The Queen's Hat by Steve Antony

The Queen's Hat is a picture book showing the journey the Queen and her soldiers go on as they chase her wind-swept hat through London. Naming all the main landmarks, Trafalgar Square, the London Eye and Big Ben to name but a few, the book provides a dynamic overview of London to celebrate the Queen, the Jubilee and the new royal baby. 

This book is definitely a picture book. Published by Hodders Childrens Books, the illustrations are so detailed and vibrant. Made up mainly of black and white images with only the red of the soldiers' jackets in colour, each page has countless soldiers doing everything they can to retrieve the Queen's hat, more often than not with the Queen way ahead of them doing a better job! The centre-fold picture of Big Ben is my favourite image, with all of the soldiers scaling the tower as the Queen stands on top reaching for her blow-away hat. 

Unfortunately, the book would have been best left as just a picture book. The words don't really add anything to the book and aren't really required as the illustrations are such a joy to look at and search through. Overall, a ten out of ten for thoroughly enjoyable PICTURE book.