Joseph Had a Little Overcoat

by Simms Taback

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Joseph starts out with an overcoat. When it is worn he makes it into a jacket...and then a vest, etc...until it is just a tiny button. The text is based on an old Yiddish folk song that the author loved as a child. The artwork is bright and entertaining. Taback won the Caldecott medal in 2000 for his illustrations in this book.

Another fun book by Simms Taback is There was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly.