Pagineborn 1981 · Winnipeg, Manitoba
📖 Best for: Pre-K (ages 2–5) · K–2nd grade (ages 5–8)
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Jon Klassen’s deadpan, darkly funny picture books — I Want My Hat Back and the Caldecott-winning This Is Not My Hat — are about animals, hats and very small crimes.
New to Jon Klassen? Start with I Want My Hat Back.
Jon Klassen’s books are under copyright, so Pagine doesn’t host them — but you can borrow every title below free. Tap Local library to see which libraries near you have it, Libby / OverDrive to borrow the ebook or audiobook with your library card, or Open Library for free online lending.
Most public libraries lend ebooks and audiobooks free with a library card — ask at the desk or sign up online.
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Jon Klassen’s deadpan, darkly funny picture books — I Want My Hat Back and the Caldecott-winning This Is Not My Hat — are about animals, hats and very small crimes.
I Want My Hat Back is a great place to start; other favourites include This Is Not My Hat, Sam and Dave Dig a Hole, We Found a Hat.
Jon Klassen’s books are best for pre-k (ages 2–5) · k–2nd grade (ages 5–8).
Jon Klassen’s books are still under copyright, so they are not free to download. You can borrow them free: from your public library (search WorldCat), as ebooks and audiobooks with a library card through Libby/OverDrive, or from Open Library’s free lending. Pagine links to each below, and suggests similar books you can read free right now.
Search WorldCat to see which libraries near you have a copy, or ask your school or public library. Most libraries also lend Jon Klassen ebooks and audiobooks free through the Libby app.