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Title: The Mitten
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Manufacturer: Putnam Juvenile
List Price: $16.99
Our Price: $6.00
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| The Mitten by Putnam Juvenile Beautiful illustrations, but this re-telling kills the beauty in the story | | I ordered this because I was having difficulty finding the original THE MITTEN from my childhood. This re-telling kills the beautiful original message of giving and sharing. In the original, the cricket invites all of the animals into the mitten out of kindness--it's the coldest day of the winter and she feels sorry for them. In this version, each of the animals feels "bullied" into letting the next animal in out of fear. Ugly! And what a terrible message in this day and age, when bullying is such an issue. I would never recommend this book when the original is still available. And something about the simpler drawings in the original allows the story to truly shine, as it should. This version is pretty, but hollow. | | The Mitten by Putnam Juvenile Beautiful book! | | My daughter loves to look at the pictures in this book. She is too young to understand the story, but there's so much to see! This is a great story that I remember from my own childhood. I am sure she willl enjoy it for years to come! | | The Mitten by Putnam Juvenile The Mitten | | The Mitten: A Ukrainian Folktale This delightful story is illustrated in amazing detail, encouraging the child to anticipate the next part of the story, and to search for clues in the drawings. A wealth of learning encapsulated in a beautiful story. | | The Mitten by Putnam Juvenile The Mitten | | The Mitten by Jan Brett is a wonderful book that I would recommend to children as young as Preschool aged-children; kindergarten and grade one. The board book is the best way to introduce the story. When the children are older they can be introduced to the longer version. In my Preschool class, we made a play out of the story so that every child got to participate in this story. There is a website which has resources relating to all of Jan Brett books which is wonderful for teachers and also for families. We reproduced many of these activities which are free. The pictures in Jan Brett's books are just beautiful and the story is simple. We love Jan Brett books. This is the first of her series that we have really got to know. We will be reading many more of Jan Brett's books. | | The Mitten by Putnam Juvenile Cute Book | a board book with the retelling of the Ukranian folk-tale. Great for Winter reading.
Author of "Hobo Finds A Home" | | The Mitten by Putnam Juvenile Amazon.com | | A Ukrainian boy named Nicki wants his grandmother Baba to knit snow-white mittens for him. She warns her grandson that a white mitten will be hard to find if he loses it in the snow, but of course he promptly does just that! What happens next is the surprising part, as a mole takes refuge in the lost mitten, then a rabbit, then a hedgehog, an owl, a badger, and a fox. If you think the mitten might be a wee bit stretched out at this point, just wait: "Then a big bear sniffed at the mitten. The animals were packed in tight, but the bear didn't care. He crawled in anyway." When a tiny mouse squeezes in, her whiskers tickle the bear's nose. He sneezes, and "Aaaaa-aaaaa-ca-chew!" all the animals fly out of their crocheted cave. As the mitten sails through the air, Nicki spots it, reclaims it, and takes it home to show his smiling Baba. Jan Brett is the illustrator of many well-known folktales, fairy tales, and poems, such as Goldilocks and the Three Bears and The Owl and the Pussycat, by Edward Lear. Her special signature in her detailed artwork is the intricate borders, seen in this book as birch-bark panels with embroidered details and mitten-shaped vignettes offering additional insights into the story line. Brett is at her best when she illustrates animals, and the expressions on the faces of her creatures are a delight. She carefully researched the costumes, furniture, and house in this traditional Ukrainian tale--all are authentic. A fine story to read on a frosty night with a cup of hot chocolate, and if you ever get your fill of The Mitten, you can always try its delightfully original companion book, The Hat, winner of the 1998 Boston Globe-Horn Book Award. (Ages 4 to 8) |
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