Use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without! This pioneer proverb is exemplified in this Yiddish tale about Joseph, a poor farmer, who has an overcoat that becomes too well-worn to keep wearing. So, he makes a vest. The vest then is transformed into a tie, and so forth, until the piece of fabric is so small that all he can make is....
You'll have to read it to find out!
The best part of the story is the humorous moral at the end, that is, next to the ultra clever illustrations (which won him a Caldecott Medal in 2000). You will love it!
This is also a singing book, i.e. a book with printed music at the end that you can sing, but I have never caught on to the tune, so it is still just read aloud in our home. Perhaps you would like to sing it for us and email us your mp3 file?
(New York: Viking Press, 1999)
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