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. As the story of the animals in the mitten unfolds, the reader can see Nickis snowy outing in the borders of each page. 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 in the borders of each page, walking through the woods unaware of what is going on. An even better idea might be to have hand puppet or stuffed animal.

And that lost mitten stretches and stretches - and stretches - to provide shelter for many woodland creatures. 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. Excerpt from Book Report : Certainly, other types of animal flash cards could be used. Deep in the woods on the coldest day of winter a little boy drops his mitten. It started to snow, so a fox pushed his way in and made himself right at home. In this bestselling modern classic, a young boy’s lost mitten leads to a charming snowy adventure. A badger looked out of his house and saw the mitten. These include a mole, rabbit, hedgehog, owl.

When Nicki drops his white mitten in the snow, he goes on without realizing that it is missing. The Mitten by Jan Brett: 9780399252969 : Books In this bestselling modern classic, a young boy’s lost mitten leads to a charming snowy adventure. As Nicki wanders in the snow unaware of his loss, woodland animals take residence inside the mitten one at a time. The bestselling modern classic, in a sturdy board book edition perfect for little hands.

Animals in the mitten book