![]() 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. Finally, a big brown bear is followed in by a tiny brown mouse and what happens next makes for a wonderfully funny climax.Īs the story of the animals in the mitten unfolds, the reader can see Nicki's snowy outing in the borders of each page. ![]() 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 this sturdy board book is perfect for little hands. In this bestselling modern classic, a young boy’s lost mitten leads to a charming snowy adventure. ![]() Thank goodness for Baba’s very fine knitting. ![]() What happens to that mitten? Well, you could never imagine how many animals could fit inside. Sure enough when Nicki heads outside, one mitten soon drops off and gets left behind. Nicki wins out, and grandmother knits him the white mittens. Nicki wants his new mittens to be white as snow, but his grandmother says they’ll be too easy to lose. ![]()
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