and like many books of that time period, it alternates between full-color spreads and one-color spreads. In contrast to Jan Brett's signature style of very intricate pictures, the artwork in this book is very simple. When one teeny animal tries to be the last to just squeeeeeze in (in this version, a cricket), that proves too much for the old mitten and it bursts all over the place. A boy loses his mitten in the woods, a series of progressively larger animals climb in, culminating in a bear. If you can get your hands on both, do so - keep one for yourself and donate the other to a local school! However, as the comments here show, many people prefer this version, which predates Brett's version by quite a while. And unless your home library is enormous, you probably don't need both books. Now, let me say from the start that, having read Jan Brett's version first, I prefer it.
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