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12 New and Forthcoming Tim’s Hat Jacqueline East, illustrated by Rose Clayton Modern-day fable showing you may look everywhere for what you want, but it may be right under your nose! Gentle moral about a slower, simpler, device-free lifestyle focuses on appreciating one’s own gifts and abilities The first book in the Hare and Bear series finds Simon learning to laugh at himself and using the wholesome values he learns from Tim Simon is a very successful business hare, but he is in need of a break. Deciding to visit his friend Tim in the countryside, Simon is faced with many unexpected challenges, the first being his intense desire to have Tim’s dazzling knit hat, and the second being that Tim has no internet! Simon spends his days trying to pass the time without his computer, and his nights searching for Tim’s hat, which he wants more than anything. Can Tim help Simon learn to relax and that a little bit of patience will pay dividends? Join Simon and Tim in their first adventure of the Hare and Bear series, as one very busy friend learns a valuable lesson from his very content, laid-back friend. ISBN: 978-0-7643-6338-2 Size: 9" x 11" (228 x 279 mm) Pages: 32 Binding: hardcover Illustrations: 16 color images Price: $16.99 US Age Range: 4 to 8 years Lexile: 550L BISAC: JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Values & Virtues E-book ISBN: 978-1-5073-0265-1 AVAILABLE MAY Jacqueline East has been illustrating children’s books for more than 30 years and has been published across the globe. She holds a Datec diploma in art and design, a BA in graphic design, and an MA in authorial illustration, where her subject was folk and fairy tales. Although most of Jacqueline’s work has been illustrating other people’s words, including Love Is Everything (see page 28), she is the author of a series of four books about Ed the Pup. Rose Clayton loves to work in mixed media, gouache, watercolor, pastels, and some digital and really enjoys the magical worlds she can create in children’s books. Rose has degrees in both graphic design and illustration. For the last 10 years she has worked on children’s books, home décor, and greeting cards. Jacqueline East, illustrated by Rose Clayton ISBN 978-0-7643-6338-2 The Hare and Bear series follows the adventures of friends Simon and Tim as they present gentle messages and wholesome morals to young readers. From celebrating one’s own gifts and abilities to ways we can slow down, unplug, and use what we learn to help better our world, these lovable characters teach all of us the value of friendship, new experiences, perseverance, and patience. But Simon is so dazzled by Tim’s hat that he finds it impossible to relax. “I really do like your hat, Tim. I would really like to get one for myself.” Tim just laughs again and takes a sip of his tea. Tim laughs. “We have plenty of time to talk about hats, Simon! Why don’t you come in and have a cup of tea? You should relax after your long journey!” But then he arrives and sees Tim’s hat. That is when he realizes that he does not have everything he could possibly want. He does not have a hat! “Hello, Simon! How are you? How was your journey?” “Hello, Tim! Nice hat! Where did you get it?” “Ha Ha! Well, I go for walks, I do crafts , and I even knit. I could teach you if you’d like!” “Knitting, Tim! Seriously?” The next morning: DISASTER!!!!!! No internet! How is he supposed to dist ract himself from finding Tim’s hat if he can’t use his computer? “Tim! What on earth do you DO living h ere? How can you not have the internet?”