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Very Good Hats

Emma Straub

Illustrator: Blanca Gómez

Ages: 5 & Under

Published: 2023

Publisher: Rocky Pond Books/Penguin Random House

ISBN: 978-0-5935-2943-0

Keywords: hats, animals, artists, nonconformity, humor, whimsical, playfulness

This imaginative ode to hats reveals many creative possibilities: raspberries are hats for fingers, and even a cat can be a hat. Colorful stylized digitally enhanced collage art.