Millies Marvellous Hat (Andersen Press Picture Books) by Satoshi Kitamura

“This is a most
marvellous hat,
Madam,” said the man.
“It can be any size,
shape or color you wish.
All you have to do is

imagine it.”

Millie loves hats, but she can’t
afford to buy any of the

beautiful ones in the hat shop.
But the shopkeeper has an
idea. He produces a box
containing an amazing hat
with the most perfect shape
and color imaginable—
if Millie dares to imagine it.
Millie does dare, and soon
she sees not only her own

marvellous hat, but everyone
else’s hats as well.

Ages 4–8





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Millie was walking home fro
across a hat shop.
There were lots of hats in the
liked best was the one with t

Millie went inside.

om school when she came

e window, but the one she
the colorful feathers.





“May I see the hat with the colo
she asked the man behind the co
“Certainly, Madam,” replied th
from the window.
Millie tried it on. It suited her p
“I’ll take it,” she said.
“An excellent choice, Madam,”
five hundred and ninety-nine do

orful feathers, please?”
ounter.
he man, and he fetched the hat

perfectly.

said the man. “That will be
ollars and ninety-nine cents.”

Millie opened her purse and loo
“Oh, dear,” she said. “Do you h
“What sort of price were you thi
asked the man kindly.
“Well . . . about this much,” said
purse. It was empty.
“I see . . .” muttered the man, an
Millie looked up at the ceiling to
interesting patterns.

oked inside.
have anything a little cheaper?”

inking of, Madam?”

d Millie and showed him her

nd he looked up at the ceiling.
oo. It was covered with

“Aha!” said the man suddenly. “
for you, Madam. Wait here a mo
And away he went to the back of
A few minutes later he returned
He placed it on a table and remo

“This is a most marvellous hat,
“It can be any size, shape or colo
is imagine it.”

“I think I have just the thing
oment, please.”
f the shop.
d with a box in his hands.
oved the lid.

Madam,” said the man.
or you wish. All you have to do

Carefully, the man took the hat
head. It fitted her perfectly.
“Thank you,” said Millie, “I like
in her purse and handed the man
“Thank you, Madam,” said the m
its box?”
“No, thank you,” said Millie, “I

out of the box and put it on Millie’s

e it very much!” She put her hand
n all she had in it.
man. “Would you like your hat in

I’ll take it just as it is.”



Millie felt happy in her new hat.
“But now I must think what my hat
is going to look like,” she thought.
“Perhaps it has lots of feathers like
the one in the shop window,

only even more feath

hers . . .”





It was a peacock hat!





Millie stopped outside a cake shop
and looked in the window.
All the cakes looked delicious.



So Millie had a cake hat!
So Millie had a cake hat!





When Mil
her hat be

llie passed a flower shop
ecame flowery . . .





. . . and in

n the park she wore a fountain hat!

Suddenly Millie saw that she was no

ot the only one with a special hat . . .









Everyone had a hat of

their own. And they were all different.

She sa
who w
Millie
the bi
Millie