Other editions of book The Mitten

Ninth printing. A very sweet Ukrainian folktale about a little boy named Nikki who asked his grandmother Baba to make white mittens for him. Of course, Baba said yes but said that if he lost one, it would be very hard to find a white mitten in the snow. Well Nikki did lose one and there the story begins....A little mole moved in, then a rabbit, then a hedgehog, then an owl also moved in along with a badger and so did a fox. But then along came a bear......

Baba, Nicki's grandmother, knits pure white mittens for him, even though she is afraid that he will lose them in the snow. Sure enough, the first time Nicki is out, he drops one, and some animals promptly move into its snug wool interior. First comes a mole, then a rabbit, a hedgehog, an owl, a badger, a fox, a bear, and finally, a mouse. That mouse tickles the bear's nose and he sneezes, dislodging all of the animals at once. Nicki finds his mitten, and takes it home, but Baba is left to wonder about how it became so enormously stretched out. Brett's magnificent paintings feature her usual array of folk details, and this time, intricate knitting tracks, ornate embroidery, the crusty, peeling texture of the birch bark borders, and the exquisite patterns found in Baba's homey rooms. Readers will sit back, suspend belief, and welcome this tall tale from the Ukrainian tradition.