![]() ![]() He worked as an art director and a graphic designer and has taught at the School of Visual Arts and Syracuse University. Joseph had a little overcoat. NY: Penguin Group. Simms Taback (1932 2011) grew up in the Bronx and graduated from Cooper Union. A sick day for amos mcgee. Roaring Brook Press. ![]() Sleep like a tiger. HMH Books For Young Readers. Other Caldecott winning books you might be interested in: There was an old lady who swallowed a fly. 1997. Other Simms Taback novel’s you might be interested in: This lighthearted story about Joseph and his cherished overcoat concludes with Joseph being inspired by his journey with his ever-changing overcoat and how “you can always make something out of nothing.” Taback’s illustrations include so many details for the reader to take in, from blending the page with a cut out to the one directly behind it, the real pictures of people in the Jewish community mixed in with his drawings, to the Jewish symbols represented on each page. Taback’s interesting approach of combining watercolor, gouache, pencil, ink, and collage is enhanced by simple cut outs he includes to build the suspense of what Joseph’s overcoat will become next. This short story about Joseph’s overcoat is told equally through the text and the illustrations. In the second publishing of Simms Taback’s picture book, Joseph Had a Little Overcoat, he was honored with a Caldecott Medal. The reader is drawn in wondering what Joseph’s overcoat will turn into next. When the overcoat gets too many holes in it, Joseph decides to salvage his beloved overcoat by turning it into a jacket. Joseph has an old, worn overcoat that he cherishes. ![]()
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