It's grandmother who, knowing nothing of what happens, notices the now-stretched out mitten.

Just a t the point where Nicki approaches, searching for his lost mitten, the mouse causes the bear to sneeze the mitten and all its occupants go flying the boy catches sight of the airborne mitten and retrieves it. A mole is the first to discover the mitten lying on the snow and crawls inside, followed by a snowshoe rabbit, a hedgehog, an owl, a badger, a fox, a bear and, finally a mouse.Įach time the inhabitants protest that there's not enough room for the newcomer,the mitten stretches beyond belief. Grandmothers, however, are usually right and it isn't long before we notice, although he does not, that he has dropped a mitten.

In spite of her warnings that he will lose them and that they will be hard to find in the snow, he insists and she finally does so. This time it's a boy, Nicki, who begs his grandmother, Baba, to knit him a pair of white mittens. Jan Brett has put her own spin on the familiar folk theme of a shelter which stretches to accommodate each new occupant.

Readers will enjoy the charm and humor in the portrayal of the animals as they make room for each newcomer in the mitten and sprawl in the snow after the big sneeze. Grandmother knits snow-white mittens that Nikki takes on an adventure. This book is also available in Spanish, as El mitón. Jan Brett is also the creator of such wintery classics as The Hat, The Snowy Nap, The Three Snow Bears, The Animals' Santa, and The Night Before Christmas. In her distinctive style, Jan Brett brings the animals to life with warmth and humor, and her illustrations are full of visual delights and details faithful to the Ukrainian tradition from which the story comes. As the story of the animals in the mitten unfolds, the reader can see Nicki's snowy outing in the borders of each page. Finally, a big brown bear is followed in by a tiny brown mouse and what happens next makes for a wonderfully funny climax. One by one, woodland animals find it and crawl in first, a curious mole, then a rabbit, a badger and others, each one larger than the last.

When Nicki drops his white mitten in the snow, he goes on without realizing that it is missing. Jan Brett's beautiful retelling is a family favorite and the board book edition is the perfect gift for the youngest readers. In this bestselling modern classic, a young boy's lost mitten leads to a charming snowy adventure.

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