Name: Blue hat, green hat
ISBN: 0671493205

Sandra Boynton

Humorous animal characters introduce the basic colors and familiar items of clothing. On board pages.

Blue hat, green hat

Sarah Sammis

Harriet is a bit of a prop comedienne. Her favorite joke involves putting something unlikely on her head and asking innocently, "Hat?" So when she saw Blue Hat, Green Hat by Sandra Boynton at the library, she had to check it out.

With many of Boynton's books, there is an animal who just doesn't fit in. In the case of Blue Hat, Green Hat, that animal is a turkey. All the other animals can get themselves dressed but not the turkey. He tries but somehow things never seem to end up on him correctly.

Besides being a charming story about the troubles of learning how to get dressed (or prop comedy 101 for preschoolers), the book teaches colors, animals, parts of the body and clothing. It's also charming and very funny. The turkey, by the way, looks charming in his purple socks.

Donald

Boynton's best work, in my opinion. This book teaches an important lesson about the stupidity of turkeys.