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I Want My Hat Back?
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My husband and I went out to an antique/thrift shop where I found a hardback copy of <strong>I Want My Hat Back</strong> by <em>Jon Klassen</em> for 25 cents in MINT condition. I excitedly showed it to him. My husband loves hats (He likes a Straw Panama Style Hat in Summer and a Felt Hat in Winter) but had never heard of this book. He read through the book and LOVED it (he even giggled) and said, "We have to buy this book...you know, for the mini hat wearers that may come into our lives at one point or another."
LADIES (AND GENTS?) THIS IS A MONUMENTALLY MASSIVE HUGELY BIG MOMENT FOR ME.
He's been a fence sitter since forever and seeing him come over to the baby side is heartwarming for me. I kept it cool. I didn't say anything (For when the tiger stalks the gazelle... it is silent.)
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In reality, I just wanted to cackle out loud, "I'LL GET YOU MY PRETTY!"
I’m a big fan of defusing toddler temper tantrums with silliness if possible. Do you have the book I Want My Hat Back by Jon Klassen? The first thing that came to mind was to read this book and then if she still freaks out to tell her “My hat is gone! I want it back!”
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I still like it, and it made me chuckle.
I believe it's from this children's book.
Surprised this hasn't been posted yet. You must read them E.B. White's I Want My Hat Back.
Right here.
Currently only $10 on Amazon.
Amazon link to the book. Same author also did a book called "This is not my hat"
>I don't like the 'My way or the highway' style at school. If they offered half days, or didn't threaten legal action if you missed days, I wouldn't be nearly as bothered.
I liked hearing that. It made up for everything else I disagreed with.
>but my daughter has never, ever heard those words before, and I don't want her hearing them anytime soon
The sheltered part I don't agree with so much, but to each his own.
Unrelated. One of my recent joys was with a three year old. His mom and I were at the mall, killing time while her car was getting fixed. I took her to Barns and Noble and brought her to the childrens section. The much older lady working eyed us up and seemed to think, "these kids look like they think they know everything, they are probably assholes too." I asked for a copy of I Want My Hat Back. Her face lit up and her demeanor instantly changed. She brought it to me, and I asked my friend to read it to me. She sassed back until the lady stepped in and said "Take a seat. These are childrens books. They are meant to be read allowed." The lady kept coming back with more and more books, as I asked for other titles I knew about from reddit, the nyt and amazon. She was so happy to see young people like us acting more adult and thoughtful than adults. Taking time out of our days to see which books we could read over and over. I am guessing many parents grab a book and walk away. We probably read 20 books that day. Anyway I got sidetracked. This three year old, he loves to play trains like they all do. He dumped out his bin and asked me to play with him. Two minutes later I got upm grabbed a copy of Dragonology and laid down quietly on the floor. He came over and asked what I was doing. I told him I liked reading more than playing trains. He seemed confused but slowly crawled up next to me. Later that night before bed we were watching Justice League. I sat on my phone reading reddit. He asked me what I was doing. I said I was reading because I enjoy it more than watching tv. I could see his face light up with jealousy and a bit of anger. He went and grabbed a book I left out and sheepishly asked me to read to him so he could learn.
His mom has since called me a bastard for what I have done (aka inspiring I want my hat back among others for his birthday). I can tell she is less than pleased that he wants to read so badly. She is obviously kidding and a little bitter that she didn't start earlier. I robbed her of something unspoken. A love of knowledge will always be my gift to him.
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