| The Horn Book |
| 09/28/2011 |
| The Horn Book |
| Klassen's animation and design skills are evident on every page in this sly, subversive tale... Adults and older children will chuckle mordantly at rabbit's sudden disappearance, while young children might actually wonder, with Squirrel, where the rabbit has gone. |
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| School Library Journal |
| 07/25/2011 |
| School Library Journal |
| Read aloud, this story will offer many sublime insights into how young readers comprehend an illustrated text that leaves out vital information, and will leave young sleuths reeling with theories about what just happened. |
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| Booklist |
| 10/20/2011 |
| Booklist |
| An odd, and oddly charming, picture book… there is no denying that the devious humor is right at a child's level. |
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| Kirkus Reviews |
| 07/25/2011 |
| Kirkus Reviews |
| Indubitably hip, this will find plenty of admirers. |
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| Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books |
| 10/26/2011 |
| Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books |
| This is a familiar picture-book formula with a twist, and the minimalist style Klassen employs with both text and art only emphasizes the humor of the situation....While these design choices and the simplicity and pattern of the text would make this a good choice for beginning readers, it would also make an amusing readaloud or a great little readers’ theater piece. |
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| Star Tribune |
| 02/26/2019 |
| Star Tribune |
| It will make you laugh and laugh. |
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| Chicago Tribune |
| 10/13/2011 |
| Chicago Tribune |
| The joy of this book lies in figuring out the explicit plot from the implicit details in the pictures, especially a few wordless ones. |
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| Publishers Weekly (starred review) |
| 07/11/2011 |
| Publishers Weekly (starred review) |
| Deliberately understated, with delectable results… Skillful characterizations; though they're simply drawn and have little to say, each animal emerges fully realized. |
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| Bookpage |
| 10/26/2011 |
| Bookpage |
| A sly picture book...Young readers and listeners will love being in on the joke, making them appreciate the story's humor even more. |
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| A Fuse 8 Production (SLJ blog) |
| 06/08/2011 |
| A Fuse 8 Production (SLJ blog) |
| Deeply amusing...Equally consider both the five-year-old in your life as well as the irony-filled college grad when looking for the right gift. Klassen is straddling the market and we end up the winners. A great little book. |
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| Shelf Awareness |
| 06/08/2011 |
| Shelf Awareness |
| Hats off to Jon Klassen (Cats’ Night Out), who makes a droll statement about morality for all ages with the first picture book that he has both written and illustrated....This book's call-and-response form infiltrates the consciousness like song lyrics, and will soon be filling bookstores, libraries and living rooms everywhere. |
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| Shelf Awareness |
| 02/01/2012 |
| Shelf Awareness |
| Fans of Klassen's I Want My Hat Back who feared the fate of the rabbit in that book will be pleased to see the bear and rabbit standing side by side, snug in their sweaters. (review of Extra Yarn) |
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| People Magazine |
| 12/12/2011 |
| People Magazine |
| Four pages into this charmer, every kindergartner will know where the bear’s missing hat is — but they’ll never predict the hilarious revenge he takes on the thief. |
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| The Boston Globe |
| 12/02/2011 |
| The Boston Globe |
| A coterie of woodland animals is drawn in a minimalistic style and a palette of browns with a splash of red. The dialogue is simple and sly. |
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| The New York Times |
| 10/12/2011 |
| The New York Times |
| A marvelous book in the true dictionary sense of “marvel": it is a wonderful and astonishing thing, the kind of book that makes child laugh and adult chuckle, and both smile in appreciation. A charmingly wicked little book. |
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| NPR Weekend Edition |
| 12/05/2011 |
| NPR Weekend Edition |
| You know, bears may stand for adults in some way, because they’re big, they’re ungainly, they’re goofy. They’re like most of us grownups. But the bear in this book paws down; he’s got to be the dimmest, most slow-witted, brilliantly stupid bear to come along in years. I really love him. |
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| Huffington Post |
| 08/10/2017 |
| Huffington Post |
| This is a must-have for any primary or even intermediate classroom. It’s about inference and being a good reader. |
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| Huffington Post Parents blog |
| 04/03/2012 |
| Huffington Post Parents blog |
| Although usually known for his illustrations, Jon Klassen also has a keen and subtle sense of humor, which shines through in this simple tale about a bear in search of his hat. |
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| GQ.com |
| 06/22/2017 |
| GQ.com |
| Read I Want My Hat Back by Jon Klassen. It’s the most subtle endorsement of murder you’ll ever find. |
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