Joseph had a little overcoat
A very old overcoat is recycled numerous times into a variety of garments until nothing remains.
| Main Author: | Taback, Simms, |
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English Yiddish |
| Published: |
New York :
Viking,
1999.
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| Physical Description: |
34 unnumbered pages : color illustrations, music ; 28 cm + 1 CD-ROM (sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.) |
| Series: |
PJ Library.
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| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: |
For the EconKids book review see https://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/caldecott |
| Summary: |
A very old overcoat is recycled numerous times into a variety of garments until nothing remains. |
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| Item Description: |
Based on " ... a Yiddish folk song ..." "With new illustrations"--Preliminary page. Art techniques used: A bold and humorous combination of watercolor, gouache, pencil, ink and collage. Includes a song. "Many years ago, I adapted the song to make a book and I called it Joseph Had a Little Overcoat. ... I am particularly happy to be publishing this newly illustrated version of Joseph."--Author's letter to readers, p. [33]. Contents of CD-ROM: Narration with page turn signals -- "I had a little overcoat" song in English -- "I had a little overcoats" song in Yiddish -- Narration with no page turn signals -- "I had a little overcoat" song in English -- "I had a little overcoats" song in Yiddish. A very old overcoat is recycled numerous times into a variety of garments until nothing remains. 330L Lexile. Decoding indicator: 80 (high) Semantic indicator: 60 (middle) Syntactic indicator: 40 (middle) Structure indicator: 40 (middle) Lexile. Staff notation. Performed by Simms Taback with members of the Klezmatics. Accelerated Reader AR LG 1.7 0.5 35829 - No Quiz Available. Produced by Scholastic, Inc, ; music composed by Joel Goodman & David Bramfitt. Soundtrack c1997 by Weston Woods Studios, Inc. Accelerated Reader Grades K-4 1.7 0.5 SD Quiz 35829 English fiction, audio quiz available for beginning readers. Reading Counts RC K-2 1.9 1 Quiz: 21128 Guided reading level: I. ALA Notable Children's Book, 2000. Caldecott Medal, 2000. |
| Physical Description: |
34 unnumbered pages : color illustrations, music ; 28 cm + 1 CD-ROM (sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.) |
| Audience: |
330L Decoding indicator: 80 (high) Semantic indicator: 60 (middle) Syntactic indicator: 40 (middle) Structure indicator: 40 (middle) |
| Awards: |
ALA Notable Children's Book, 2000. Caldecott Medal, 2000. |
| Production Credits: |
Produced by Scholastic, Inc, ; music composed by Joel Goodman & David Bramfitt. Soundtrack c1997 by Weston Woods Studios, Inc. |
| ISBN: |
0670878553 9780670878550 9780758700520 0758700520 067001186X 9780670011865 9780439217316 0439217318 |