Review: "Teaches Children The Value Of Things"......Learning To Share"......
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 08 3, 2013
This is an excellent book to teach children to value the things they have because other children may not be so lucky...Also, learning to share..The illustrations are good, colorful and gives the old world feel for the tale of the "Fancy Hat"...The Lord of the Town is bored with his old, good hat and wants a brand new one made...He goes to his Tailor and picks the hat from the catalog..The tailor creates the new "Fancy Hat" perfectly for the Lord he is overjoyed that everyone will notice him...But his new hat from last year is still in very good condtion, so he sells it back to the tailor.....When they both arrive to church the next morning will anyone notice their new "Fancy Hat's".........Because the Tailor has a new "Fancy Hat" for himself now...."This is the "Modern Day Morale of the Story" is: What may be old and useless to one person or child, may be a brand new treasure to someone else who is poor and less fortunate than other's....So, before you throw your old toys or clothes away, ask Mom and Dad if you can donate them to other children.....Sorry, but I got a different interpretation from this story when done reading...Mine comes from the heart and this is geared towards 4-8 yr olds, not Investment Bankers, Commerce or Stockbrokers....So, I think this is an "old folk lore", but that is not how we think today.....