The sense of foreboding and suspense in This Is Not My Hat is remarkable. This book is similar to I Want My Hat Back but unique at the same time. I was entirely the opposite of disappointed.

That's exactly how I felt holding This Is Not My Hat in my hands. I felt like a five-year-old on her birthday all over again: that moment when you have waited and waited and mingled with family and posed for pictures and eaten cake and now it's finally the time for you to open your presents.and then you know that it'll be over once you actually rip into the first package so you hesitate. I ran my hand over the cover and took a breath before I actually opened the book. After the countless discussions and debates I have participated in over I Want My Hat Back, I was beyond ecstatic to be holding This Is Not My Hat. Although these results are for the book in general, there is a large increase in search between October and November 2011.I vividly remember standing at the Candlewick Press booth back in April and finally holding this long-awaited story from Jon Klassen. Search for 'I Want My Hat Back' began in September when the book was published. It was also reviewed on Wired's GeekDad and has a TV Tropes page.ĭerivatives of the original were shared via the Tumblr tag 'I Want My Hat Back.' The Doctor Who and TF2 versions appeared on The Daily What, Geek, Reddit and Geekosystem. The original book was reviewed by the New York Times on October 12th, 2011 and a month later, was listed as one of the 10 Best Illustrated Books of 2011. The next day, afuturegentleman posted a version in which Professor Layton from the Nintendo DS game series of the same name is looking for his top hat. It was Team Fortress 2 themed, illustrating the story of a Heavy looking for his party hat.

The first parody of the book was posted as a part of a reblog of original post by modestmango on November 13th, 2011. The post has since been deleted but the images were archived on Buzzfeed and FunnyJunk. Tumblr user thesulfurandthesigh initially posted a series of images of the book's pages some time in early November, which accumulated over 37,000 notes in a few weeks. The original book was written and illustrated by Jon Klassen and published on September 27th, 2011.

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