false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174570959m/417524.jpg 417524 9 When Joseph's favorite overcoat gets old and worn, he makes a jacket out of it. When the jacket is more patches than jacket, Joseph turns it into a vest. When the vest's number is up, Joseph makes a scarf. This thrifty industry continues until there's nothing left of the original garment. But clever Joseph manages to make something out of nothing! (And that's the foreshadowed moral of the story.)<p> In today's throwaway world, Joseph's old-fashioned frugality is a welcome change. Based on a Yiddish song from Simms Taback's youth (lyrics and music reproduced on the last page), the book is filled with rhythms and arresting colors that will delight every reader. As more and more holes appear in Joseph's coat, die-cut holes appear on the pages, hinting at each next manifestation. The illustrations are striking, created with gouache, watercolor, collage, pencil, and ink. Every inch of space is crammed with fanciful, funny details, such as the headline on a discarded newspaper: "Fiddler on Roof Falls off Roof." Taback, esteemed creator of the Caldecott Honor-winning <I>There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly</I> and the classic <I>Too Much Noise</I>, has produced a picture book that is as well turned out as its dapper hero. (Ages 4 to 8) <I>--Emilie Coulter</I> 150331 1977 Joseph Had a Little Overcoat total:418|5:165|4:167|3:74|2:10|1:2| 418 1737 495 90 417524 0670878553 9780670878550 412 87 4.16 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174570959m/417524.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/417524.Joseph_Had_a_Little_Overcoat 3 1 false Sat Oct 25 15:10:36 -0700 2008 Sun Oct 26 21:00:57 -0700 2008
Intended age group: 5-8

It was a mistake to read this book with a migraine, since each page in this book is a kaleidoscopic shower of ...more...]]> 417524 0670878553 9780670878550 412 87 4.16 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174570959m/417524.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/417524.Joseph_Had_a_Little_Overcoat 4 1 false Sun Oct 19 20:22:50 -0700 2008 Thu Oct 23 16:50:22 -0700 2008 Synposis

This is a picturebook adaptation of a Yiddish song chronicling how Joseph finds new uses for his threadbare overcoat.

Review

I found the busy and colorful pictures a bit overwhelming at times. But the die cut pictures that showed the progression of the over...more...]]> 417524 0670878553 9780670878550 412 87 4.16 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174570959m/417524.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/417524.Joseph_Had_a_Little_Overcoat 4 0 false Mon Mar 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 16 18:07:18 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 16 18:07:38 -0700 2009 more...]]> 417524 0670878553 9780670878550 412 87 4.16 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174570959m/417524.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/417524.Joseph_Had_a_Little_Overcoat 5 0 false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Thu Sep 03 08:03:44 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 03 08:06:12 -0700 2009 more...]]> 417524 0670878553 9780670878550 412 87 4.16 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174570959m/417524.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/417524.Joseph_Had_a_Little_Overcoat 4 0 false Fri Oct 02 17:59:03 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 07 17:21:38 -0700 2009 more...]]> 417524 0670878553 9780670878550 412 87 4.16 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174570959m/417524.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/417524.Joseph_Had_a_Little_Overcoat 5 0 false Wed Oct 07 08:52:00 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 14 18:18:39 -0700 2009 by, SImms Taback
1. Brief Summary
Joseph had a little over coat that was full of holes just like the book that the story is written in. When Joseph's overcoat got too shabby, he kept making a variety of garments from this one article of clothing. By flip...more...]]> 417524 0670878553 9780670878550 412 87 4.16 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174570959m/417524.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/417524.Joseph_Had_a_Little_Overcoat 0 0 false Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 05 18:29:06 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 06 15:27:20 -0700 2009 more...]]> 417524 0670878553 9780670878550 412 87 4.16 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174570959m/417524.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/417524.Joseph_Had_a_Little_Overcoat 4 0 false Thu Oct 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 08 19:35:54 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 08 19:42:28 -0700 2009 more...]]> 417524 0670878553 9780670878550 412 87 4.16 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174570959m/417524.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/417524.Joseph_Had_a_Little_Overcoat 5 0 false Fri Oct 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 02 08:20:04 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 02 10:40:01 -0700 2009 Joseph Had A Little Overcoat is a fantastic text for young readers due to both it's story and illustrations. The text is simplistic, telling the sequential, cause-effect events of how Joseph's coat becomes "old and worn," and the decisions he makes to reuse the material t...more...]]> 417524 0670878553 9780670878550 412 87 4.16 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174570959m/417524.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/417524.Joseph_Had_a_Little_Overcoat 4 0 false Sun Oct 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 04 14:57:57 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 04 20:42:56 -0700 2009 more...]]> 417524 0670878553 9780670878550 412 87 4.16 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174570959m/417524.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/417524.Joseph_Had_a_Little_Overcoat 5 1 false Sun Oct 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 04 12:56:48 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 04 13:06:32 -0700 2009
Joseph has a plaid overcoat that ...more...]]> 6295875 1591124123 9781591124122 2 1 4.16 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255569759m/6295875.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6295875.Joseph_Had_a_Little_Overcoat 5 0 false Fri Mar 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 13 14:15:33 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 13 14:23:22 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3834497 1 1 4.16 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3834497.Joseph_Had_a_Little_Overcoat 4 0 false Mon Jul 21 19:29:06 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 21 19:59:35 -0700 2008 (2001). Retrieved July 21, 2008, from
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In this telling of the book, the camera pans over the pages as Rob Reiner narrates. There are some cute additions, though. The animals and...more...]]> 417524 0670878553 9780670878550 412 87 4.16 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174570959m/417524.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/417524.Joseph_Had_a_Little_Overcoat 5 0 false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 15 19:08:16 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 15 19:16:30 -0700 2009
Joseph lives in a lively village and has a brown coat. When the coat gets old and worn, he turns it into a vest. When the vest gets w...more...]]> 417524 0670878553 9780670878550 412 87 4.16 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174570959m/417524.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/417524.Joseph_Had_a_Little_Overcoat 4 0 false Thu Feb 12 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 16 22:06:56 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 16 22:10:30 -0800 2009 Evaluation: I love the mixed media and the f...more...]]> 417524 0670878553 9780670878550 412 87 4.16 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174570959m/417524.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/417524.Joseph_Had_a_Little_Overcoat 5 0 false Fri Mar 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 21 00:26:10 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 21 00:26:10 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 417524 0670878553 9780670878550 412 87 4.16 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174570959m/417524.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/417524.Joseph_Had_a_Little_Overcoat 4 0 false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Mar 30 12:17:12 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 30 12:21:35 -0700 2009
The illustrations are a lot of fun. Joseph had a little overcoat, but it was old and worn so he made a jacket and so on until his overcoat became a button and which was then was lost. So he made a story. "So you see you can make something out ...more...]]> 417524 0670878553 9780670878550 412 87 4.16 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174570959m/417524.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/417524.Joseph_Had_a_Little_Overcoat 5 0 false Thu Jul 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 02 16:23:21 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 02 16:25:29 -0700 2009 more...]]> 417524 0670878553 9780670878550 412 87 4.16 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174570959m/417524.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/417524.Joseph_Had_a_Little_Overcoat 5 0 false Thu Jan 08 14:04:20 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 08 14:07:40 -0800 2009 more...]]> 417524 0670878553 9780670878550 412 87 4.16 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174570959m/417524.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/417524.Joseph_Had_a_Little_Overcoat 5 0 false Sun Apr 20 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Apr 20 10:54:32 -0700 2008 Sun Apr 20 11:56:09 -0700 2008 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=417524