The Mitten
Author: Jan Brett
Illustrator: Jan Brett
Publisher: Putman
Year of Publication: 1989
Genre: Folktale
Horn Book or Kirkus Review rating: Horn- 2
Summary:
A boy looses a mitten. Animals find it and all smuggle inside it.
Summary of Professional Reviews:
A young boy looses his white mitten that his grandmother made him, in the forest. A variety of animals decides to climb into the mitten for warmth from the winter cold. A mole, rabbit, hedgehog, owl, badger, fox, and bear manage to squeeze inside the mitten, which safely surrounds. The animals all fly out when a meadow mouse causes the bear to sneeze. When the mitten blows into the air, the boy catches it as it falls. Brett uses clever border illustrations to alert the reader to the whereabouts of the mitten's owner and upcoming events.
Review by Kim Beers...
The Mitten is about a boy who wanted mittens that his grandmother made. He lost one one day and all of these different types of animals found the mitten. Each of them wanted to go in the mitten and it stretched and stretched. The author creates illustrations on the side of the page. The pictures on the side corresponds to what is going to happen next and which type of animal will crawl in the mitten. The pictures are colorful and almost real-like, which draws the children's' attention.
This book would be useful when teaching...
The Mitten can be used during the time of winter and to help students recall events in a story. Teachers can allow students to create their own mitten out of paper and put inside the animals that climbed into the mitten in the story according to the order they found the mitten in.
Illustrator: Jan Brett
Publisher: Putman
Year of Publication: 1989
Genre: Folktale
Horn Book or Kirkus Review rating: Horn- 2
Summary:
A boy looses a mitten. Animals find it and all smuggle inside it.
Summary of Professional Reviews:
A young boy looses his white mitten that his grandmother made him, in the forest. A variety of animals decides to climb into the mitten for warmth from the winter cold. A mole, rabbit, hedgehog, owl, badger, fox, and bear manage to squeeze inside the mitten, which safely surrounds. The animals all fly out when a meadow mouse causes the bear to sneeze. When the mitten blows into the air, the boy catches it as it falls. Brett uses clever border illustrations to alert the reader to the whereabouts of the mitten's owner and upcoming events.
Review by Kim Beers...
The Mitten is about a boy who wanted mittens that his grandmother made. He lost one one day and all of these different types of animals found the mitten. Each of them wanted to go in the mitten and it stretched and stretched. The author creates illustrations on the side of the page. The pictures on the side corresponds to what is going to happen next and which type of animal will crawl in the mitten. The pictures are colorful and almost real-like, which draws the children's' attention.
This book would be useful when teaching...
The Mitten can be used during the time of winter and to help students recall events in a story. Teachers can allow students to create their own mitten out of paper and put inside the animals that climbed into the mitten in the story according to the order they found the mitten in.