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Age Range
3 - 7
Genre
fiction
Copyright Year
1999-01-01
Page Count
32
Publisher
Penguin Putnam Books for Young Readers
Grade Level
Pre-K - 2nd
ISBN
9780670878550
Lexile
330
Themes
thriftiness
ingenuity

Joseph Had a Little Overcoat

Written and Illustrated by Simms Taback
Based on a Yiddish song, the story is about Joseph who has a striped overcoat. Over time, the coat wears out and became full of holes, but Joseph always finds another use for it. Readers can look through die-cut holes in the book to guess all the many ways Joseph transformed his striped coat.
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Joseph Had a Little Overcoat: Sing-Along

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Joseph Had a Little Overcoat: Common Core Lesson Ideas

Picture books create excitement about reading and also fit perfectly into the English Language Arts...
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Age Range
3 - 7
Genre
fiction
Copyright Year
1999-01-01
Page Count
32
Publisher
Penguin Putnam Books for Young Readers
Grade Level
Pre-K - 2nd
ISBN
9780670878550
Lexile
330
Themes
thriftiness
ingenuity
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