The concept of the book is good but it all ends well there. Valeri gorbachev is the author and illustrator of a number of childrens books, both in the united states and europe, including nicky and the big bad wolves and where is the apple pie. Then when the page is turned to see whose hat it is, the adjoining page hits you in the face with a huge piece of another hat. This book has drawings of vintage chunky little people figures. The concept behind this book is almost identical to that of last years whose hat is that. Each job has a page with the hat in bright colors, and then the page following has the worker and the name of the job that they do. I was remarked by the jury of the key colours international illustrators award 2012.
When i grow up by al yankovic childrens book read aloud duration. I used the idea of this book for a hatthemed program for both spanish and bilingual story times, but rather than read the story from the book, i showed the kids actual hats not all of them are included in the book, though and had them guess who wears the hats fireman, police man, train conductor, etc. Put on your thinking cap and guess whose hat is whose. When a little turtle comes across a lost hat, he is determined to find its owner. Henry and mudge the first book read aloud duration. The repetition and length of this book could work well with toddlers. The hat pictures are big so only a small part of the hat shows on a page. Learn all about the different hats worn by construction workers, police officers, firefighters, and more. I chose this book for my kids because the boys were tired of typical fiction books. Whose hat is that a little people book fisherprice little people storybooks by trumbull, peter and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Gorbachev immigrated to the united states from the ukraine in 1991 and now lives with his family in brooklyn, new york. A parade of animals follow each making a noise and thinking the hat looks good on them. He asks mouse, and rabbit, and even crocodile if it belongs to them, but they all say it isnt theirs. As a school speechlanguage clinician, this book is the best resource ive found for teaching kids vocabulary related to occupations and s endings for possessives.