I got the pleasure of reading Extra Yarn this semester and instantly fell in love with this magical story. In
such a grey town, a young girl named Annabelle finds a box full of colorful
yarn. She turns the town into color
again by making everyone colorful sweaters. An evil archduke steals her box but
he is left with a box full of emptiness. The box is only for believers and
Annabelle gets her box back. She continues to light up the town with making
sweaters for trees, animals, and buildings until the town is covered in
complete happiness. I really enjoyed this
story for several reasons. One of them being Annabelle turned a sad, grey town
into a happy, colorful one merely overnight. She was a believer of happiness
therefore was given an everlasting amount of colorful yarn. This story
introduces good and evil which is important to teach to young children. There
were also lively illustrations which enhanced the attention of the students.
This story revolves around believing and compassion which are great things to
teach to children at a young age.
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