This Is Not My Hat

Klassen, J.  (2012).  This is not my hat.  Boston, MA:  Candlewick.

In the great big ocean, there is a fearless little fish who knows right from wrong, but steals a hat from a big, sleeping fish anyway.  The little fish takes the stolen hat and thinks that he can hide in the seaweed.  The big fish wakes up and goes looking for his stolen hat. The illustrations make this a must read!

In This Is Not My Hat, Jon Klassen’s use of line conveys movement.  The little fish knows right from wrong, but steals a hat from a sleeping, big fish.  The story line is the big fish going after the fish that stole his hat.  The fish swimming in the middle of the page creates a line of movement for the reader going from left to right.  The seaweed, lines going up and down, show the end of the story and the end of the little fish.