Joseph Had A Little Overcoat by Simms Taback.
One sentence per page is all you need to understand how thrifty Joseph is. Joseph’s coat gets worn, but he doesn’t give up on it, he makes something new out of it over and over again. This book is an excellent read to show children how we can REUSE things again and again. The cut outs in the pages make the book fun too. My kids kept flipping them back and forth to see Joseph’s coat morph into something new. (See open book picture with cut out through the cow.) The illustrations are excellent and appear even thick and woolen.
