Old Hat New Hat [Hardcover]

Stan Berenstain (Author), Jan Berenstain (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: P and up | Series: Bright & Early Books(R)

Illus. in full color. "Out shopping, the Bears look at frilly and silly hats, bumpy and lumpy ones. Offers slapstick humor and simple concepts of sizes and shape."--School Library Journal.  

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Illus. in full color. "Out shopping, the Bears look at frilly and silly hats, bumpy and lumpy ones. Offers slapstick humor and simple concepts of sizes and shape."--School Library Journal.

About the Author

Stan and Jan Berenstain were both born in 1923 in Philadelphia.  They didn't know each other as children, but met later at school, at the Philadelphia College of Art.  They liked each other right away, and found out that the both enjoyed the same kinds of books, plays, music and art.  During World War II, Stan was a medical assistant in the Army, and Jan worked in an airplane factory.  When the war was over, they got married and began to work together as artists and writers, primarily drawing cartoons for popular magazines.  After having their two sons Leo and Michael, the Berenstains decided to write some funny children's books that their children and other children could read and enjoy.

*  Their first published children's book was called The Big Honey Hunt .  It was about a family of bears, who later became known as the "Berenstain Bears".  

Over 50 children's books later, Stan and Jan still plan all of their books together -- both write the stories, and both write the pictures.  They live outside of Philadelphia in the country.  

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 4 and up
  
• Hardcover: 36 pages
• Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers (August 12, 1970)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0394806697
• ISBN-13: 978-0394806693
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 0.4 x 9.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (30 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #119,728 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Build Vocabulary, February 11, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Old Hat New Hat (Bright & Early Board Books(TM)) (Board book)

I read about this book in a parenting magazine and picked it up because it was inexpensive. Although the illustrations can not compete with some of the exquisite books available to our children, my 20 month old daughter memorized with joy and gusto this simple story. In fact, it started her using adjectives in her own speech. The Bright and Early books are successful because the simple meter and clear pictures are pure delight to children. Get it out of the library and when your child is as obsessed as mine became, you can order your own copy from Amazon!

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The first book my son "read", December 15, 2002

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Slim Tan (Singapore, Singapore Singapore) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Old Hat New Hat (Bright & Early Board Books(TM)) (Board book)

This is the first book my then 2 year old son "read" all by himself & I've captured it on video which he watches with delight. He must have been so proud of himself he later went on to read independently by 3. He's now 5 and reading Dick King-Smith and The Magic Tree House books and Wayside School stories and World Book entries and anything he lays his hands on.

It's about a bear with a tatty hat who goes into a store to buy a new hat. The salesman shows him many hats which he rejects as being too big, too small, too flat, too tall, etc. It's a great way to introduce adjectives and rhyme and improve memory and boost confidence too. It comes with a surprise ending too. it's a very simple book, but perhaps that's the beauty of it - that it can do so much with so little.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Fun and Easy to Read, November 29, 2004

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R. Morningstar "U.P. North" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Old Hat New Hat (Bright & Early Board Books(TM)) (Board book)

My son is 2 and loves books. This has now become his favorite book! He laughed the first time I read it to him and he now "reads" it to me (he has memorized the entire book!). He loves that he can "read" it and still laughs at the story. Of course, now everything in his everyday life is "too scratchy" or "too bumpy".
Great book for beginning readers.