Overview

Abrams Books – Happy Birthday, Madame Chapeau (Picture Book)

In a three-story house with a shop down below, lived the world’s finest hat maker, Madame Chapeau. Like the Lady herself, all her hats were refined. Brilliantly singular. One of a kind. So begins Andrea Beaty’s new rhyming picture book about a hat maker adored by her friends and neighbours.

On her birthday, Madame Chapeau wears the perfect bonnet made by her late husband. But on the way to her birthday dinner, a crow snatches her hat and flies away with it, leaving Mme. Chapeau sans bonnet. As she chases the crow, everyone around her begins to follow her, offering their own hats for her to wear. None of them are quite right for Madame Chapeau, though, until one special little girl offers her a hat “knitted with love and [her] best birthday wish.” What appears “rather odd” to Mme Chapeau at first is actually the perfect gift for her. A delightful story about love, community and friendship, with some fancy hats and a birthday thrown in for good measure.

Hardcover: 32 pages

ISBN: 9781419712197

Dimensions: 22.9 x 1.3 x 27.9 cm

Written by: Andrea Beaty

Illustrated by: David Roberts

About the Author:

Andrea Beaty is the author of the bestselling Questioneers series, among other children’s titles. She lives just outside Chicago.

About the Illustrator: 

David Roberts has illustrated many children’s books, including the bestselling Questioneers series. He lives in London.