![]() ![]() Readers with delicate sensibilities may object to the implied conclusion ("I would not eat a rabbit," the bear says stoutly, his hat back on his head, the forest floor showing signs of a scuffle), but there is no objecting to Klassen's skillful characterizations though they're simply drawn and have little to say, each animal emerges fully realized. Don't ask me any more questions." In a classic double-take, the bear doesn't notice the hat on the rabbit's head until several pages on: "I have seen my hat," he realizes, wide-eyed. Most of the answers the bear gets are no help ("What's a hat?" one animal asks), but the rabbit's answer arouses suspicion: "I haven't seen any hats anywhere. Unadorned lines of type, printed without quotation marks or attributions, parallel the sparse lines Klassen uses for the forest's greenery. Digitally manipulated ink paintings show a slow-witted bear asking half a dozen forest animals if they've seen his hat. His illustrations for Caroline Stutsons Cats Night Out won the Governor General Award in 2010.I Want My Hat Back is the first book he has both written and illustrated. In his first outing as an author, Klassen's (Cats' Night Out) words and artwork are deliberately understated, with delectable results. Jon Klassen created illustrations for the popular series The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place and served as an illustrator on the animated feature film Coraline. ![]()
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