The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins
- The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins
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name = The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins
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author = Dr. Seuss
cover_artist = Dr. Seuss
country = United States
language = English
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genre = Children's literature
publisher = Vanguard Press
pub_date = September 1, 1938
media_type = Print (Hardcover)
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oclc = 192190
preceded_by =And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street
followed_by = The King's Stilts
"The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins" is a children's book, written by Dr. Seuss and published in 1938. Unlike the majority of Dr. Seuss's books, it is written in prose rather than rhyming and metered verse. The characters of Bartholomew and King Derwin appear again in a later book, "Bartholomew and the Oobleck".
Set in feudal times, the story begins in the Kingdom of Didd, when King Derwin is riding through a street past Bartholomew Cubbins, a poor boy in the market. Bartholomew removes his hat, according to the laws, but another hat mysteriously appears; when he attempts to remove this one too, another one appears again, and this continues, even as he removes more and more hats, each growing in extravagance and beauty. Eventually, as Bartholomew is being threatened with death, the 500th hat, studded with massive gems and gilding, comes off and Bartholomew's head is bare again. Stunned by the beauty of the hat, King Derwin grants him reprieve and trades him 500 gold coins for the 500th hat.
External links
* [http://www.ksu.edu/english/nelp/childlit/papers/sample_essay_seuss.html Essay on Dr. Seuss]
* [http://www.kiddierecords.com/week_24/sleeve_inside.htm Recording of Bartholomew Cubbins]
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