Review Quotes Theres nothing to say but-perfect. This much-loved picture book is written by Mac Barnett and illustrated by Jon Klassen, who also won the Caldecott Medal for This Is Not My Hat. From the Back Cover Extra Yarn, winner of a Caldecott Honor and the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, as well as a New York Times bestseller, is the story of how a young girl and her box of magical yarn transform a community. Fans of Oliver Jeffers and Peter Brown will love this book. With spare, gently humorous illustrations and a palette that moves from black-and-white to a range of color, this modern fairy tale has the feel of a new classic.

A young girl and her box of magical yarn transform a community in this stunning picture book. Book Synopsis From bestselling and award-winning author Mac Barnett and illustrator Jon Klassen comes Extra Yarn, a Caldecott Honor Book, Boston Globe-Horn Book Award winner, and a New York Times bestseller. Hardcover (Chinese) (March 1st, 2014): $34.About the Book With a supply of yarn that never runs out, Annabelle knits for everyone and everything in town until an evil archduke decides he wants the yarn for himself.Juvenile Fiction / Social Themes / Emotions & Feelings.Quirky and wonderful, this story quietly celebrates a child’s ingenuity and her ability to change the world around her.” - Booklist (starred review) Product Details The spare, elegant text and art are also infused with plenty of deadpan humor. “Reading like a droll fairy tale, this Barnett-Klassen collaboration is both seamless and magical. The final spread, all light and yarn-covered tree limbs, brings Barnett’s clever, quiet yarn full circle, to a little girl and a town, now colorful and happy.” - Horn Book (starred review) “Klassen’s pacing, especially the mostly wordless sequence when the box floats back to Annabelle on a triangle of an iceberg, is impeccable. “Klassen’s deadpan, stylized illustrations impeccably complement Barnett’s quirky droll writing.” - School Library Journal (starred review) “Understated illustrations and prose seamlessly construct an enchanting and mysterious tale.” - Publishers Weekly (starred review) “There’s nothing to say but-perfect.” - Lane Smith, New York Times bestselling author of It's a Book

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