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A baby blanket is a very special gift, but what happens when you grow up and it comes undone? Is it time to let go, or to make something new?

While Cole's mama waits for his arrival, she knits him a baby blanket. After he is born, the bond between baby and blanket is instant. So much so that as Cole grows older, the two are inseparable, until the day he notices the blanket is slowly coming unraveled.

Cole tries playing with it the way he always had but it doesn't work and he decides to let go of what is now a bundle of yarn. But Mama isn't quite ready to let go and knits the yarn into something new—a sweater—delighting Cole. The bond is once again instant.

Leanne Hatch brings this story of growing up and taking things with us in new ways to life with her warm text and richly textured art.

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ISBN-13:	9780823447831
Publisher:	Holiday House
Publication date:	08/17/2021
Pages:	40
Product dimensions:	9.79(w) x 9.76(h) x 0.40(d)
Age Range:	3 - 6 Years

About the Author

Leanne Hatch is a women's accessories and textile print designer in the fashion industry by day and a picture book writer and illustrator by night. She lives in Kirkland, Washington.

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09/01/2021
PreS-K—Baby Cole instantly loves the blanket Mama knit while she waited for him to be born. As he grows, he and his blanket are inseparable. He plays hide-and-seek with it, drapes it over chairs to make a house, reads under it, and wears it as a cape. Inevitably, the day comes when the blanket starts to unravel loop by loop until only a pile of yarn remains. Just when Cole decides he's ready to give up his blanket, Mama decides that she is the one who is not ready, and uses the yarn to knit him a sweater. Cole loves it instantly. A minimum of text, expanded upon by similarly spare artwork, captures the essence of a child's attachment to a beloved object. While digitally created, the fluid outlines in the illustrations appear to be filled in with visible strokes of colored pencil, lending the book a casual, cozy feel. VERDICT An adorable story that will make lapsitters feel wrapped in a parent's love, and useful for conversations about letting go.—Jan Aldrich Solow, formerly Fairfax County P.S.., VA

School Library Journal

2021-06-02
Love is a hand-knit baby blanket.
Mama knits a blue blanket for her newborn son, Cole, and boy and blanket become inseparable. The blanket, knit during Mama’s pregnancy, is a perfect fit and texture for a baby’s touch. And it continues to be a constant companion as the baby grows into a boy, becoming, in turn, a plaything, a hero’s cape, and a makeshift reading cave. Knit garments, alas, do not last forever when so physically loved, and the blanket comes undone, a handful of tightly curled yarn that no longer is a playful friend. Cole returns it to Mama, who is a very dedicated knitter, indeed. At nighttime, she fashions the yarn into a new gift—a sweater—and once more boy, mother, and knitwear “bond.” The colorful, delicate cartoon illustrations depict a round-faced White boy and mother with softly drawn features. The action unfolds in full-page spreads and panels. Observant readers will immediately notice the ever present cat, the third member of the household, who never speaks but always expresses itself quite delightfully. Clearly, the message here is that a baby blanket is the perfect gift, especially from mother to offspring. The response can only be—knitters! Grab your needles!
A sweetly appealing story. (Picture book. 3-5)

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★ "A cozy, lovable picture book and a promising debut for Hatch."—Booklist, Starred Review

"A sweetly appealing story." —Kirkus Reviews

"A minimum of text, expanded upon by similarly spare artwork, captures the essence of a child’s attachment to a beloved object. . . An adorable story that will make lapsitters feel wrapped in a parent’s love, and useful for conversations about letting go."—School Library Journal

"Scribbly digital art, textured with pencil-style strokes, captures the many soft fibers of the fabrics, also adding cute rosy cheek marks to Cole and Mama. Kids who have had to let go of an old toy or blanket will understand Cole’s predicament, and cat aficionados will be pleased by the presence of a white and gray striped cat who participates in Cole’s playtime (and possibly the blanket’s unraveling). This is a tender story about necessarily closing an old door but still honoring it as a new one opens."—The Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books

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