The Magic Hat
{{short description|Australian children's picture book by Mem Fox and Tricia Tusa}}
{{Infobox book
| name = The Magic Hat
| image = The Magic Hat.jpg
| caption =
| author = Mem Fox
| illustrator = Tricia Tusa
| cover_artist = Tricia Tusa
| country = Australia
| language = English
| genre = Children's picture book
| published = 2002 (Scholastic Australia)
| media_type = Print (hardback)
| pages = 32 (unpaginated)
| isbn = 9781865044637
| oclc = 861936952
}}
The Magic Hat is a 2002 children's picture book by Mem Fox and illustrated by Tricia Tusa. It is about a wizard's hat that appears in a crowded park and alights on people's heads, turning them into various animals. Then, the hat's owner, a wizard, shows up and restores things back to normal.
Reception
A review in Booklist of The Magic Hat wrote: "The bouncy rhyme is fun if undistinguished, but the artwork, in its oversize format, overflows with good humor".{{cite magazine|title=The Magic Hat |author=Ilene Cooper |url=https://kcls.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S82C207474 |magazine=Booklist |publisher=American Library Association |accessdate=28 September 2021}} Books+Publishing found it "..a picture book about happiness that IS happy..".{{cite web |url=https://kcls.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S82C207474 |title=The Magic Hat |author=Kerry White |year=2002 |website=booksandpublishing.com.au |publisher=Books+Publishing |accessdate=28 September 2021}}
The Magic Hat has also been reviewed by Kirkus Reviews,{{cite magazine|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/mem-fox/the-magic-hat/ |title=The Magic Hat (starred review) |quote=broad, lively successor to Tony Johnston’s Witch’s Hat (1984) |date=1 March 2002 |magazine=Kirkus Reviews |publisher=Kirkus Media LLC |accessdate=28 September 2021}} Publishers Weekly,{{cite magazine |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-15-201025-6 |title=The Magic Hat |quote=rollicking, rhyming read-aloud is indeed magic |date=1 April 2002 |magazine=Publishers Weekly |publisher=PWxyz LLC|accessdate=28 September 2021}} School Library Journal,{{cite magazine|title=The Magic Hat |author=Wendy Lukehart |quote=Tusa's ink-and-watercolor images dance with life (even the flowers seem to be in motion); kinetic, double-page designs spill off the pages. Add this to your favorite headpiece storytime. Children will be bursting to participate. |url=https://kcls.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S82C207474 |magazine=School Library Journal |publisher=Media Source Inc. |accessdate=28 September 2021}} Horn Book Guides,{{cite magazine|title=The Magic Hat |quote=Despite the slight premise, preschoolers will enjoy staying one step ahead of the text. The kinetic ink and watercolor images appropriately and effortlessly add to the mayhem. |url=https://kcls.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S82C207474 |magazine=Horn Book Guides |publisher=Media Source Inc. |accessdate=28 September 2021}} Magpies,{{cite magazine |date=May 2002 |title=The Magic Hat |page=27 |magazine=Magpies: Talking About Books For Children |volume=17 |publisher=Magpies Magazine |issn=0817-0088}}Magpies,{{cite magazine |date=July 2012 |title=Welcoming Back Picture Books From The Past |page=20 |magazine=Magpies: Talking About Books For Children |volume=27 |issue=3 |publisher=Magpies Magazine |issn=0817-0088}} and the Australian Book Review.{{cite magazine |author=Catherine Noske |author2=Virginia Lowe |date=June 2002 |title=Children's Books: Tales for a Dry Country|magazine=Australian Book Review |number=242 |pages=61, 62 |publisher=Australian Book Review Inc.}}
It was the chosen book for the 2007 National Simultaneous Storytime.{{cite web |url=https://www.alia.org.au/nss |title=Previous NSS Events 2001-2021 |website=alia.org.au |publisher=Australian Library and Information Association |accessdate=28 September 2021}}
References
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External links
- [https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/861936952 Library holdings of The Magic Hat]
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Category:Australian picture books
Category:2002 children's books
Category:Picture books by Mem Fox