We’re huddled around the book, reading on silently. The animals’ deadpan expressions and terse, uninflected dialogue make this exchange viciously funny. At the rabbit’s remarks, the girls burst out laughing. I thrust the book before their faces, you’ve got to read this, and we stand there turning the pages together. They’re in the kitchen, Scott and my three older girls, ages ten, twelve, and sixteen. This book is begging to be read aloud by a daddy like Scott. Don’t ask me any more questions.”īy this point I’m laughing out loud and I have to go right away and show the book to the rest of my family. Why are you asking me,” replies the rabbit. He asks a rabbit-a rabbit who happens to be wearing a pointy red hat. A bear has lost his hat, and he wants it back. 27), and I began reading it right out of the package, standing in the living room. I was sent a review copy by the publisher (the official pub date is Sept. Although these results are for the book in general, there is a large increase in search between October and November 2011.I think the best way to tell you about I Want My Hat Back is to describe my family’s reaction to it. Search for 'I Want My Hat Back' began in September when the book was published. It was also reviewed on Wired's GeekDad and has a TV Tropes page.ĭerivatives of the original were shared via the Tumblr tag 'I Want My Hat Back.' The Doctor Who and TF2 versions appeared on The Daily What, Geek, Reddit and Geekosystem.

The original book was reviewed by the New York Times on October 12th, 2011 and a month later, was listed as one of the 10 Best Illustrated Books of 2011. The next day, afuturegentleman posted a version in which Professor Layton from the Nintendo DS game series of the same name is looking for his top hat. It was Team Fortress 2 themed, illustrating the story of a Heavy looking for his party hat.

The first parody of the book was posted as a part of a reblog of original post by modestmango on November 13th, 2011.

The post has since been deleted but the images were archived on Buzzfeed and FunnyJunk. Tumblr user thesulfurandthesigh initially posted a series of images of the book's pages some time in early November, which accumulated over 37,000 notes in a few weeks. The original book was written and illustrated by Jon Klassen and published on September 27th, 2011.

I want my hat back by jon klaasen