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PICTURE BOOKS

Teague, David

The Red Hat

40 pp. | Disney/Hyperion | December, 2015 | Trade ISBN 978-1-4231-3411-4 $16.99

(2) K-3 Illustrated by Antoinette Portis. In this tender, fable-like story, Billy Hightower's isolated life atop "the world's tallest building" changes when he catches a glimpse of "the girl in the red hat." Billy's attempts at communication are repeatedly foiled by the wind: it snatches his words, derails his paper airplane, and pulls Billy himself off the building. Teague's rhythmical, unadorned text is fleshed out by Portis's graphically arresting compositions.

Reviewer: Sarah Ellis | Horn Book Magazine Issue: January, 2016