Blog Post #5: Folklore Stories
Joseph Had a Little Overcoat Author & Illustrator: Simms Taback Caldecott Medal Winner for 2000 The book was about Joseph and an overcoat that was old and worn and he eventually ended up making up so many various things out of it. The pictures in the book did a great job of displaying each time the overcoat would change into another item. The pictures did a great job working with the words as the story unfolded. Made a jacket, vest, then a scarf, a necktie, handkerchief, then a button, and eventually, he lost it. After going through all the changes in his original overcoat and losing it, he made a cookbook and said you can always make something out of nothing. Arrow to the Sun Author & Illustrator: Gerald McDermott Caldecott Medal Winner 1975 The Lord of the Sun sent the spark of life to the Earth. It traveled down through the rays of the Earth to a young Pueblo mother with her new son. As the boy grew up he went on to go look for his father. On his journey he ran i...