Extra Yarn

{{Short description|2012 picture book}}

{{Infobox book

| name = Extra Yarn

| image = Extra Yarn.jpg

| caption = Front cover, designed by Mac Barnett

| author = Mac Barnett

| illustrator = Jon Klassen

| language = English

| country = United States of America

| published = 2012

| publisher = Balzer + Bray/HarperCollins

| awards = Caldecott Honor
Boston Globe–Horn Book Award

| isbn = 978-0-06-195338-5

}}

Extra Yarn is a 2012 picture book written by Mac Barnett and illustrated by Jon Klassen. The book tells the story of a girl named Annabelle who knits for everyone in her town with a supply of yarn, until an archduke wants the yarn for himself. The book was a recipient of the 2013 Caldecott Honor for its illustrations.{{cite news |title=Extra Yarn |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/mac-barnett/extra-yarn/ |access-date=November 23, 2021 |work=Kirkus Reviews |date=October 5, 2011}} It received a starred review from Publishers Weekly.{{cite news |title=Children's Book Review: Extra Yarn by Mac Barnett, illus. by Jon Klassen |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-06-195338-5 |access-date=November 23, 2021 |work=Publishers Weekly |date=October 31, 2011}}

Film

In 2014, Weston Woods adapted this book to an animated film,{{cite book |last1=Barnett |first1=Mac |last2=Klassen |first2=Jon |title=Extra Yarn |date=2014 |publisher=Weston Woods Studios |location=Danbury, CT |isbn=978-0-545-69507-7 }} narrated by Nicola Barber, and directed by Soup2Nuts. The film won the ALA Notable Video award by the ALSC.{{cite web |title=2015 Notable Children's Videos |url=https://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/notalists/ncv/ncvpastlists/ncv_2015 |website=ALSC |date=15 December 2015 |access-date=14 November 2021}}

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