#1 in Picture books
I Want My Hat Back
- 40
- Pages
- about 0.5 h
- Reading time
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Our view
“I Want My Hat Back” is a deadpan little picture book whose repetition and dark ending make children laugh. A bear asks one animal after another about his lost hat, and Jon Klassen’s spare pictures do much of the storytelling. Its humour is of a dark kind that not every adult finds funny.
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About the book
I Want My Hat Back is a 2011 children's picture book by author and illustrator Jon Klassen. It was Klassen's first book as both author and illustrator. The book was published by Candlewick Press in September 2011. It is notable for its dark ending.
Where the score comes from
The sources average 8.9 across 96 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 40% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Picture books average of 8.3. That is how 8.5 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 9.1 | 16 | 17% |
| Hardcover | 8.9 | 80 | 83% |
Frequently asked
How long is I Want My Hat Back?
It has 40 pages — shorter than 62% of the ranked books in Picture books.
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