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dembury's review against another edition
5.0
Nothing less than utterly delightful! "Happy Birthday, Madame Chapeau" is deliciously drawn, full of charming details and artwork that is so pleasing to look at. I love the little details, like the mouse wearing a hat made from a thimble, and the recurring presence of the young knitting girl who shows up throughout the book. I don't always love children's books that have a really firmly set rhyme scheme but this one is cutely clever and I think kids will have a blast reading it. Finally, it was really refreshing to see that the ending is more female friendship based, with girls sharing their passions with each other, and not a story that is solved by a romance. Loved it!
kristenremenar's review against another edition
5.0
Five stars for working the "Chez Snooty-Patoot" into this charming, rhyming story. I love this author & illustrator duo.
cimorene1558's review against another edition
3.0
Cute story, and I love the street scene that opens the book, but the drawings of the people make me cringe.
kelleemoye's review against another edition
3.0
The rhyming text adds such a nice sing-song-y aspect to this tale of a hat maker that makes perfects hats for everyone, but goes home lonely.
pifferdiff's review against another edition
5.0
The collaborations between Andrea Beaty and David Roberts are some of my favorite picture books (I ADORE Rosie Revere, Ada Twist, and Iggy Peck) and this is one more to add to my list of favorites. The story is delightful and the illustrations are pure magic (the detail!). Highly recommend it.
lrouss89's review against another edition
4.0
This one would make a great read aloud. Rhyming and gorgeous illustrations.
duke_and_turk's review against another edition
5.0
Andrea Beaty (author of Rosie Revere, Engineer and Ada Twist, Scientist) has written a quirky and delightful rhyming story! What happens when a famed hat maker's most perfect birthday hat blows away? Can she recover her hat or find something suitable to replace it? Read it to be reminded of how necessary a totally impractical hat can be!
momoj8's review against another edition
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
relaxing
fast-paced
3.0
worldlibraries's review against another edition
4.0
I don't think any child who has been read this book will ever be able to think of hats in the same way again. This book instantly ups anyone's fashion sophistication because it teaches hat literacy. Is there such a thing as hat literacy? I don't know. If not, this children's book has invented it.
Another wonderful thing about this book is it celebrates that whimsy need not die in adulthood. England has this wonderful tradition of outlandish female hats and fascinators at the races and at royal weddings. This book celebrates that tradition.
A parent, teacher, or librarian could create a wonderful story time showing photos of women in their outlandish hats in Britain. I recognize one of the hats from Prince William's royal wedding. Next, someone reading this book could collect all the hats featured in this book, pass them out to children to offer to the child who pretends to be the hat maker protagonist looking for her lost hat.
This is really a fun book on a fun subject. It would be of interest to both boys and girls. The only improvement I could think of is including more hats from Eastern cultures such as the Uzbekistan Kalpak hat, or an Astrakhan hat, or an Asian conical hat. All in all though, this book celebrates a fun tradition from Britain, which if you are not from Britain, gives a child more #internationalmindedness.
Another wonderful thing about this book is it celebrates that whimsy need not die in adulthood. England has this wonderful tradition of outlandish female hats and fascinators at the races and at royal weddings. This book celebrates that tradition.
A parent, teacher, or librarian could create a wonderful story time showing photos of women in their outlandish hats in Britain. I recognize one of the hats from Prince William's royal wedding. Next, someone reading this book could collect all the hats featured in this book, pass them out to children to offer to the child who pretends to be the hat maker protagonist looking for her lost hat.
This is really a fun book on a fun subject. It would be of interest to both boys and girls. The only improvement I could think of is including more hats from Eastern cultures such as the Uzbekistan Kalpak hat, or an Astrakhan hat, or an Asian conical hat. All in all though, this book celebrates a fun tradition from Britain, which if you are not from Britain, gives a child more #internationalmindedness.
wiseowl33's review against another edition
5.0
Awesome! Loved this story. I will totally share this one.