With a supply of yarn that never runs out, Annabelle knits for everyone and everything in town until an evil archduke decides he wants the yarn for himself. Full color.
With a supply of yarn that never runs out, Annabelle knits for everyone and everything in town until an evil archduke decides he wants the yarn for himself. Full color.
From bestselling and award-winning author Mac Barnett and illustrator Jon Klassen comes Extra Yarn, a Caldecott Honor Book, Boston Globe-Horn Book Award winner, and a New York Times bestseller.
A young girl and her box of magical yarn transform a community in this stunning picture book. With spare, gently humorous illustrations and a palette that moves from black-and-white to a range of color, this modern fairy tale has the feel of a new classic.
Fans of Oliver Jeffers and Peter Brown will love this book.
Winner of Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards (Picture Book) 2012
Winner of E.B. White Read Aloud Award (Picture Book) 2013
Runner-up for Star of the North Picture Book Award 2013
Commended for Caldecott Medal 2013
Commended for Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens (Up to Seven) 2013
Commended for Cybils (Fiction Picture Book) 2012
Short-listed for Virginia Readers Choice Award (Primary) 2014
Short-listed for Colorado Children's Book Award (Picture Book) 2014
Short-listed for Golden Archer Award (Primary) 2014
Short-listed for Ladybug Picture Book Award 2013
“"Understated illustrations and prose seamlessly construct an enchanting and mysterious tale."”
"There's nothing to say but--perfect."--Lane Smith, New York Times bestselling author of It's a Book --Publishers Weekly (starred review) "Reading like a droll fairy tale, this Barnett-Klassen collaboration is both seamless and magical. The spare, elegant text and art are also infused with plenty of deadpan humor. Quirky and wonderful, this story quietly celebrates a child's ingenuity and her ability to change the world around her."--Booklist (starred review) "Klassen's pacing, especially the mostly wordless sequence when the box floats back to Annabelle on a triangle of an iceberg, is impeccable. The final spread, all light and yarn-covered tree limbs, brings Barnett's clever, quiet yarn full circle, to a little girl and a town, now colorful and happy."--Horn Book (starred review) "Klassen's deadpan, stylized illustrations impeccably complement Barnett's quirky droll writing."--School Library Journal (starred review)
Mac Barnett is the author of several picture books, including "Billy Twitters and His Blue Whale Problem", "Guess Again!", and "Oh No!: Or How My Science Project Destroyed the World". He also writes the Brixton Brothers series of mysteries. Mac is the founder of the Echo Park Time Travel Mart, a convenience store for time travelers, and serves on the board of 826LA, a nonprofit writing and tutoring center.
Extra Yarn, winner of a Caldecott Honor and the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, as well as a New York Times bestseller, is the story of how a young girl and her box of magical yarn transform a community. This much-loved picture book is written by Mac Barnett and illustrated by Jon Klassen, who also won the Caldecott Medal for This Is Not My Hat.
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