This is a mini gift edition of Elsa Beskow's classic story. Pelle has a lamb whose coat grows longer and longer, while Pelle's Sunday suit grows shorter! Pelle shears the lamb, and the wool is carded, spun, dyed and woven. Finally, the tailor makes a new suit for Pelle.
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'Charming. This little book makes you feel all warm inside. It's very cute and the pictures are clear and easy to help explain the story.' -- Totz2teens.co.uk member review
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Elsa Beskow (1874-1953) is the most popular children's illustrator in Sweden, where her picture books have been known and loved for over a century.
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41 of 41 people found the following review helpful
By Wendy C.
Format:Library Binding
We love all of her books and buy them 1 at a time as we can afford them. In an age of big in your face pop up books and childrens books that make your eyes hurt these books are a wonderful find. As always the illustrations are beautiful - I read all the reviews first but few had actual specifics about the actual invdividual stories, so that's what I've done here. I hope it helps others know what wonderful books they are. I wish they were easier to find in Canada. Anyhow this book is about pelle a swedish boy who had a lamb of his own. As they both grow Pelle's clothes get too small. So he shears off all the sheeps wool and takes it to his one grandmother and asks her to card the wool for him. In exchange she needs her carrot patch weeded which he does for her. Then he takes it to his other grandmother and asks her to please spin the wool into yarn which she does in exchange for him tending her cows. Then he asks the painter for some dye to dye the yarn. He asks him to take the row boat over to the store for some supplies and offers him the change to buy his dye there. Then he dyes the wool himself and hangs it to dry. He asks his mother to weave the yarn into cloth for him which she does as he watches his little sister for her while she does it. He then takes it to the tailor and asks him if he will make a suit for him...since the tailor needs his hay and wood brought in and his pigs fed. Pelle does that for him, the tailor makes his suit, on Sunday Pelle puts it on and thanks his lamb very much for his suit! Heartwarming tale!!!
12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
By A Customer
Format:Hardcover
The illustrations alone make this book a prize in any child's library, but the story is wonderful as well. Pelle shows resourcefulness, confidence and integrity as he swaps his talents for those of others in order to have a new suit made from the wool he has shorn from his sheep.
12 of 13 people found the following review helpful
By A Customer
Format:Hardcover
I bought this for my sons 6th birthday and he has read it every day since then-that is 1 1/2 months ago. Great reading-no villains-just one hero-Pelle
Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars
Sweet book
The watercolors in this book are lovely. The story is simple and sweet. I especially like that Pelle works for his favors, good value building. My granddaughter (22 mo. Read more
Published 2 months ago by amolba
5.0 out of 5 stars
Wonderful story
This story is wonderful for small children, they learn the process of making clothes.
Children love this book! greetings, Rina
Children love this book! greetings, Rina
Published 2 months ago by Rina T.
3.0 out of 5 stars
Smaller than expected.
Although I love this story and its illustrations, I did not realize this edition was so small. It's nice for little ones to hold but harder for them to see the detail in the... Read more
Published 3 months ago by L. Solberg
5.0 out of 5 stars
Pelle's New Suit
I chose this rating because this was my favorite book as a child. I do prefer the original size as these pictures seem a bit small given the details of the story. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Barbara Pfaltzgraff
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great all around!
I was so excited to see this book offered for sale on Amazon. As a child growing up, my mom would read this book to me - one of my favorites. Read more
Published 6 months ago by beachgirl
5.0 out of 5 stars
Ingenious, resourceful and hardworking little boy
I was thrilled to see this back in print. This is a lovely story for many reasons. Unlike some of Beskow's other stories, Pelle's New Suit is realistic fiction. Read more
Published on May 2, 2010 by Elizabeth Yank
3.0 out of 5 stars
Mini size
I think this book is great but I was intentionally ordering a full-size hardback, not a mini edition. Nowhere was the book described as mini but that's what was shipped. Read more
Published on April 3, 2010 by B. Hyneman
4.0 out of 5 stars
An Enjoyable Picture of a Close-Knit Preindustrial Community
Pelle, a young Swedish boy, has a lamb which he cares for himself. When he begins to outgrow his coat, he shears the lamb and seeks help from his family and community to card,... Read more
Published on August 15, 2009 by Shanna A. Gonzalez
5.0 out of 5 stars
mini version
Love all the books by Elsa Beskow, but didn't realize I was ordering the "mini" version of this book! It's a great small size, but not what I was looking for. Read more
Published on May 12, 2009 by miss rona
5.0 out of 5 stars
Resourcefulness in children
A thoroughly lovely tale of a boy who learns both resourcefulness and cooperation so that everyone's needs are met. It takes place in a time most of us only wish we remembered. Read more
Published on May 5, 2009 by Alice Fielding
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