The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins

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Call Number: E SEU, Kids Book / Picture Books / General / Seuss, Dr
On Shelf At: Downtown Library, Traverwood Branch

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Downtown Kids Books 4-week checkout	E SEU	4-week checkout	On Shelf
Downtown Kids Books 4-week checkout	E SEU	4-week checkout	Due 04-24-2024
Downtown Kids Books 4-week checkout	E SEU	4-week checkout	Due 05-20-2024
Traverwood Kids Books 4-week checkout	Kids Book / Picture Books / General / Seuss, Dr	4-week checkout	On Shelf

Youth level.
At first, Bartholomew Cubbins had just one hat, but when the King ordered him to take it off, he found that he could not--each time there was another on his head.

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Good submitted by philiptv on July 16, 2013, 6:50am I like this book even though it's an easy read.

good submitted by Stephanie M Smith on August 13, 2013, 9:24am my favorite growing up

Personal favorite Seuss submitted by FordAlpha on August 24, 2017, 8:03pm "The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins" is written in prose, not verse, and is fairly lengthy, so it's better for somewhat older kids who have the attention span to get through it. This was perhaps my favorite Dr. Seuss book growing up, and I still love it. My mom was a marvelous picture book reader. I was always entranced by her solemn pronunciation of "Yeoman of the Bowmen!" and the magicians' muttering spell. As an adult, I have a much greater appreciation for the irony in the story, as the king passively accepts his advisors' and even his snotty nephew's increasingly excessive suggestions, while the executioner happily finds a legal loophole to avoid chopping off a young boy's head. Dr. Seuss lets the king off easy in the end, but the bratty Grand Duke Wilfred gets his comeuppance, a firm spanking, when the king finally realizes that the young peasant who "won't take off his hat before his king" has behaved far more respectfully than the backtalking royal nephew.

So long --don't try it with a room full of preschoolers submitted by JennJenn on August 4, 2020, 10:14pm While it is a good story, don't try it with a class full of preschoolers because it will feel like you are going on forever!

Love This Book! submitted by charlotte mayhew on August 24, 2020, 11:18am This book was a favorite of mine when I was a child, and my children loved it just as much.