The Mitten (urspr publ 1989; utgåvan 1989)

Gift from Aunt Chris, March 1991 ( )

This a really great book for primary and k-2 readers. This is about a boy who loses his new mitten and many animals find it in the snow and snuggle up in it in order to stay warm. I love this book and it is really great for kids to learn about animals and how they all need to stay warm like we do. ( )

Who thought that so many animals could fir inside a single snow white mitten? It doesn't surprise me at all that some of the best known Ukrainian folktales are all about Winter, because it is the dominant season of the year and stories of miraculous survival would have given people something to think about through the cold months. Brett's lush illustration of each page tells the current action and the detailed borders presage te coming story. The amount of detail that she includes is likely to please and astound both parents and children for ages for come. ( )

I love the illustrations in this book. The sides of all the pages tell another story within the story. The side pictures also help readers predict what’s going to happen next in the book. The pictures have a lot of Scandinavian details full with colors. ( )

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