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Mr. Zinger's Hat

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Overview

This critically-acclaimed picture book by award-winning author Cary Fagan is about stories and story-telling, and is sure to entertain children at home and at school for years to come.

This is the story of a bored little boy, who meets a man, and together they build a story. This story within a story is charming and changes both their lives . . . and quite possibly the reader's as well.

Cary Fagan's charming tale, complemented by the imaginative illustrations of artist Dušan Petricic, will delight young readers who enjoy spinning their own.

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ISBN-13:	9781770499348
Publisher:	Tundra
Publication date:	05/23/2017
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	32
Product dimensions:	7.80(w) x 9.80(h) x 0.20(d)
Age Range:	4 - 6 Years

About the Author

CARY FAGAN is an award-winning author for children. His kids' books include Wolfie and Fly, Little Blue Chair, the popular Kaspar Snit novels, the two-volume Master Melville's Medicine Show, and the picture book Mr. Zinger's Hat, winner of the Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award and the IODE Jean Throop Award, as well as a TD Book Giveaway in Canada. He has also won the Jewish Book Award and been shortlisted for the Silver Birch Award (five times), the Rocky Mountain Book Award (twice), the Hackmatack Award (twice), the Norma Fleck Award, the Shining Willow Award, and others. The author lives in Toronto, Ontario.

DUSAN PETRICIC was born in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, and graduated from the University of Belgrade Faculty of Applied Arts and Design. His political cartoons and illustrations have regularly appeared in major newspapers and magazines in Europe and North America. As co-author and/or illustrator, he has created more than forty children's books and is the recipient of many prestigious international awards. While pursuing his own career as an artist, Dušan has taken time to teach students illustration and animation.Dusan Petricic lives in Toronto, Ontario.

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SELECTION - "The Next Chapter with Shelagh Rogers" Winter Children's Book Panel, 2012
SELECTION - TVO Parents Top 10 Summer Reading List for Ages 6-8, 2012
SELECTION - Today’s Parents 100 Best Canadian Kids’ Book of All Time, 2012

PRAISE FOR Mr. Zinger's Hat:

"Petričić .... expertly evokes the episode's understated warmth while cranking up the visual appeal with a set of distinctly delineated central characters interacting comfortably with one another. A thoroughly engaging addition to the shelf of stories about story making." —Kirkus Reviews

"Petričić uses simple outlines and candy colors for the story within-a-story and somber shades and cross-hatching for the scenes of Mr. Zinger and Leo – so distinct are the styles, they could easily be the work of two separate, equally accomplished illustrators. . . Fagan’s dialogue moves smartly.” —Publishers Weekly

"Mr. Zinger’s Hat is a wonderful story about the shared process of creating . . . a story! . . . It is a charming illustration of creative interaction." —CM Magazine

"Every child needs a Mr. Zinger – and his hat! – in his or her life . . . This book oh-so-softly brings across a sweet, multigenerational message about sharing the power of imagination.” —Booklist

From the Publisher

Leo’s mother has told him not to disturb Mr. Zinger, who’s a writer, but when Leo’s ball sends Mr. Zinger’s hat flying, the old man invites Leo to sit and talk. The man begins by gazing into his wayward hat to see what made it fly off. “Ah, I see now,” he says. “It’s a story. A story trying to get out.” Mr. Zinger starts a tale, weaving into it Leo’s many interruptions and suggestions; it’s clear he’s an old storytelling hand. Petricic (who teamed with Fagan on My New Shirt) uses simple outlines and candy colors for the story-within-a-story and somber shades and cross-hatching for the scenes of Mr. Zinger and Leo—so distinct are the styles, they could easily be the work of two separate, equally accomplished illustrators. When Mr. Zinger says good-bye, Leo asks if he will write the story they’ve just made. “No,” Mr. Zinger replies, generously. “That’s not my story, that’s your story.” Fagan’s dialogue moves smartly, almost independently of the artwork, yet Petricic’s drawings give needed warmth to the relationship between Leo and Mr. Zinger. Ages 4–6. (Aug.)

Publishers Weekly

K-Gr 3—Leo is playing by himself when the wind picks up his ball, which knocks off an elderly man's hat. Leo helps catch it, and the two sit down on a bench. Mr. Zinger, a writer, tells Leo that there is a story in his hat, and the boy then proceeds to help him fill in the details. When it is finished, Mr. Zinger says good-bye, and Leo begins to bounce his ball again. This time, it flies off into the hands of a girl. Leo and Sophie play until they are tired and then sit on the bench. Leo takes off his cap and…. This circular tale nicely illustrates the use of imagination and the power of story. The text is just right for newly proficient readers and teachers could easily use it in writing lessons. Petricic's illustrations extend the narrative. In the "real" world, the pictures are done with a watercolor wash. In the story portion, they are composed of flat, opaque colors on a cream background. The book is nicely designed, with plenty of white space and typesetting that sometimes flows along with the wind. Budding storytellers will appreciate this book.—Angela J. Reynolds, Annapolis Valley Regional Library, Bridgetown, NS, Canada

School Library Journal

Here's one answer, at least, to the archetypal question about where stories come from: Their authors pull them out of hats! When old Mr. Zinger's windblown hat lands atop young Leo, the elder's suggestion that there must be a story inside it trying to get out leads the pair to make up a tale about a rich but bored lad who offers half his possessions to anyone who can cheer him up. The elder gently prods Leo to come up with all the major details--including the solution, which isn't a flat-screen television, a live monkey or other high-profile item but a simple ball and a boy to share. Zinger then departs, leaving Leo to continue playing alone with his ball as he was before...until a new friend named Sophie shows up to share both the ball and the creation of a brand new story from Leo's own cap. Petricic alternates loosely brushed, sketchily detailed watercolors to illustrate the frame story with even more simply drawn cartoons for the newly invented tales. In doing so, he expertly evokes the episode's understated warmth while cranking up the visual appeal with a set of distinctly delineated central characters interacting comfortably with one another. A thoroughly engaging addition to the shelf of stories about storymaking. (Picture book. 6-9)

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