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Australian children's picture book by Mem Fox and Tricia Tusa From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
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| Author | Mem Fox |
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| Illustrator | Tricia Tusa |
| Cover artist | Tricia Tusa |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Children's picture book |
| Published | 2002 (Scholastic Australia) |
| Publication place | Australia |
| Media type | Print (hardback) |
| Pages | 32 (unpaginated) |
| ISBN | 9781865044637 |
| OCLC | 861936952 |
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".[1] Books+Publishing found it "..a picture book about happiness that IS happy..".[2]
The Magic Hat has also been reviewed by Kirkus Reviews,[3] Publishers Weekly,[4] School Library Journal,[5] Horn Book Guides,[6] Magpies,[7]Magpies,[8] and the Australian Book Review.[9]
It was the chosen book for the 2007 National Simultaneous Storytime.[10]
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