Pamela Paul praised the book in review for The New York Times: 'it is a wonderful and astonishing thing, the kind of book that makes child laugh and adult chuckle, and both smile in appreciation. The book achieved considerable commercial success, spending 48 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list. The squirrel exits, leaving the hatted bear sitting alone. The bear answers negatively and defensively, implying he ate the rabbit and ending with 'Don’t ask me any more questions'. A squirrel enters and asks the bear if he has seen a rabbit wearing a hat. After a page turn, we see the bear sitting on a rustled patch of ground, wearing the red pointy hat. He accuses the rabbit of stealing his hat. Upon recollecting that his hat was red and pointy, the bear snaps to a realisation and runs back to the rabbit. A deer comes upon the despondent bear and asks him what his hat looked like. The rabbit answers negatively and defensively, ending 'Don’t ask me any more questions.' The bear then moves on to ask a turtle, a snake, and an armadillo. The bear then asks a rabbit who is wearing a red pointy hat. He asks a fox and a frog if they have seen it, but neither has.

Plot Ī bear laments his lost hat, and sets off to find it.

The book was published by Candlewick Press in September 2011. It was Klassen's first book as both author and illustrator. I Want My Hat Back is a 2011 children's picture book by author and illustrator Jon Klassen.

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