{"product_id":"9781774880111","title":"The Three Little Mittens","description":"\u003cb\u003eA single mitten is excluded by a matching pair in this endearing picture book about friendship, belonging and the pressure to \"match.\" For fans of \u003ci\u003eThe Day the Crayons Quit\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDotty and Other Dotty are a matching set of mittens. When another mitten, Stripes, loses her partner and becomes a single mitten, they don't feel the need to include her. She doesn't \"match\" them, so she is banished to the dark, lonely pocket of the Little Girl who owns them. Before long, however, Dotty loses \u003ci\u003eher\u003c\/i\u003e partner, and now \u003ci\u003eshe\u003c\/i\u003e doesn't match the reunited pair of Stripes and Other Stripes, who in turn banish \u003ci\u003eher \u003c\/i\u003eto the pocket. \"YOU don't match!\" they tell her.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen the Little Girl, who has been listening to their conversations, weighs in with a huge question (\"Why do you have to match?\"), the mittens are shocked. Then comes their realization that \"matching\" often means leaving someone out. This prompts the Little Girl to break a fundamental rule of fashion so that individual mittens (and maybe even socks! or shoes!) can be themselves — and \u003ci\u003eeveryone\u003c\/i\u003e can\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ebelong.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA warm and fuzzy story with lots of laughs, this latest picture book from Linda Bailey explores what it feels like to be excluded \u003ci\u003eand\u003c\/i\u003e included and celebrates one-of-a-kindness!","brand":"Linda Bailey (CA)","offers":[{"title":"Tundra |  Hardback  |  2023-10-24","offer_id":44227676373247,"sku":"9781774880111","price":23.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/files\/BNCImageAPI_b425ff76-3749-4c59-beea-1d8763bd11c1.jpg?v=1692921156","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/9781774880111","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}