A Three Hat Day (Reading Rainbow Book)

By Laura Geringer Bass and Laura Geringer

Book Overview

R. R. Pottle the Third has a truly wonderful, extra-extraordinary collection of hats. But happiness eludes him. He is lonely and dreams of meeting a perfect wife -- who will, of course, be wearing a perfect hat. One day, a day so bad that R. R. Pottle wears not one, not two, but three hats at once, his dream comes true in the best possible way. This warm, comical story by talented new author Laura Geringer is crowned with full-color illustrations by Caldecott Medal winner Arnold Lobel. Notable Children's Books of 1985 (ALA) A Reading Rainbow Featured Selection

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0060219890
• ISBN13: 9780060219895
• Release Date: October 1985
• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.3" x 6.5"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

The Pottle Familty

This story is about the Pottle family and how each one liked to collect different things. All the Pottle's meet there husbands / wife's on a rainy day. The story is about how the third Pottle finds his wife on a sunny day when he is sad and then it turns into a rainy day. When Mrs. Pottle and Mr. Pottle got married they had a girl and she liked shoes. They meet at a hat store when a lady was yelling at him because he was dancing around with a hat from the store.

A Three Hat Day

A funny little man who loves hats cheers himself up by wearing three at a time! This is a great book for teaching primary graders about permutations and probability theory.