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Sesame Street What Hat Is That? (On the Job)

by Nichole Mara

Book Details

Publisher:Abrams Appleseed
Published:2025-10-21
Format:board book
Language:English
ISBN:1419783920

Reading Info

Age Range:3-5

About This Book

Grover needs your help! Discover six different jobs with Grover and your favorite Sesame Street friends in this fun and interactive guessing-game board book in which every hat becomes a clue! Welcome to Sesame Street! What hat is that and who wears it? Help Grover guess the job using hats as a clues! Is that a magician's hat? Is it an astronaut's helmet? Lift the gatefold and find out! With playful text and colorful art, this sturdily constructed interactive board book is perfect for curious and

Our Review

This interactive board book transforms hat identification into an engaging guessing game, inviting young readers to help Grover match six distinctive hats to their corresponding professions. Each sturdy page presents a clear, colorful hatโ€”from a firefighter's helmet to a chef's toqueโ€”prompting children to guess the occupation before lifting the gatefold to reveal the Sesame Street character in full work attire. The clever format naturally builds vocabulary around community helpers and their tools while developing critical thinking through visual clues. This career exploration book makes learning about jobs an active, participatory experience rather than a passive lesson.

What sets this educational book apart is how effectively it leverages children's natural curiosity through its interactive lift-the-flap design, creating moments of delightful revelation with every page turn. The familiar Sesame Street characters provide immediate engagement, while the repeated guessing-game structure gives toddlers a satisfying sense of mastery as they begin anticipating the answers. Parents will appreciate how this occupation-themed book develops both fine motor skills through the gatefold manipulation and cognitive skills through pattern recognition. Young children will request repeated readings of this clever headwear guessing game, making it a standout in early childhood concept books about community roles.

Themes

Juvenile Fiction

Subjects

Juvenile Fiction