Extra Yarn
Amazon Best Books of the Month for Kids, January 2012:  A monochrome town gets a change of color and attitude with the help of a box of yarn and a girl named Annabelle.  From the seemingly endless box ofExtra YarnAnnabelle knits clothing for everyone around her, tempering the ill-tempered, and creating beautifully patterned warmth for people, animals, and objects, alike.  When a greedy clothes-loving archduke tries to buy--then steal--the box for himself, he discovers that ill-gotten gains bear no fruit--or in this case, yarn.  Mac Barnett&#x2019;s elegant and clever story is complemented by Jon Klassen&#x2019;s illustrations, and fans ofI Want My Hat Backwill enjoy the familiar faces that show up in this picture book about the magical properties of kindness and generosity.--Seira Wilson