A plucky girl chases her hat through a critter-filled swamp in a rhythmic adventure glowing with sun-dappled art. Virginnie is a freckly gal who wears a wide straw hat to shade her from the southern sun. When a puff of wind sends that hat adrift in the swamp -- right to the top of a sycamore tree -- she braves some scary creatures to get it back Crawdaddy craw, snickery snake, swaying gator. . . . What will she tell her mama at the end of the day?...