Monsieur Racine wakes up one day to find his precious pear tree looted of all the award-winning fruit. When he discovers that the culprit is funny-looking beast, his anger gives way to curiosity and two become friends. But the beast is not quite what it seems, eventually it comes...Read more

The Hat

by Tomi Ungerer

Published 4 November 1971
A handsome black top hat changes penniless Benito Badoglio's life.