Joseph Had a Little Overcoat
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| Author | Simms Taback |
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| Illustrator | Simms Taback |
| Country | United States |
| Genre(s) | Children's picture book |
| Publisher | Viking Press |
| Publication date | 1999 |
| ISBN | (ISBN 978-0670878550) |
Joseph Had a Little Overcoat is the title of a 1999 book by Simms Taback that won the 2000 Caldecott Medal.[1] The main character is Joseph, a 40-something Jewish farmer, who has a little striped overcoat. When it gets old, he makes it into a little jacket and so on until Joseph makes it into a button. Then Joseph loses the button and makes a story out of it. The moral of the story is you can make something out of nothing.
Joseph Had a Little Overcoat is based on the Yiddish song I Had a Little Overcoat. Readers of the story say that Joseph looks a lot like Simms Taback.
[edit] References
- ^ American Library Association: Caldecott Medal Winners, 1938 - Present. URL accessed 27 January 2007.
| Preceded by Snowflake Bentley |
Caldecott Medal recipient 2000 |
Succeeded by So You Want to Be President? |
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