I Want My Hat Back

But I'd love to see more picture books and things too.

Like, I actually think, you know, Jon Klassen's I Want My Hat Back-

Mm

... is, is [laughs] sort of, like, nicely dark and subversive.

Okay.

You also have the brilliantly subversive picture book, I Want My Hat Back by Jon Klassen from 2011, which is at number 24, and Shaun Tan's breathtaking wordless graphic novel, The Arrival, from 2006 at number 16.

So they have to be monumental to even get noticed.

Exactly.

Well, I discovered recently and probably talked about it.

I want my hat back.

I want my hat

back.

Is that one of

those kinds of, oh, that sounds sweet.

I want my hat back.

It's, I know, I think I know what you're asking.

Right.

Like I Want My Hat Back or The Rock From The Sky.

He doesn't do sparkle or hyper-energetic action.

He is the undisputed king of deadpan.

What do we do when two friends find the same thing at the same time? This discovery leads to quite the funny story about fairness and friendship.

There is also a follow-up to this one called I Want My Hat Back.

both very entertaining and engaging.

And that's the thing with a tough concept and one that takes a lot of practice and a lot of frustration and disappointment and probably a lot of tears to understand, having some books that can bring a little bit of levity and laughter to the situation is a great teaching tool.

That's, that's a good way to put it, yeah.

One day a discussion happened about children's books, and, uh, Eileen mentioned a book called I Want My Hat Back.

And so Spencer looked it up and decided to read it on the podcast.

So here it is.

I don't know if this is gonna get us this.

I Want My Hat Back by Jon Klassen.

This won an award.

Yes.