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56 pp.
| Candlewick |
October, 2016 |
TradeISBN 978-0-7636-5600-3$17.99
(1)
K-3
Amidst a desert landscape, two turtles find a hat together, but "there is only one," so they leave it. Visually, the book is unmistakably Klassen's: monochromatic palette, dialogue/monologue text, and telltale eyes that telegraph what's really happening. The book's tenderness and uplifting ending is just as surprising as the black humor in I Want My Hat Back and This Is Not My Hat.
Reviewer: Jonathan Hunt
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
September, 2016