![]() ![]() Still, it's the bustling mixed-media artwork, highlighted by the strategically placed die-cuts, that steals the show. you can always make something out of nothing,"" writes Taback, who wryly slips himself into his story by depicting Joseph creating a dummy for the book that readers are holding. The author puts a droll spin on his narrative when Joseph loses the last remnant of the coat-a button-and decides to make a book about it. A flip of the page allows children to peek through to subsequent spreads as Joseph's tailoring produces items of decreasing size. This diverting, sequential story unravels as swiftly as the threads of Joseph's well-loved, patch-covered plaid coat. As in his Caldecott Honor book, There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly, Taback's inventive use of die-cut pages shows off his signature artwork, here newly created for his 1977 adaptation of a Yiddish folk song. ![]()
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