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Jim Aylesworth

Autor(a) de The Gingerbread Man

41 Works 7,542 Membros 259 Críticas

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Obras por Jim Aylesworth

The Gingerbread Man (1998) 2,056 exemplares
Old Black Fly (1992) 1,221 exemplares
Naughty Little Monkeys (2003) 1,026 exemplares
Goldilocks and the Three Bears (2003) 361 exemplares
The Completed Hickory Dickory Dock (1990) 353 exemplares
The Mitten (2009) 325 exemplares
My Grandfather's Coat (2014) 280 exemplares
Our Abe Lincoln (2009) 265 exemplares
The Tale Of Tricky Fox (2001) 231 exemplares
Aunt Pitty Patty's Piggy (1999) 170 exemplares
Country Crossing (1991) 138 exemplares
Full Belly Bowl (1999) 134 exemplares
One Crow: A Counting Rhyme (1988) 116 exemplares
Teddy Bear Tears (1997) 67 exemplares
Little Bitty Mousie (2007) 63 exemplares
My Son John (1994) 55 exemplares
My Sister's Rusty Bike (1996) 49 exemplares
McGraw's Emporium (1995) 47 exemplares
The Burger and the Hot Dog (2001) 43 exemplares
Mr. McGill Goes to Town (1989) 37 exemplares
Hush Up! (1980) 34 exemplares
Two Terrible Frights (1987) 27 exemplares
Mother Halverson's New Cat (1989) 23 exemplares
Through the Night (1998) 23 exemplares
The Cat & the Fiddle & More (1992) 22 exemplares
The Bad Dream (1677) 21 exemplares
The Good-Night Kiss (1993) 21 exemplares
Shenandoah Noah (1985) 18 exemplares
Hanna's Hog (1988) 15 exemplares
Wake Up, Little Children: A Novel (1996) 15 exemplares
Mary's Mirror (1982) 8 exemplares
Tonight's the Night (1981) 4 exemplares
Siren in the Night (1983) 2 exemplares

Etiquetado

Conhecimento Comum

Data de nascimento
1943-02-21
Sexo
male
Nacionalidade
USA
Local de nascimento
Jacksonville, Florida, USA
Locais de residência
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Ocupações
teacher
children's book author
Prémios e menções honrosas
Prairie State Award for Excellence in Writing for Children (2009)

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Independent Reading Level: Grades K-3
 
Assinalado
lazwilliams | 2 outras críticas | Nov 30, 2023 |
Using the Yiddish folk song Hob Ikh Mir a Mantel ("I Had a Little Overcoat") as a starting point, author Jim Aylesworth and illustrator Barbara McClintock tell the tale of a man—the narrator's grandfather—who made himself a handsome coat for his wedding. A tailor by trade, the man wore his coat out, at which point he transformed it into a sharp jacket. Repeating the process, with the jacket becoming a vest, the vest a tie, the tie a kitten's toy, and the kitten's toy a mouse's nest, the narrative follows the grandfather through the years, as he raises a daughter, cherishes a granddaughter, and adores a great-granddaughter. Eventually the coat became nothing—nothing but a story...

Having greatly enjoyed many of the other picture-books created by this author/illustrator team—The Gingerbread Man, Goldilocks and the Three Bears, The Tale of Tricky Fox, etc.—I went into My Grandfather's Coat with pleased anticipation, and I was not disappointed. I found the story engaging, and appreciated the message about being frugal and remaking items in our possession, and the themes of hard work and family love. The accompanying artwork by McClintock, done in ink and watercolor, was lovely, although I don't know that I would say it was the best work she had done. There is another picture-book retelling of this song, Simms Taback's Joseph Had a Little Overcoat, which won the Caldecott Medal in 2000, that has a very different illustrative style. I enjoyed that telling as well, and think reading the two together would be an interesting exercise for young people on the idea that different authors and artists interpret the same source material differently. Recommended to fellow fans of this author and artist, as well as to those seeking picture-books with a Jewish cultural background.
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Assinalado
AbigailAdams26 | 12 outras críticas | Apr 30, 2023 |
Genre
Alphabet books
Picture books for children
Stories in rhyme
Tone
Noisy
Illustration
Colorful
Detailed
Impressionistic
Subject
Alphabet
Flies
 
Assinalado
kmgerbig | 48 outras críticas | Dec 29, 2022 |
Ugh, this illustrations give me the heebie-jeebies. But the kids enjoyed it!
 
Assinalado
fernandie | 48 outras críticas | Sep 15, 2022 |

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Eileen Christelow Illustrator
Brad Sneed Illustrator
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Estatísticas

Obras
41
Membros
7,542
Popularidade
#3,240
Avaliação
3.9
Críticas
259
ISBN
142
Línguas
4

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