That Fat Hat

by Joanne Barkan, Maggie Swanson (Illustrator)

A high-interest story, tested for vocabulary and sentence length, is accompanied by a letter from an education specialist offering valuable advice to parents on how to read to their children. Original.

Genres: Childrens, Animals

48 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1992

Reviews

[Vicki · Rating 5 out of 5]

My Oh My, the seven-year-old and I loved this story. We loved the friends that see things differently and the message of not always following the crowd is well done.

The first grader read it with no stumbling and the words were cute and catchy. I enjoy when there is a cadence to a story.

This is a great choice for cat loving children as well as early readers that just want a fun story to read aloud.

[Kelly Wickham · Rating 4 out of 5]

A cute story about a pretentious cat and her sweet friend Emma. LouLou must have all the stylish new things, eat at the fanciest new restaurants, and have all the name-brand foods. In the end though, after insulting her friend and making her sad, LouLou realizes the more essential things in life. It doesn't matter what you wear or where you eat. The most important thing is spending time with a good friend.

[Kt Roth]

2.0 early reader

[Arely Cortes · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is about a cat named Emma. She does things that other people do and doesn't do things that other people don't do. She learns that it's okay to do things that other people don't do.

[Heather · Rating 4 out of 5]

Emma the cat wants to go out to lunch with her friend Lou Lou, but she's embarrassed to be seen with Lou Lou because Lou Lou isn't wearing one of the fashionable small hats--her hat is fat. Lou Lou gets angry and tells Emma that if she doesn't want to be seen with her, then they won't eat lunch together at all. Saddened, Emma tries to find lunch on her own, but nothing she is offered by the various shopkeepers is in style. Finally, hunger causes her to eat something anyway, and she realizes that what's in style doesn't really matter. She apologizes to Lou Lou, Lou Lou lends her a colorful flat hat, and they continue on to lunch.

I really liked this book. Way to stick it to the man, Cats.

[Lisa Hall]

This book is great for beginner readers because of its repetition of words and patterns. Not only was this story cute and entertaining but it also gave a good message of learning to not care what other people think.

[Natalie Wiederkehr · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cute book for showing kids about popularity and fitting in with everyone else.