JOSEPH HAD A LITTLE OVERCOAT [SIGNED]
by Taback, Simms
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0670878553
- ISBN 13
- 9780670878550
- Seller
-
Rockville, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: Viking, 1999. Hardcover. Quarto, unpaginated; VG/VG; spine black with yellow titling; very mild wear; inscribed by Taback on the copyright page; shelved case 14. 1328739. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.
Synopsis
Joseph Had a Little Overcoat is the title of a 1999 book by Simms Taback that won the 2000 Caldecott Medal. The main character is Joseph, a 40-something Jewish farmer, who has a little striped overcoat. When it is old, Joseph makes it into a little jacket and so on until he makes it into a button. Then Joseph loses the button and makes a story out of it. The moral of the story is "you can always make something out of nothing.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Second Story Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1328739
- Title
- JOSEPH HAD A LITTLE OVERCOAT [SIGNED]
- Author
- Taback, Simms
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0670878553
- ISBN 13
- 9780670878550
- Publisher
- Viking
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1999
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- Quarto
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- Inscribed
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....