The 500 hats of Bartholomew cubbins is written by Dr. Seuss. It is the story of Bartholomew cubbins who has a red hat with a feather on the top. It was his father's father's father hat . King Derwin goes mad when he see that that hat is not going. He advised so many people in his court to take off his hat but the same thing happened -when you take one hat there is still another hat on his head. Suddenly sir Alaric recognised that each hat was becoming fancier than before. And the last hat that is 500th hat is the most beautiful hat they have ever seen . And that hat was taken by the king and in return he gave Bartholomew 500 gold coins.

*Review from my 8 year old* So, I really like the part when the King said, "Young man, march down to the dungeon and tell the executioner to chop off your head." Then, Bartholomew had to take off his hats to get his head chopped off, but he has 500 hats on so he can't. Then, he went over to the King and said, "I have to not have a hat on to get my head chopped off."
It was a good book.

This book is one of the few Dr Seuss books which is not in the rhyming verses, but it should be better as the author could focus more on content and less on rhyming words. It also teaches its readers about medieval era elitism and the book represents the victory of the common man when the king himself had to take off Cubbins’ hat.

Found this while clearing up in the basement and had a laugh and a lovely flashback to being read this at my rather peculiar private kindergarden a hundred or so years ago by Miss McCann who really didn't get the joke. It was possibly my first exposure to the medieval world - along with The Friendly Giant and Rusty all those years ago - and my interest morphed into reading about castles and knights and then into Shakespeare and eventually Chaucer and look where that landed me (nowhere actually.) Now I have to look for The Princess Who Wanted the Moon because I'm reminded of it.

I was able to read the sequel before this book, so I was expecting that this could be better. I prefer the sequel than this, but I still enjoyed the story. It's just that I don't think that I found any lesson after reading it.

I liked this book, it was comedy. In this fictional story, a small child walks through the lanes of kingdom. Subsequently, king comes there and "hats off to king" is announced. He does so yet king is angry with him as he sees another hat on his head. The boy named Bartholomew, tries to remove another hat too but more and more hats are seen on his head.....

One by one, many try to remove the hat but all in vain. At last, after removing one hat by another while getting near to his death, Bartholomew's hats started changing and at last, the 500th hat was the most beautiful hat ever seen in kingdom. The king bought it in 500 gold pieces and Bartholomew and king become friends....

It is and interesting short story for kids!

This one gets three stars from me, but my youngest daughter would probably give this one star or maybe even no stars. She got bored about half way through the story, which was surprising, because she loved Bartholomew and the Oobleck which had about as much text.

A nice and a creative story

4.5 stars

I remember reading this book when I was very
young and really loving it. Its plot is so
absolutely creative and original.

I am absolutely amazed that this book is not more well-known and that
it is does not have many more people that have read it.

I am amazed that it does not have about a million ratings.

Perhaps because
it is an older book it was not as widely available in a lot of more
modern libraries.

Recently because of some media spotlight on Dr. Seuss and his works. I decided to reread the 6 books in question and now several others. But alas only had 5 of the 6 on hand. This is a continuation in an attempt to review all of the books by Dr. Seuss.

Dr. Seuss is famous for his many children’s books. Books that spark the imagination. Surprise, and amaze. There is a large collection of old animated shorts based on them. And these has been several movies both animated and life action. He also wrote two books that though written and illustrated in a similar style and format are considered adult books they are The Seven Lady Godivas and You’re Only Old Once. Godivas I believe is long out of print, I believe the last printing was in 1988. And I am only aware of it because it is the favorite book of a friend.

I do not know a child who has not engaged with these books on some level. My youngest and my wife have a few of them memorized. And recite them to each other before bed, as much as read. My children loved the old, animated shorts, and like most of the movies. I was less fond of the live action movies but appreciate most of the animated ones. But back to this book.

In 1931 and 1932 Dr. Seuss published four small volumes about the Boners. Which were compiled into a single volume called The Pocket Book of Boners. After that he published And to Think I Saw It On Mulberry Street. And this was his third published volume. And one of a few written in prose rather than verse. It was turned into a short film in 1943 and nominated for an Oscar.

Of the many Seuss books we have read this one is geared towards the top end of the reading levels. There are more words on a few pages on this volume than some entire other books by Seuss.

This story takes place in the Kingdom of Didd and involves primarily Bartholomew Cubbins and King Derwin. The king is upset because he believes Bartholomew is being obstinate and not removing his hat. Bartholomew is distraught but overall very stoic about his predicament. For every time he removes a hat a new one appears. The king’s nephew, a grand duke is a bit of a pest. The executioner is very nice. The story takes an unusual turn climbing a great spiral staircase to the highest parapet. But to find out what happens you will need to read the book. Two quotes from the book really caught me as I read it this time:

"Very serious nonsense."

"He knows about everything in all my kingdom, in all the world beyond, and in all the worlds that may happen to be."

I recall this being one of my son’s favorites. And it is a fun read.

Dr. Seuss actively published books between 1931 and 1990. He passed away in 1995 and there have been nearly 20 published posthumously. And another 18 that he authored under other names and that others illustrated. Not counting the many collections, compilations, and repackaging done by the publishers and literary estate over the years. In total there are nearly 100 works written, illustrated, or both by Dr. Seuss. They have been translated into many languages and they are loved around the world, by the young and young at heart. And this is an excellent offering.

Today I would like to share my experience about reading this book.
In this Story book, the funny part that I liked most was: When the King commands Bartholomew Cubbins to take off his hat, obeying King's order Cubbins removes his hat, soon after which another hat appears on his head, similarly another used to appear every time he removed his hat.
Also, I liked character of Cubbins who selflessly gave his 500th Hat, which was biggest among all & had Red Jewel on it, to the King.
Lastly, I recommend all the kids (5 years & above) out there to read this fun filled story once.

Thank You.

One of two non-rhyming books ever written by Dr. Seuss, and by far my favorite! (PS: the second non-rhyming book? Its sequel: Bartholomew & the Oobleck. Just FYI.)