What can you do with only one mitten? Use your imagination! Award-winning poet Kristine O’Connell George shows that the simplest object can be a springboard into playful exploration. Spare rhyming text and bright, lively illustrations celebrate a small child’s joyful discovery of many things she can do, be, and play with a single mitten. And when she finally finds the mitten’s missing mate, two mittens open up a whole new realm of possibilities. Once again, the creators of Book! look at the world through a young child’s eyes, revealing the fun that’s hidden in everyday things.
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From School Library Journal
PreSchool-Grade 1–Using playful and engaging rhymes, a girl shows readers the many different things that she can do with one mitten. After using it to wave a simple "hello" to her brother, she shines a flashlight on it to put on an intricate "shadow show…with shadow shapes/of a mitten whale/and a slow, slow/mitten snail." When she finds the missing mate underneath the cat, the child demonstrates just how much fun two mittens can be, both indoors and out. Done in acrylic gouache, Smith's distinctive illustrations are filled with warm colors and eye-catching patterns. They capture the activities of a busy family on a winter day and provide a backdrop filled with objects that will be familiar to young listeners. Pair this tale with Jan Brett's The Mitten (Putnam, 1989), Ezra Jack Keats's The Snowy Day (Viking, 1962), and Janet Stoeke's A Hat for Minerva Louise (Dutton, 1994) for storytime or laptime winter fun.–Laura Scott, Farmington Community Library, MI
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PreS-Gr. 1. Who knew a mitten could be so much fun? The sunny yellow mitten fits either hand, and the little girl who wears it makes shadow puppets. The mitten can be a hat for a wooden rooster or a bed for a tiny stuffed animal. It's also perfect for giving a sleepy cat a pat. But wait. What's the cat using as a pillow? The other mitten, of course. Now, the girl shows children all the things that can be done wearing two mittens. George's artwork mixes imagination with bounce. The two-page spreads offer an opportunity to extend the action, and George does this in a very effective way. For instance, the family dog, always in on the action, has room to roam across two pages. Ditto the girl's cute little brother, who appears on a spread divided into four strips. Good for story hours, this shows how much enjoyment can be derived from a very simple item. Ilene Cooper
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5.0 out of 5 stars
so much fun and creativity for a mitten,
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This review is from: One Mitten (Hardcover)
I read this with my two year old and he had a lot of fun with it. This yellow mitten has a very creative owner who enjoys making up games with the mitten and even more once she finds the other mitten in the pair. The book has a great happy ending, and the whole story truly does revolve around the girl and her one yellow mitten. The illustrations are bright and engaging and the story rhymes. This is great for preschoolers.
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Frosty fun,
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This review is from: One Mitten (Hardcover)
This fun wintertime book shows the creative things you can do with just one mitten in a sweet, comical way. The child does eventually find her other mitten, so she shows what can be done with two. It's good-natured fun. Especially great for K-1st graders. Younger readers can certainly enjoy it with mom or dad as the reader.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great simple story,
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This review is from: One Mitten (Hardcover)
I have to give this book 5 stars. I got it for approx. $3 from scholastic book clubs and we have been reading it every night for the last 2 weeks. It is a very simple story, but sweet and creative. My son is just starting to get into reading the story book kind of books rather than always wanting simple disconnected pages (he is 3 and a half). I find this book is a nice in between, it is simple and rhymes, but there is still a progression to the story.
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One mitten, yellow and bright, fits on my left hand . . . or on my right. Read the first page New!
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Front Cover | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
One mitten, yellow and bright, fits on my left hand . . . or on my right. Read the first page New!
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