Parenting is hard. Like sacrifice your mind and body hard. So, one way my husband and I try to combat the rough times is by finding humorous books for our kids, ones that make us belly laugh after a long day of dealing with tantruming two year olds.
We found our first Jon Klassen book while browsing through Target before baby #1 came along (because who has time for browsing peacefully with kids in tow). We were in the book section—of course—and my husband bursts out laughing. “You’ve got to read this one.” I was introduced to This is Not my Hat about a fish who steals a hat. It’s ironic and funny and makes you infer the ending through the pictures, which I LOVE (and sometimes take it into my classroom to show my middle schoolers because they appreciate irony).
There my love for Jon Klassen started.
Next we stumbled upon I Want My Hat Back. It has a similar concept to the first except this one is about a bear whose hat was stolen and he’s trying to find it. The characters interactions with each other…the repetition that doesn’t get old…an unexpected ending…again, hilarious!
Now we were hooked. Our boys both loved them, and we wanted more. So we raided the library where we found a jackpot of other stories:
- The Wolf, The Duck, & The Mouse where a wolf eats a mouse and unexpectedly finds a duck living in the wolf’s belly.*
- Triangle features a triangle trying to play a sneaky trick on his friend Square.*
- We Found A Hat continues the hat stories with two turtles finding a hat and have to decide which turtle should keep it.
- Extra Yarn showing a girl with a magical ball of yarn that never ends.*
So, thank you, Jon Klassen, for giving us a break. For giving us a laugh. For allowing us a moment of sanity in the middle of our whirlwind of crazy.
*These books are co-written by Mac Barnett, another awesome writer.
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