This Is Not My Hat

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

A little fish stole a little hat from a big fish and believes he won't find out it's missing, since it's not even his size. However if he does, he won't find him because he's swimming away to a place where the plants are big and tall and close together.  The problem is that someone saw him and although he believes he won't tell, he does and well the rest is history. 

 Visual Element: Line

The use of line in a story can set the mood or convey movement. This is Not My Hat uses that line to convey movement in the story through the water. We follow the little fish on his quest to hide from the bigger fish, with the line pushing us to turn the page and find out exactly what happens next. The little bubbles that follow the fish as well as the way characters point to the next page for example, the little crab, all draw the eye onward to the ending of the story.

Book Resources:

http://www.teachingbooks.net/tb.cgi?tid=31415&a=1

Book Trailer:

http://www.goodreads.com/videos/29869-this-is-not-my-hat-book-trailer