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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. This is a modern fantasy that takes place now days. This isn't a believable story because there really isn't someone who had an overcoat and soon he had turned it into many different kinds of clothing  behr31 | Oct 23, 2009 |  This book is a great example of realistic fiction because it could happen in everyday life. A man makes all sorts of new items out of an old piece of clothing and the pattern keeps repeating. Every time something gets worn and old he makes it into something new and fresh. He uses all of his resources until he has no more, he conserves his resources very well! The setting has a lot to do with this story because it is set in a time period and place where people are not very wealthy. I think that this setting is what makes Joseph keep reusing all of his different items of clothing. Without the setting Joseph might have started with one piece of clothing and when it got old...thrown it away! bwetmore05 | Oct 13, 2009 | Great for k-1. Books is based on an Old Yiddish Folk song. I loved the brightly colored illustrations and the author's usage of real pictures incorporated all through out the book. He uses a lot of Jewish cultural things which would be great to explain to kids. The repetitive language is great for reluctant readers. The moral is great for all readers: You can always make something from nothing. (  ) kmacneill | Sep 27, 2009 | Joseph had a little overcoat that was old and worn... so he made a jacket. Then his jacket became old and worn.... so he kept making things out of it until he had nothing left! This book also has a song at the end for students to sing (it is a traditional Yiddish folk song). katiejanelewis | Sep 24, 2009 | Joseph has an overocat that is worn out, so he makes a jacket out of it. When that gets old and worn he makes a vest. He continues to recycle what was once his overcoat and learns that you can always make something out of nothing. ( ) cemccamy | Sep 22, 2009 |  no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com (ISBN 0670878553, Hardcover)When Joseph's favorite overcoat gets old and worn, he makes a jacket out of it. When the jacket is more patches than jacket, Joseph turns it into a vest. When the vest's number is up, Joseph makes a scarf. This thrifty industry continues until there's nothing left of the original garment. But clever Joseph manages to make something out of nothing! (And that's the foreshadowed moral of the story.)In today's throwaway world, Joseph's old-fashioned frugality is a welcome change. Based on a Yiddish song from Simms Taback's youth (lyrics and music reproduced on the last page), the book is filled with rhythms and arresting colors that will delight every reader. As more and more holes appear in Joseph's coat, die-cut holes appear on the pages, hinting at each next manifestation. The illustrations are striking, created with gouache, watercolor, collage, pencil, and ink. Every inch of space is crammed with fanciful, funny details, such as the headline on a discarded newspaper: "Fiddler on Roof Falls off Roof." Taback, esteemed creator of the Caldecott Honor-winning There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly and the classic Too Much Noise, has produced a picture book that is as well turned out as its dapper hero. (Ages 4 to 8) --Emilie Coulter (retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:18 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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