Robertsand#39 colorful, exaggerated hats (many of which are modeled on real designs) whimsically adorn the multicultural Parisian public. Praise for Happy Birthday, Madame ChapeauĪndquot Beaty carries the bounces and lilts to the very last page. Everyone is delighted as, one by one, the townspeople are transformed into giant playful animals. It tumbles and bounces through the air and makes magic wherever it lands. None of them are quite right, though, until one special little girl offers her a hat andquot knitted with love and best birthday wish.andquot įrom the bestselling team behind Iggy Peck, Architect and Rosie Revere, Engineer comes this delightful and very stylish story about love, community, and friendship, with some fancy hats thrown in for good measure. One fine day, from out of town-and without any warning at all-a magic hat appears in the sky. Mon dieu! As she chases the crow through the streets of Paris, a baker, a policeman, a cowboy, and others offer her their own hats to wear. A wizard's hat blows into town, changing people into different animals when it lands on their heads. This time, a crow snatches her hat and flies away. Once a year, on her birthday, Madame Chapeau ventures out in her favorite bonnet to dinner. So begins the tale of a lonely hat maker who matches customers to the perfect hat but lacks her own perfect match in life. Like the Lady herself, all her hats were refined. Lived the worlds finest hat maker, Madame Chapeau. In a three-story house with a shop down below,

The Magic Hat by Mem Fox