The Pink Hat
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3.0 • 1 Rating
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- $5.99
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- $5.99
Publisher Description
Celebrate girl power with this charming and empowering picture book about a pink hat and the budding feminist who finds it.
"This simple and cheerful tale suggests, with not an ounce of preachiness, values of care and comfort and the support women have for each other across generations." --The Washington Post
Here is a clever story that follows the journey of a pink hat that is swiped out of a knitting basket by a pesky kitten, blown into a tree by a strong wind, and used as a cozy blanket for a new baby, then finally makes its way onto the head of a young girl marching for women's equality.
Inspired by the 5 million people (many of them children) in 82 countries who participated in the 2017 Women's March, Andrew Joyner has given us a book that celebrates girls and women and equal rights for all!
With themes of empathy, equality, and solidarity, The Pink Hat is a timeless and timely story that will empower readers and promote strength in the diverse and active feminist community.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Publishing ahead of the one-year anniversary of the Women's March, this picture book focuses on one of the most recognizable images from the demonstrations: the pink knit hat. Australian illustrator Joyner (Bear Make Den) imagines a backstory of sorts for one such hat: an older woman knits it, snaps a selfie with it, then uses it to warm her feet. The hat doesn't remain with her for long. "It was a pink hat. A cozy pink hat. That is until...," Joyner writes, as a cat grabs the hat and plays with it. From there, the hat makes its way to a baby, a dog, and a girl, who uses it as a boxing glove, artist's satchel, and more before joining an enormous crowd of pink-hatted marchers, whose placards read, "Women's rights are human rights" and "The future is feminist." Joyner's airy, pink-accented drawings are chic, and he wisely keeps the story's focus on women and girls. But on the whole it reads like a lost-object tale with only a tenuous connection to the power of protest, in general, or what inspired these demonstrations in particular. Ages 4 8.
