This week I read “The Magic Hat” by Mem Fox and thought is
was quite well put together, in both the written word and illustrations. The story
follows the tale of a hat that floats into town and magically changes the
person who’s head it sits on into an animal.
Remembering the lecture from Lyn a few weeks ago, I read
this story with more focus on what meaning is being made from the illustrations
that is not expressed in the written word, and vice versa. It was this focus
that led to my realisation of a number of key ideas represented only in the
illustrations. An example of this was the wizard turning into a little boy
after placing the hat on his own head at the conclusion of the story, which is
not referred to in the written word at all.
The story would be suitable for early schooling levels, and it
keeps the readers interest by, pausing the flow, and not revealing the
magically transformed animal until the next page. I enjoyed reading the book
and would recommend it for use up to yr 1s or 2s.
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