{"product_id":"the-hat-isbn-9780399234613","title":"The Hat","description":"\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e #1 bestseller, Jan Brett's heartwarming story of Hedgie the hedgehog's misadventures in the snow has become a family favorite. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen Lisa's woolen stocking flies off the closeline, Hedgie can't resist poking his nose in. He tries to pull it out, but the stocking is stuck on his prickles. At first the other animals laugh at the sight of him, but when they realize they might like something to keep their heads dry and ears warm, too, even more silliness ensues.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLike its companion \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Mitten\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Hat\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e is now available as a wonderful board book to share with young children. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Brett's signature art introduces animal characters as endearing and expressive as those who congregated in her earlier book's expandable white mitten.\" —\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekl\u003c\/i\u003ey\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A clever and appealing picture book. . . . The pictures, story, and subject matter make this a natural for sharing aloud.\" —\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\"A clever and appealing picture book . . . . Brett's illustrations are done in her trademark style of highly detailed depictions of her characters and a creative use of borders. . . . The pictures, story, and subject matter make this a natural for sharing aloud.\"—\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\"In a companion book to Brett's \u003ci\u003eThe Mitten\u003c\/i\u003e (1989), a little girl decides to unpack her winter woolens from their decorated chest and hang them out on a line to air before winter comes. . . . The satisfying story celebrates the cozy hearth, home, and barnyard of picturesque Scandinavian country life, frozen in time. Brett's somber tones of pre-winter are enlivened by the intricate, colorful clothing; her fine, independent heroine is in charge of the story, and the inventive little hedgehog triumphs as well.\"—\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003eWith over thirty four million books in print, Jan Brett is one of the nation's foremost author illustrators of children's books.   Jan  lives in a seacoast town in  Massachusetts, close to where she grew up.   During the summer her family moves to a home in the Berkshire Hills of Massachusetts.\u003cp\u003eAs a child, Jan Brett decided to be an illustrator and spent many hours reading and drawing. She says, \"I remember the special quiet of rainy days when I felt that I could enter the pages of my beautiful picture books. Now I try to recreate that feeling of believing that the imaginary place I'm drawing really exists. The detail in my work helps to convince me, and I hope others as well, that such places might be real.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs a student at the Boston Museum School, she spent hours in the Museum of Fine Arts. \"It was overwhelming to see the room-size landscapes and towering stone sculptures, and then moments later to refocus on delicately embroidered kimonos and ancient porcelain,\" she says. \"I'm delighted and surprised when fragments of these beautiful images come back to me in my painting.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTravel is also a constant inspiration. Together with her husband, Joe Hearne, who is a member of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Jan visits many different countries where she researches the architecture and costumes that appear in her work. \"From cave paintings to Norwegian sleighs, to Japanese gardens, I study the traditions of the many countries I visit and use them as a starting point for my children's books.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46304970866917,"sku":"NP9780399234613","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780399234613.jpg?v=1767739718","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-hat-isbn-9780399234613","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}