The Kinder Hat was one of the first picture books to portray multi racial groups of children. This book also shows us parents of Asian descent and subtle messages about Australian life through the portrayal of urban living as Jessie walks home with her mother. The Kinder Hat relates the messages of a multi-cultural society through the images alone - the storyline being simply about a child making a hat for her mother - it could refer to any child, in any suburb, any cultural group.

Illustrator: Donna Rawlins
Author: Morag Loh
Hyland House, 1985
Colour pencil