Anton put a spell on me with his particularly lucky sort of magic. The Peanuts-esque illustrations work hand-in-hand with deliciously concise text to tell a funny story about a boy who has to prove to his friends that his magic hat enables him to do magic. ( )

"Anton has a magic hat. A real one."

With clear colors and spare drawings, Konnecke artfully captures a child's belief in and desire to make magic happen for himself and his friends.

A great choice for an imaginative 3- to 7-year-old like my nephew, who last week, after we debarked from a ferry, pulled his mother close & whispered in her ear, "I am the captain of that boat."
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"Anton has a magic hat. A real one."

With clear colors and spare drawings, Konnecke artfully captures a child's belief in and desire to make magic happen for himself and his friends.

A great choice for an imaginative 3- to 7-year-old like my nephew, who last week, after we debarked from a ferry, pulled his mother close & whispered in her ear, "I am the captain of that boat."
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My first and second graders read this to me today (2015-06-02) and really enjoyed it. ( )

This is a very sweet story about a young boy attempting to do magic tricks to impress his friends. Through a series of coincidences and just by being in the right place at the right time, Anton ends up performing a series of disappearing and re-appearing magic tricks, fooling himself and his friends along the way.

This book is ideal for library storytimes for the toddler to preschool age. The storyline is simple, each page has just a couple of sentences, and the visuals are in warm tones of dark yellows and browns. Anton is a very cute kid, with a friendly smile and demeanor. ( )