Under My Hood I Have a Hat

I borrowed this book from the library and my two year old loved it so much I had to buy it. She loves the pictures...especially the puppy "sipping tea". I was surprised that it struck such a chord with her since we live in Florida and she has never even seen snow! This is a delightful book.

There is just something about this book. Under My Hood I Have a Hat appears to strike a chord with every preschooler who hears it. This simple rhyming book tells the story of a child getting dressed to go out in cold, snowy weather. Written in a "chant" cadence, it goes through the layers and layers of clothes that must be put on just to go out to walk the dog. At the end, it expresses a humorous warning that the child, now swaddled up like a giant beach ball, must not fall, because, she "can't get up at all." This ending invariably makes my 3 year old giggle and ask if the girl in the pictures is making snow angels. This book has bright, simple, colorful illustrations that pop off the page. The chanting rhyme of the story is easy to learn and to remember. My daughter's preschool teacher tells me that the entire class loves this book and requests it often; they all end up chanting the story in unison. It is quite amazing that a book about cold weather and snow would make such an impression on young kids in Austin, Texas who have most likely never seen snow. This is a great "read to me, Mommy" book, as well as an easy beginning reader. My daughter and I have great fun with it.

In this simple picture story book we meet a little girl. She is getting all dressed for a day of playing in the snow. She puts on a hat and a hood and several sweaters. She's all dressed and goes outside. When she gets there she says that she hopes she doesn't fall down because she will never be able to get back up. She has so many layers on she can hardly move. We read this story to my 1 ½ year old sister. She enjoyed looking at the winter time scence in the story as I read her th e book. We recommend this book for kids ages 1-3. The text is short and simple.