader who will be thrilled to be in on the joke.

Each animal says no (some more elaborately than others).īut just as he begins to lose hope, lying flat on his back in despair, a deer comes by and asks a rather obvious question that suddenly sparks the bear’s memory and renews his search with a vengeance. Patiently and politely, he asks the animals he comes across, one by one, whether they have seen it. In his bestselling debut picture book, the multiple award-winning Jon Klassen, illustrator of 'This Is Not My Hat' and 'Sam and Dave Dig a Hole', tells the story of a bear who's hat has gone. A bear searches for his missing hat in the bestselling, multiple award-winning picture book debut of Jon Klassen.

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