'I can't execute anyone with his hat on', need I say more?

First of all, I was surprised to find that The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins (the second children's book published by Dr. Seuss) was not written in rhyme or verse.

I quite enjoyed this story - it is about Bartholomew Cubbins, a boy with a very nice red hat, who visits the city. As the king and his procession passes by, the king orders all the citizens to take their hats off. But whenever Bartholomew takes his hat off, a new one would pop up in its place! The king, who feels deeply offended by this sign of disrespect, immediately arrests Bartholomew and tries to figure out how to successfully remove the hats from Bartholomew's head.

This was a fun and whimsical story with fairly lengthy paragraphs (in picture book standards) - reminding me a bit of Robert Munsch.

This book has to be one of my favs of Dr. Seuss. So many hats! I just love the hats. Very creative and unique story. Great for all ages!

When Bartholomew is having a sunny day, proud of his lovely red hat with a feather, the king and his minions come by in a large fancy carriage. When Bartholomew took off his hat to the King, another hat popped on his head.

Angry, the King took him to the castle and prepared to chop off his head, thinking this was the only way to solve the problem. When the henceman noted that more and more hats appeared, he was delighted and left poor Bartholomew alone.

The total number of hats, with the last one the most fancy, were 500. When the King choose to wear #500 hat, Barholomew's head was no longer duplicating hats.

Whimsical and filled with text, rather than rhyming words, this was a unique Seuss book.