In Extra Yarn by Mac Barnett, a girl named Annabelle has an unending supply of yarn that helps her knit for everyone and everything in town until the archduke decides he wants the yarn for himself.
A young boy learns to play the fiddle from on old man in Appalachia. Mentorship leads to friendship in this lovely tale inspired by the lives of two real fiddlers.
Lovely illustrations and beautiful poetic language create vivid mental images and create powerful connections in this wonderful book about the approach of winter.