What the Queen would like for her birthday is a new garden hat. The King telephones the royal hatters and they conjure up three fantastic creations. But the queen isn't at all pleased. But when she spies a very plain straw hat on the donkey's head, she knows she's found the perfect garden hat.

 

This book is part of a book series called Colour Young Puffin .

There are 32 pages in this book. This is a picture book. A picture book uses pictures and text to tell the story. The number of words varies from zero ('wordless') to around 1k over 32 pages. Picture books are typically aimed at young readers (age 3-6) but can also be aimed at older children (7+). This book was published 2002 by Penguin Books Ltd .

Margaret Ryan is a full time writer after a long career as a primary school teacher. She is now an established younger fiction author and travels extensively throughout Scotland, England and Wales visiting schools and libraries.