Harold Loves His Woolly Hat
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- $10.99
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- $10.99
Publisher Description
An Indie Next List Pick!
"All libraries should make space on their shelves for Harold."--School Library Journal (starred review)
In this sweet picture book that celebrates selflessness and the joy of helping others, a little bear named Harold loses his beloved woolly hat--only to discover that others need it more.
What makes a bear special? For Harold, it is his beloved striped woolly hat. He wears it when he sleeps, when he goes to school, and even when he takes his monthly bath. But when a crow whisks the hat off his head and high up into a nest, Harold doesn't feel so special anymore. He tries everything to get it back--offering the crow blueberries, worms, and even shiny objects--but alas, the crow will not budge. Turns out that the hat has a new special purpose: keeping three baby crows warm. This heartwarming picture book features an irresistible bear and gently reinforces the notion that it doesn't matter what you have, it's who you are that matters.
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Harold, a stumpy bear with light amber fur and quizzical eyebrows, wears his red-and-yellow hat everywhere, "even in the summertime... even when he takes his monthly bath." The hat, Kousky (The Blue Songbird) explains, helps Harold know that he is special "different from all the other bears." Then a crow flies off with it. "How will anyone know that I am a very special bear?" Harold proffers worms and berries and shiny objects to trade, which the crow promptly confiscates ("Cawcaw!"). The views of the crow flying off with Harold's treats provide moments of drama, but despite Harold's wee cuteness, he's no shrinking violet. Not even the loneliness of the forest, whose tall, stately trees are painted in stark browns and grays, deters him, and he shouts at the crow in big, upper-case letters. Only when Harold climbs the crow's tree does he discover the crucial use to which the hat has been put. What really changes things for him isn't the discovery of his hat's fate but the sudden appearance of companionship and a sense of feeling needed. Ages 3 7.)
