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“It's a very nice hat,“ said the fish.

This book would best be used in a young elementary classroom, to teach students cause and effect of their actions. The students could point out what the main character did well and not so well.

Award winning- A little creature finds a hat that doesn't belong to him. He tries it on and it fits perfectly. But soon, the hat's rightful owner, a big, grumpy bird, appears. The little creature must decide whether to keep the hat or return it. Klassen's signature minimalist style and humor create a funny and thought-provoking tale about ownership, identity, and the consequences of our actions.

“This is not my hat. I just stole it.“

The book‘s conclusion is as subtle as it is satisfying, leaving just enough ambiguity to spark conversation and laughter among young readers.

When a small fish takes a hat that doesn‘t belong to him, he‘s certain he‘ll get away with it. After all, the hat fits him perfectly, and the big fish doesn‘t even know it‘s gone—or so he thinks. But things aren‘t always as they seem in this witty and beautifully illustrated tale of bold decisions and unexpected consequences.

This book is fantastic. Finally a children‘s story that adults can appreciate too. I hope Baby Mavis grows to like it as much as me.

“I'm not sure what I am supposed to say about the fish who stole the hat.“

This book uses minimalistic illustrations and dry humor to teach an important lesson. It tells the story of a little fish who takes a hat that doesn't belong to him and the guilt that comes with.

This story explores themes of guilt and consequence with charm and wit that are important for children to recognize.

“There is someone who saw me already. But he said he wouldn‘t tell anyone which way I went.”

I don‘t think that I would use this book for lessons. Although it would be a fun book to read with a young class. I think they would get excited about it.

I really enjoyed this book. It is funny and sarcastic. I think this is a fun book for a wide range of ages.

“This hat is not mine. I just stole it. I stole it from a big fish. He was asleep when I did it.“

This quote was very important to the moral of the story and showed how even if you think someone wasn't paying attention they probably were.

This is a good book for children because it has a very important message about not stealing and lying. Lies have a way of catching up to you and you can't trust everyone to keep your secrets. That is how the big fish found out that he stole his hat he used context clues and asked around.

This is a good book for children and has a good message about not stealing!

The words were simple, but gave enough context to want to keep going to see where the fish was going to end up. The illustrations were simple, but told the story even more than the words did at some points.
My favorite quote was, “I know it's wrong to steal a hat. I know it does not belong to me. But I am going to keep it. It was too small for him anyways. It fits me just right.
I enjoy how the overall theme enforced the moral of not stealing.

“It was too small for him anyway. It fits me just right.” Although this is a funny book I think you could also have a good conversation about taking things that don‘t belong to you and why that‘s wrong.

I think reading this in the classroom with a lot of suspense and stopping to ask questions would be a really fun read aloud!

This is a silly book about a fish who steals a hat from a bigger fish. I think it a fun book that children would enjoy but there is also a good lesson to be taught/learned from it.

“This is not my hat. I just stole it. I stole it from a big fish.”

I love the illustrations in this book! They‘re simple but vivid and almost look like pictures taken with a camera.

I really like how simple this book is. I think it does well to keep kids interested while being very silly. I don‘t know if I see a lesson to be learned in this book but I still really like the writing style.

“Nobody will ever find me“.

I enjoyed reading this story, but I mostly enjoyed looking at the illustrations. The illustrator has a way of pulling the reader into the story. I would use this story in a classroom to show students different styles of art.

This book won the Caldecott Medal in 2012. The book is about a small fish who steals a hat but does not think they will get caught with the hat. The fish walks the readers through what they are thinking as they go through their plan. The illustrations are simple but they convey the story well. The illustrations make it seem like you are really there.

“Nobody will ever find me.“

This is a very light-hearted and enjoyable read. It offers the opportunity for the reader to make inferences of the big fish's feelings and actions based solely on the illustrations.

Published in 2012, receiving the Caldecott award. This story is told through the point of view of the little fish, who has stolen a hat from a big fish. The little fish depicts how he believes the big fish will react to the theft, while the pictures depict the thoughts, feelings, and actions of the big fish in the pursuit to reclaim his hat.