
Winner Description: written and illustrated by Jon Klassen, and published by Candlewick Press. Sort field for winners: I Want My Hat Back. Understatement, simplicity, and subversion comprise a formula for success in Jon Klassen’s debut picture book, I Want My Hat Back. The bears hat is gone, and he wants it back. Award Win Active Date: Monday, Janu03:00. Written and illustrated by Jon Klassen Published by Candlewick Press, 2011 ISBN 978-0763655983 Grades K and up. “Children’s books are important because we still think about them when we’re grown up, because they have an effect on our way of seeing the world and our way of thinking about other people… That’s why they’re important to grown-ups as well as to children, and that’s why the best grown-up books are important, for the same sorts of reasons I think. A New York Times Bestseller and Best Illustrated Book. Phillip Pullman is the highest-ranked living author on the list (Getty Images) This Is Not My Hat is a 2012 American childrens picture book by the author and illustrator Jon Klassen.
