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’s elegant and clever story is complemented by Jon Klassen’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