An oldie but a goodie-Joseph Had a Little Overcoat was first published in 1977 and redone in 1999. An overcoat goes through many different transformations to eventually become a story. We've read this one many times along with other books written by and/or illustrated by Mr.Taback (pronounced tay-back) including his other Caldecott winning book: There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly.The three r's of recycling consist of reduce, reuse and recycle. There's a good government website with ideas for each of the r's at http://kids.niehs.nih.gov/recycle.htm Some of the ideas for reduce include using cloth bags at the grocery store and trying to buy at least some items in bulk. Under reuse one can both donate and buy from charitable institutions such as goodwill or DI (Deseret Industries is a nonprofit, vocational rehabilitation facility thrift store sponsored by the LDS Church with 46 stores in Arizona, California, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Utah and Washington.) The final "r" of recycle includes a list of things that should be recycled. A few of these include: newspapers, batteries, aluminum cans and yard waste.
Find the official website of Simms Taback at www.simmstaback.com. Simms Taback was born in New York in 1932. He was a founding president of the Illustrators Guild which merged with the New York Graphic Artists Guild where he was a founding member and president. For 28 years he worked with Mr.Reynold Ruffins who was a founding member of the Push Pins Studios. Mr.Reynold Ruffins says that Simms Taback "is genetically programmed to be generous." Mr.Taback worked for many years to organize illustrators to help them get in touch with one another and current business practices to help "raise the standards and protect the interests of the freelancer, and in fact, of all art professionals." He mentions that Mr.Taback does have a consuming interest (he jokingly claims addiction!) in the consumption of chocolate. Mr.Taback has also created a number of wonderful posters that can be viewed and even purchased on his website. There's even a poster for pumpkin cookies!
2 comments:
Weird. I don't get it at all.
It makes sense if you read the book. Joseph keeps using the scraps to make things from his overcoat until all that's left is a fabric button. When he loses the button he writes the story about the overcoat and all the things he made from it-hence something from nothing.
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