![]() ![]() Jon Klassen’s moody yet charming illustrations perfectly evoke the spirit of a town slowly coming back to life. Mac Barnett writes with skilled restraint, choosing only words that tell the story and avoiding those that would get in the way. ![]() Barnett wisely leaves the box’s magic a mystery, keeping the focus on Annabelle’s creativity, generosity, and determination. Non-knitters will enjoy the story for its sweetness, innocence, and perfect touch of magic realism. He steals it, but finds it contains no yarn at all, and with the help of just a bit more magic, it finds its way back to Annabelle. (Fans of Klassen’s I Want My Hat Back may suspect that a few of the animals from that story have wandered into this one.) A villainous archduke offers to buy the box, but Annabelle refuses. No matter how many sweaters Annabelle knits, the box always has “extra yarn” for another project, until the entire town is covered with angled stitches in muted, variegated colors-people, animals, and buildings alike. The pictures done by Jon Klassen show the lack of. Barnett’s (Mustache!) story is both fairy tale lean and slyly witty. Extra Yarn is a cute story from Mac Bennett about a little girl who makes sweaters in for an entire town. Understated illustrations and prose seamlessly construct an enchanting and mysterious tale about a girl named Annabelle, who lives in a world “where everywhere you looked was either the white of snow or the black of soot from chimneys.” After Annabelle finds a box filled with yarn of every color, she immediately sets out to knit sweaters for everyone she knows. ![]()
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