While You Were Chasing a Hat

by Lilian Moore, Rosanne Litzinger (Illustrator)

While You Were Chasing a Hat

Your 3-year-old is being to understand the connections between events.

Tips for reading and sharing:Ask your child to describe the story by looking at the picturesLet your child trace the hat's journey with a finger from page to pageTry on different kinds of hats with your child

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens

24 pages, Hardcover

First published May 1, 2001

About the author

Lilian Moore grew up in New York, received a degree in teaching from Hunter College, and did graduate work at Columbia University. She attended college during the Depression, so job opportunities were few. She worked for the Bureau of Educational Research, helping children who could not read in their Reading Clinic. Ms. Moore was also a reading specialist for the New York Board of Education. She trained teachers and did extensive research into reading difficulties.

She was the editor of Scholastic's first paperback book club, the Arrow Book Club, beginning in 1957. As she said, "Imagine making it possible for these youngsters to choose and buy good books for the price of comics!" She was an editor at Wonder Books, Thomas Y. Crowell, and contributor to Humpty Dumpty magazine.

In addition, Ms. Moore was a founding member of the Council on Interracial Books for Children. Ms. Moore died on July 20, 2004, at the age of 95.

She is best known for her poetry and easy-to-read books.

Reviews

[Dolly]

The simple, rhyming narrative and bright and colorful illustrations combine to make this a fun book for beginning readers. The story has a lyrical, poetic quality to it and the words are fairly challenging for young readers, so it's best to read this book together.

[Kerry]

For early story time on kites/wind