AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR: Jan Brett
PUBLISHER: G.P. Putnam Sons PUBLICATION
DATE: 1989
AWARDS: Pick of the List, American Bookseller 1989; Best Children's Books citation, New Yorker magazine 1989; Booklist, Best Children's Book of the 1980's
GENRE: Folk tale READING
LEVEL: 3rd grade
BRIEF OVERVIEW: Young Nick is given a pair of mittens by his grandmother. Unfortunately, he loses one of the mittens. This event starts an amazing reaction by several wild animals attempting to escape the cold.
INTEGRATED ACTIVITY: A teacher could ask their students to create a mitten in arts and crafts and then instruct them to place toy animals inside the mitten to imitate the scenes from the book.
REVIEWER’S NAME & AFFILIATION: (Adrian Marsh,Valdosta State University, ECSE)
LABELS: Classic, Fable, and Folk Tale.
