The Favorite Hat: Ready-To-Read Level 1 -- Ariel Bernstein, Hardcover

Two elephants enjoy a day at the beach with the help of a multi-use hat in this adorable Level 1 Ready-to-Read by bestselling duo Ariel Bernstein and Marc Rosenthal.

Olive gives Oscar a hat to wear to the beach! The hat keeps the sun off his face. Oscar wants to build a sandcastle, but he does not have a shovel. Can he use the hat as a shovel? He can! Can the hat keep him dry in the rain? Almost! What else can this hat do?

Author: Ariel Bernstein
Publisher: Simon Spotlight
Published: 01/13/2026
Pages: 32
Binding Type: Hardcover
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.11d
ISBN: 9781665975094
Audience: Ages 4-8

About the Author
Ariel Bernstein is the author of I Have a Balloon and Where Is My Balloon?, both illustrated by Scott Magoon, as well as We Love Fishing! and You Go First, both illustrated by Marc Rosenthal. I Have a Balloon received starred reviews from Publishers Weekly and Kirkus Reviews, and it was a Junior Library Guild Selection. Where Is My Balloon? was a Bank Street Best Book of the Year, and We Love Fishing! received a starred review from Publishers Weekly. You Go First was a Junior Library Guild Selection, named a Charlotte Zolotow Highly Commended Title, and received a starred review from Kirkus Reviews. Ariel lives in New Jersey with her family. Learn more at ArielBernsteinBooks.com.

Marc Rosenthal is the New York Times bestselling illustrator of many books for children, including the Small Walt collection by Elizabeth Verdick, All You Need Is Love by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, I Must Have Bobo! by Eileen Rosenthal, We Love Fishing! and Mabel Wants a Friend by Ariel Bernstein, and Archie and the Pirates, which he wrote. He lives in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. Learn more at Marc-Rosenthal.com.