Joseph Had a Little Overcoat (Caldecott Medal Book)
by:
Simms Taback (author)
Joseph had a little overcoat, but it was full of holes—just like this book! When Joseph's coat got too old and shabby, he made it into a jacket. But what did he make it into after that? And after that? As children turn the pages of this book, they can use the die-cut holes to guess what...
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Joseph had a little overcoat, but it was full of holes—just like this book! When Joseph's coat got too old and shabby, he made it into a jacket. But what did he make it into after that? And after that? As children turn the pages of this book, they can use the die-cut holes to guess what Joseph will be making next from his amazing overcoat, while they laugh at the bold, cheerful artwork and learn that you can always make something, even out of nothing.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780670878550 (0670878553)
Publish date: October 1st 1999
Publisher: Viking Childrens Books
Pages no: 40
Edition language: English
Category:
Childrens,
Humor,
Academic,
School,
Literature,
Cultural,
Realistic Fiction,
Juvenile,
Jewish,
Picture Books,
Storytime,
Folklore
I like the story (I read Phoebe Gilman's Something from Nothing earlier this year), but wasn't a huge fan of the art style.
Genre: Humor / Folk Song Year Published: 1999 Year Read: 2011 After reading Simms Taback’s version of “There was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly,” I thought that there would never be another die-cut formatted folk song book, but I have just recently read another folk song book called “Joseph H...
I love this book. Funny, charming story told with beautiful multimedia artwork filled with puns, injokes and allusions to Jewish literature, history and culture. A real winner- literally, since it won the Sydney Taylor Book Award and was honored by the Caldecott committee as well. Awesome for kids a...
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