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. His illustrations for Caroline Stutson's 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. Originally from Niagara Falls, Canada, he lives in Los Angeles.
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.
--The New York Times
Deliberately understated, with delectable results... Skillful
characterizations; though they're simply drawn and have little to
say, each animal emerges fully realized.
--Publishers Weekly (starred review) 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.
--School Library Journal 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.
--The Horn Book Indubitably hip, this will find plenty of
admirers.
--Kirkus Reviews 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.
--NPR Weekend Edition 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.
--People Magazine A sly picture book...Young readers and listeners
will love being in on the joke, making them appreciate the story's
humor even more.
--BookPage The joy of this book lies in figuring out the explicit
plot from the implicit details in the pictures, especially a few
wordless ones.
--Chicago Tribune 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.
--The Boston Globe 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.
--Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books Read I Want My Hat
Back by Jon Klassen. It's the most subtle endorsement of murder
you'll ever find.
--GQ.com This is a must-have for any primary or even intermediate
classroom. It's about inference and being a good reader.
--Huffington Post
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