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Mr. Zinger's Hat
Cary Fagan is the award-winning author of several young adult novels and picture books. This wonderful new story is about stories, and story-telling, and is sure to enchant and instruct children at home and at school for years to come.
This is the story of a bored little boy, who meets a man, and together they build a story. This story within a story is charming and changes...more
This is the story of a bored little boy, who meets a man, and together they build a story. This story within a story is charming and changes...more
Hardcover, 32 pages
Published
August 14th 2012
by Tundra Books
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Every day after school Leo would take his ball into the courtyard to play and while he played old Mr. Zinger would walk around the courtyard. They never talked until one day when the ball escaped from Leo and knocked off Mr. Zinger’s hat. Leo caught the hat and brought it back to Mr. Zinger, “I wonder why my hat took off like that. Maybe there is something inside it.” And there was. A story. Mr. Zinger started the story, but soon Leo was making additions, changes, and even naming characters! Aft...more
When Leo happens to meet Mr. Zinger, who writes stories, while chasing his baseball and a hat, the elderly man begins to tell him a story. He pauses at just the right points so that Leo can offer his suggestions or embellish the story, and then when the story is finished, he leaves to write his own story. Later, Leo meets a girl named Sophie and entices her to listen to his story, and in the same style as Mr. Zinger, he solicits her help. The watercolor illustrations show the delight on the char...more
Leo is out playing ball when a bounce accidentally sends Mr. Zinger's hat flying. While sitting on a bench, the man acts Leo to sit next to him. Mr. Zinger then proceeds to peer into his hat to see what made it fly off. His answer is "it's a story. A story trying to get out." What transpires next is the two begin to weave what will become Leo's story. Mr. Zinger enlists Leo's help in adding details. The illustrations are interestingly done. In some scenes they are rough quick black and white dra...more
Leo meets Mr. Zinger, a writer, who says he has a story in his hat. The writer asks Leo what HE sees in the hat, and the story gradually takes shape, building on each other's suggestions. Later, Leo repeats the process with a new friend.
Mr. Zinger: "Once upon a time, there was man."
Leo: "Could it maybe be a boy?"
"Yes, you're right--a boy. Now this boy was very poor."
"He might be rich."
"Why not? He was rich. Rich as a king, an emperor, a czar. He was also very unhappy. Can you see why?"
...Provin...more
Mr. Zinger: "Once upon a time, there was man."
Leo: "Could it maybe be a boy?"
"Yes, you're right--a boy. Now this boy was very poor."
"He might be rich."
"Why not? He was rich. Rich as a king, an emperor, a czar. He was also very unhappy. Can you see why?"
...Provin...more
A wonderful book about the power of storytelling. Mr. Zinger and Leo create a story together one afternoon, and in the process Leo discovers the storyteller inside himself. When he in turn meets Sophie, he passes on the gift. This is a beautiful reminder that creating stories can be an interactive process, and that every kid is filled with stories. All it takes is someone to pass them a hat, so to speak.
One day Leo's ball accidently knocks off Mr. Zinger's hat, which has a story just trying to get out. This is a great book about stories and the power of imagination! I especially love how Leo takes what he has learned from Mr. Zinger and passes it on to a new friend. This would be a great book to read aloud in a K – 2nd grade classroom, before encouraging the children to make up their own stories.
Unique story about a boy named Leo playing with his ball when his ball knocks off the hat of a man who writes stories. The man discovers a story in the hat and Leo helps to tell the story. When the man leaves, Leo encounters a girl and finds a story in his own baseball cap. This would be a great story to read as a writing prompt for where to get ideas.
The trademark of a great story, in my estimation (though there are exceptions), is that they make me smile at the end, involuntarily, both inside and out. This is one of those books. It's a story about a story. But not just any story. Your story. I'm still smiling. :)
A PERFECT story about creating stories, which can be found anywhere, even inside a hat. The cross-generation collaboration works especially well, and the illustrations add both humor and a visual representation of drafting and revision.
Age: Preschool+
Awash in the glory of storytelling, Mr. Zinger helps a little boy make up a story from scratch. This book can be just as inspirational for the child listener as the adult reader!
Awash in the glory of storytelling, Mr. Zinger helps a little boy make up a story from scratch. This book can be just as inspirational for the child listener as the adult reader!
A wonderful story about the power of storytelling and how it meanders this way and that between the narrator and the creatively involved listener. Love this book!
This was charming! OK, looking at the cover, I wasn't drawn in, but I love the inter-generational characters, and the "yes, and..." part of telling the story.
I really enjoyed this one and the opportunity to use this one with students to discuss writing and story development is wonderful.
A tribute to story tellers everywhere. A great book to use to help children develop their ability to create their own stories.
so many possibilities for classroom extensions with this lovely story of two generations sharing the art of storytelling!
Good for one on one sharing with older kids about friendship and finding fun things to do with your imagination.
Straddles the line between overtly preachy and sweetly creative. Lovely pictures (even with all pinkish-people).
A story about making up stories, and making friends. Illustrator from Belgrade.
Very fine, best for older kids, probably 6+, at least in a group setting.
I LOVE this book. Can't wait to share it with my writing students.
I liked this book because there was a story in his hat.
Wonderful story!
A heart-warming book about sharing the story-making process, and sharing ourselves along the way. Great hook for writing fiction.
You'll never wear at hat again without looking inside. Author Cary Fagan and illustrator Dusan Petricic create a story within a story about the art of storytelling that is wonderful; tying one generation to another.
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An utterly charming book about where stories come from and the importance of storytelling in bringing people together.
This one charmed me.
Makes a storyteller out of everyone.
More of a storybook, but has it all.
Makes a storyteller out of everyone.
More of a storybook, but has it all.
Jun 13, 2013
Kirsti
marked it as to-read
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