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. The artist's trademark borders and panels showcase finely detailed winter scenes.
Adapted from a Ukrainian folktale, the story centers on a mitten dropped in the snow which becomes a refuge for a series of increasingly large animals. SIZE smALL Jan Brett's 1989 The Mitten is now available in a board-book edition, for littlest readers. (Sept.) Copyright 1989 Cahners Business Information. Readers will sit back, suspend belief and welcome this tall tale from the Ukrainian tradition. Brett's magnificent paintings feature her usual array of folk details, and this time, intricate knitting tracks, ornate embroidery, the crusty, peeling texture of the birch bark borders and the exquisite patterns found in Baba's homey rooms. Nicki finds his mitten, and takes it home, but Baba is left to wonder about how it became so enormously stretched out. That mouse tickles the bear's nose and he sneezes, dislodging all of the animals at once. First comes a mole, then a rabbit, a hedgehog, an owl, a badger, a fox, a bear and, finally, a mouse. Sure enough, the first time Nicki is out, he drops one and some animals promptly move into its snug wool interior. Baba, Nicki's grandmother, knits pure white mittens for him, even though she is afraid that he will lose them in the snow.
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