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The Mitten

by Jim Aylesworth · 2009

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When a little boy loses a mitten in the snow, a passing squirrel finds it's the perfect place to warm his icy toes. So he sqe-e-e-e-zes inside. But he's not the only animal with that idea. How many animals can fit inside a little boy's mitten?

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Aylesworth's rollicking rhyming refrains and McClintock's delightfully expressive characters are sure to make this book every child's storytime favorite.

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folklorefolkloreMore like thisLess of thismyths and folkloremyths and folkloreMore like thisLess of thisfairy talefairy taleMore like thisLess of this
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animalsanimalsMore like thisLess of thisbearsbearsMore like thisLess of thischildhoodchildhoodMore like thisLess of thisfriendshipfriendshipMore like thisLess of this
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ChristmasChristmasMore like thisLess of thisUkraineUkraineMore like thisLess of this
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picture bookschildrens

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