AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR: Mac Barnett/ Jon Klassen
PUBLISHER: Balzer + Bray PUBLICATION
DATE: 2012
AWARDS: Caldecott Honor Book and a Boston Globe-Horn Book Award winner
GENRE: Fiction READING
LEVEL: Age 7
BRIEF OVERVIEW: One day, Annabelle finds a box full of yarn. She uses her yarn to bring color to the gray in her life.
INTEGRATED ACTIVITY: Students will be given balls of yarn and a poster image of a gray city. They will use the yarn to decorate their image. Then, they will discuss in groups why the yarn gives the image liveliness.
REVIEWER’S NAME & AFFILIATION: (Quiana Nicole Childs, Valdosta State University ECSE)
LABELS: creative, Fiction, Picturebook, Individuality
