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 was recognised by the Scottish Arts Council Book Award.

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

There are 32 pages in this book. This book was published 1999 by Penguin Books Ltd .

Elena Pasquali is the pseudonym of an in-house author. Priscilla Lamont has a degree in graphic design and worked as a book designer before becoming a freelance artist. She has illustrated over 40 children's books for a variety of authors, including Julia Jarman, Michael Rosen, Hilary McKay and sometimes her own work as well! 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.