In “A Three Hat Day,” Mr. Pottle collects all kinds of hats. Sometimes he wears more than one at a time; if he is sad he will sometimes wear two hats. On this day he is feeling very sad, so he wears three: a bathing hat, a fireman’s helmet, and a sailor hat. Mr Pottle is lonely, and he dreams of meeting his wife — who will be wearing a perfect hat!
There are many different types of collections mentioned in the story (hats, umbrellas, canes). What other kinds of things do people collect? What do you collect? If you collected hats, what hat would you pick at “Hats to Where” store? Why?
More books about hats:
- MARTIN’S HATS by Joan Blos, illus. by Marc Simont
- THE HAT by Jan Brett
- CASEY’S NEW HAT by Tricia Gardella, illus. by Margot Apple
- LUCY’S SUMMER by Donald Hall, illus. by Michael McCurdy
- JENNIE’S HAT by Ezra Jack Keats
- WHOSE HAT? by Margaret Miller
- WHO TOOK THE FARMER’S HAT? by Joan L. Nodset, illus. by Fritz Siegel
- THE PURPLE HAT by Tracey Campbell Pearson
- UNCLE NACHO’S HAT adapted by Harriet Rohmer, illus. by Veg Reisberg
- WHOSE HAT IS THAT? by Ron Roy, photos by Rosmarie Hausherr
- HO FOR A HAT! by William Jay Smith, illus. by Lynn Munsinger
- A HAT FOR MINERVA LOUISE by Janet Morgan Stoeke
