http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/2012/05/16/top-100-picture-books-94-the-mitten-by-jan-brett/ A School Library Journal Blog Mon, 20 May 2013 22:56:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/2012/05/16/top-100-picture-books-94-the-mitten-by-jan-brett/#comment-784696 Ben Collinsworth Wed, 06 Jun 2012 14:33:01 +0000 http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/?p=12532#comment-784696 I just read Brett's note in the 20th Anniversary Edition. She mentions that while researching the tale, she smartly decided to eliminate the part where a hunter comes along and shoots all the animals in the mitten. I just read Brett’s note in the 20th Anniversary Edition. She mentions that while researching the tale, she smartly decided to eliminate the part where a hunter comes along and shoots all the animals in the mitten.

]]> http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/2012/05/16/top-100-picture-books-94-the-mitten-by-jan-brett/#comment-764714 Sondy Wed, 16 May 2012 19:39:30 +0000 http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/?p=12532#comment-764714 Actually, Jan Brett does a much better job with knitting stitches than Jon Klassen's stitches in Extra Yarn. As a knitter, I love that book, but also as a knitter it bothers me that the stitches on the page are always the same size. Real stitches would be smaller at a distance, and you'd want to use bigger needles and bigger stitches for a house than for a hat, for example.... But I know it's not about realism. Jan Brett, on the other hand, makes it seem actually possible that the mitten could stretch that much. LOVE the panel when Grandma sees what's happened to the mitten! Actually, Jan Brett does a much better job with knitting stitches than Jon Klassen’s stitches in Extra Yarn. As a knitter, I love that book, but also as a knitter it bothers me that the stitches on the page are always the same size. Real stitches would be smaller at a distance, and you’d want to use bigger needles and bigger stitches for a house than for a hat, for example…. But I know it’s not about realism. Jan Brett, on the other hand, makes it seem actually possible that the mitten could stretch that much. LOVE the panel when Grandma sees what’s happened to the mitten!

]]> http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/2012/05/16/top-100-picture-books-94-the-mitten-by-jan-brett/#comment-764633 Jean Wed, 16 May 2012 17:54:20 +0000 http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/?p=12532#comment-764633 While I love the art in Jan Brett's Mitten, I still prefer to read aloud Alvin Tresselt's version where the animals are moved to let other animals into the mitten out of kindness rather than fear. While I love the art in Jan Brett’s Mitten, I still prefer to read aloud Alvin Tresselt’s version where the animals are moved to let other animals into the mitten out of kindness rather than fear.

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