The farmer had a hat, an old brown hat. Oh, how he liked that old brown hat! But then the wind came, and blew the hat away. And as fast as the farmer ran, the wind raced even faster. So the farmer went looking. Neither the Squirrel, nor Mouse, not Duck, nor any of the other animals had seen the hat - though they had seen some pretty strange things. Would the farmer ever find his favorite hat?
Joan L. Nodset was inspired to write this story nearly forty years ago after catsitting Ptolemy, a friend's lovably moody feline. Ms. Nodset is also the author of Go Away, Dog and Who Took the Farmer's Hat? and wrote Crocodile and Hen: A Bakongo Folktale under the name Joan M. Lexau. She lives in Otisville, New York.
Fritz Siebel was born in Vienna and now lives in New York City with his family. He is well known for his pictures in Cat and Dog; David and the Giant; and Tell Me Some More . . ., all Harper I Can Read Books. Among the other books he has illustrated are A Fly Went By and Who Took the Farmer's Hat?
Target Age: 4-8
HarperCollins
Pub Date: July 15, 1988
0.25" H x 6.56" L x 9.67" W
32 pages
paperback