The Mitten is another stunning book by Jan Brett (1989). This is a Ukrainian Folktale “adapted” by Brett. She offers special thanks to her “Ukrainian friend, Oksana Piaseckyj”. I thought that I found a full page description of the original folklore and how Brett came to this adaptation in another edition of this book. But I don’t see it in the one I own now, and I could be mistaken. Nicki is a young boy who loses a mitten that his grandmother made. It becomes home to several forest animals. This story gives Brett plenty of opportunity to illustrate the forest and its inhabitants, which she does so beautifully. I was lucky to discover another version of this folktale. I compare the two stories on my WordPress blog here.
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