What can we do?” Readers will know the answer to this one. “But I can’t cheer while our friend Giraffe is not feeling well. “I love this hat,” Lion says when they arrive at his cave. Owl’s hat is a sort of graduation cap meets awning affair, while Elephant’s has both a cuckoo and a handy cupholder. Won’s retro-style artwork uses muted hues and gives forms volume with watercolor-style shading. Zebra and the animals that follow are all grumpy, each gets a hat, and the cheer spreads. But the delivery is a box full of hats, and Elephant cheers right up after putting them on in a tall stack: “I’ll show Zebra!” His good deed has the knock-on effect of a line of dominoes. “When Elephant woke up, he was very grumpy,” Won starts, drawing the elephant with dark frowning eyebrows and scribbly black lines above his head. Brian Won is an illustrator, childrens book author, and motion graphics designer. When we point out patterns we notice, or help our children notice patterns, we are helping them develop one of the math skills-geometry and patterns-which will later make it easier for them to understand math concepts.In this debut, Won explores the way a simple gift and a little attention from friends can have nearly magical healing properties. Brian Won is an illustrator, childrens book author, and motion graphics designer.

Ok, here comes the story.Įarly Learning Aside-Example: Adults, when I started this book, I pointed out that there is a pattern the children can follow to help them know what comes next, so they would know when to say Hooray for hat. Let's practice saying 'Hooray for hat.' Very good. First an animal is grumpy, then Elephant gives the grumpy animal a hat, and the animal smiles and they cheer 'Hooray for hat!' So, I would like you to say with me 'hooray for hat.' You'll know when it is coming because it will be after the animal smiles and then they cheer. HarperCollins, Juvenile Fiction - 40 pages.

Off they march to show Turtle The parade continues as every animal brightens the day of a grumpy friend. In fact, you might notice there is a pattern to what is happening. HOORAY FOR HAT Elephant marches off to show Zebra, but Zebra is having a grumpy day, toountil Elephant shares his new hat and cheers up his friend. This book has a lot of repetition so I would like you to help tell the story with me. In this book each of the animals is grumpy until they get a wonderful hat. Introduction: Our next book is called Hooray for Hat by Brian Won.

Hooray for Hat! by Brian Won