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JOSEPH HAD A LITTLE OVERCOAT

JOSEPH HAD A LITTLE OVERCOAT

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JOSEPH HAD A LITTLE OVERCOAT

by Taback, Simms

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  • Hardcover
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Condition
Fine/Near Fine
ISBN 10
0670878553
ISBN 13
9780670878550
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NY: Viking, 1999 Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket. First Edition, first printing. Dj has a light wrinkle to upper edges, else fine. 2000 Caldecott Medal Winner, no award medal on dustjacket. Joseph begins the story with a little overcoat but when it gets old & shabby he cuts it down into a jacket, etc., etc. The bright and delightful artwork is done in watercolor, gouache, pencil, ink & collage and aided by die-cuts throughout. Taback did a book about this song in 1976 and now has the chance to re-illustrate his own work..

Synopsis

Joseph Had a Little Overcoat is the title of a 1999 book by Simms Taback that won the 2000 Caldecott Medal. The main character is Joseph, a 40-something Jewish farmer, who has a little striped overcoat. When it is old, Joseph makes it into a little jacket and so on until he 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 always make something out of nothing.

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Bookseller
Windy Hill Books US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
033838
Title
JOSEPH HAD A LITTLE OVERCOAT
Author
Taback, Simms
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Fine
Jacket Condition
Near Fine
Edition
1st Edition
ISBN 10
0670878553
ISBN 13
9780670878550
Publisher
NY: Viking, 1999
Place of Publication
New York
This edition first published
1999-10-01
Bookseller catalogs
CALDECOTT MEDAL WINNERS;

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Windy Hill Books specializes in out of print and collectible children's books in gift condition. Established in 1993 we have recently moved to beautiful Bath County Virginia. We are opened by appointment only.

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