A review by melhara
The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins by Dr. Seuss
4.0
First of all, I was surprised to find that [b:The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins|7781|The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins|Dr. Seuss|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1386922285s/7781.jpg|1088828] (the second children's book published by [a:Dr. Seuss|61105|Dr. Seuss|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1193930952p2/61105.jpg]) was not written in rhyme or verse.
I quite enjoyed this story - it is about Bartholomew Cubbins, a boy with a very nice red hat, who visits the city. As the king and his procession passes by, the king orders all the citizens to take their hats off. But whenever Bartholomew takes his hat off, a new one would pop up in its place! The king, who feels deeply offended by this sign of disrespect, immediately arrests Bartholomew and tries to figure out how to successfully remove the hats from Bartholomew's head.
This was a fun and whimsical story with fairly lengthy paragraphs (in picture book standards) - reminding me a bit of [a:Robert Munsch|6039100|Robert Munsch|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1422643001p2/6039100.jpg].
I quite enjoyed this story - it is about Bartholomew Cubbins, a boy with a very nice red hat, who visits the city. As the king and his procession passes by, the king orders all the citizens to take their hats off. But whenever Bartholomew takes his hat off, a new one would pop up in its place! The king, who feels deeply offended by this sign of disrespect, immediately arrests Bartholomew and tries to figure out how to successfully remove the hats from Bartholomew's head.
This was a fun and whimsical story with fairly lengthy paragraphs (in picture book standards) - reminding me a bit of [a:Robert Munsch|6039100|Robert Munsch|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1422643001p2/6039100.jpg].