One Mitten

 

One Mitten
By: Kristine O'Connell George

Illustrated By: Maggie Smith

Preschool-Grade 1

One Mitten is one of my students favorite books.  The book is about a girl who uses her imagination to use one mitten in a variety of ways.  When she finds the matching mitten, she goes on to discover more things she can do with her mittens.  Students enjoy this book because they can relate to the girl and it encourages them to use their imagination. 

Theme: Imagination is an important part of this book by teaching children that they can pretend that different objects are anything.

About the Author: 
Kristine O'Connell George fell in love with children's poetry when she took a class at UCLA.  The class was taught by Myra Cohn Livingston who became her mentor.  Along with writing children's poetry and books, George "served as poetry consultant for PBS's Storytime, is a board member for the Children's Literature Council of Southern California, and received an International Reading Association "Celebrate Literacy" award from the Foothill Reading Council." Finally, she is "member of educational and writers' organizations including PEN and the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators." George is now a teacher at UCLA and loves to share her passion for children's literature.

Pre-Reading Activity:

Gather students around to discuss how they pretend.  The teacher can ask students what they like to pretend to be and what they like to pretend to do.  Also, the teacher can point out objects around the classroom that they know the students pretend play with.

Post-Reading Activity:

After reading the book, gather a variety of different objects.  Students should be encouraged to use their imaginations to come up with things they can do with each specific object. (This can also be used as assessment to see that students are using their imagination).