When a little boy loses a mitten in the snow, a passing squirrel finds it's the perfect place to warm his icy toes. So he sqe-e-e-e-zes inside. But he's not the only animal with that idea. How many animals can fit inside a little boy's mitten?
Aylesworth's rollicking rhyming refrains and McClintock's delightfully expressive characters are sure to make this book every child's storytime favorite. -- GoodReads

I liked this book for two reasons the illustrations that helped tell the story and the language used by the author.

The illustrations showed how the mitten stretched to let each of the animals in even when the other animals would say, “No room!” “Go away!” Without the illustrations it would be hard to picture the images by just the words in the story. The pictures help the story flow. The small animals go into the mitten and as the story progresses the animals get bigger and bigger stretching the mitten to be able to fit the animals. The pictures show the mitten getting bigger and bigger as all the animals climb inside until one tiny mouse finally stretched it beyond its little and it bursts into small pieces of yarn.

Another reason I liked this book is the use of repetitive language. Each of the animals used the same language “B-r-r-r-r-r-r-r-r-r-r!” said the rabbit. “Let me come in.” “No room! Go away,” said the squirrel. “Please! My toes are cold as ice! Your mitten looks so cozy and warm. My toes would feel so nice!” said the rabbit. “Oh, okay. You can come in!” said the squirrel. Each time an animal would try and come into the mitten they would say the same thing that the rabbit said.

The main message of the story is that even if you don’t think you can all fit in you should at least try there is room for everyone. ( )

I liked this book for a couple of reasons. First, the language was clear and patterned. Each time a new animal would appear, it followed the lines as the animal previous had said. Secondly, it was clear and understanding as it was told by the third person and stayed that way throughout the whole story. It made the story sound like it was being told to the audience. Furthermore, it started with the traditional, “Once upon a time”. The plot was standard with the exposition of introducing the boy; rising action, loosing the mitten; climax, all the animals gather inside the mitten; falling action, mitten exploding; resolution, making a new mitten. The main message of this story is to share with one another. ( )

I absolutely adored this book. I love the language used on nearly every page after the squirrel gets into the mitten when they are start responding, "GO AWAY. No room!" The book absolutely sounds as if it is being told opposed to read, and it was so much fun to read! The language and the writing kept me on my toes and got me excited to read on. I believe the characters along with the illustrations throughout were great and developed the story wonderfully. On the page where the bear, fox, rabbit and squirrel, are ALL in the mitten, I couldn't help but laugh. The mitten is now stretched out to be HUGE but still hasn't bursted!
The main idea or message that I drew from this story was that the smallest things may have the biggest impact. It is important to trust the ones you love and when someone says no, sometimes its important to respect that! ( )

I enjoyed reading this book. I chose it because it was a tale originated from Ukraine and I am part Ukrainian. It is about too many animals trying to fit into a mitten together and bursting it. The mitten belonged to a little boy whose grandmother loved him so much she knitted him a hat, scarf, and mittens every year. The illustrations are beautiful and I love the depictions that are on about 5 or 6 pages that show how all of the animals squeezed into the mitten together in order to get warm. Also the text is reiterated by making certain phrases larger to emphasize the tone. For example, the animals tell the mouse to "go away" once and then they have to tell him to "GO AWAY!" a second time. It shows how the text and illustrations work together to create a wonderful story. ( )