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Grumpy Hat 
By Nicola Kent
London: Andersen Press USA, 2024. Picture Book.

Everyone knows that little sisters can be an-noy-ing! So when Ravi gets annoyed with Ruby and breaks her toy car in a rage, everyone goes to bed upset. Ravi wakes up the next morning with a bright red grumpy hat stuck fast on his head! And he can't get rid of it, no matter how hard he tries... Ravi learns how to swap his grumpy hat for happy socks in this uplifting story about siblings, family life and controlling bad moods. --Publisher

The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins
Written and Illustrated by Dr. Seuss
New York: Random House, 1938. Picture Book.

Each time Bartholomew Cubbins attempts to obey the King's order to take off his hat, he finds there is another one on his head. --Editor

A Hat Full of Sea
Written by Maudie Smith
Illustrated by Jen Khatun
Lerner Publishing Group, Inc., 2024. Picture Book.

How do you cheer someone up when they're stuck in a boring old hospital bed? Cora is determined to find a way. Grandpa Jim can only see a small square of blue sky from his hospital window, so Cora decides there's only one thing to do--she will bring him some sea to go with it! First, she brings him a hat full of sea. Then she brings him a hat full of countryside. She even brings him the moon, the black velvet night, and the shimmering, glimmering stars. She empties them all out onto the hospital bed for her beloved Grandpa Jim to share. Can Cora bring the hospital ward to magical life until her grandpa is ready to go outside and play with her once more? A heartwarming story about one very special hat. Or should that be one very special girl? --Editor

Mr. Bat Wants a Hat
Written by Kitty Black
Illustrated by Laura Wood
London: New Frontier Publishing, 2022. Picture Book.

A thought-provoking bedtime story about a bat in search of a hat. --Editor

Caps for Sale
Written and Illustrated by Esphyr Slobodkina
New York: Harper Collins, 1968. Picture Book.

A band of mischievous monkeys steals every one of a peddler's caps while he takes a nap under a tree. --Editor

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