Scholastic Lesson Plan - Book publisher Scholastic Books offers this lesson plan free on its website.Repair, Reuse, Recycle Activity - The organization Learning to Give provides this handout and detailed activity guide for helping children understand and apply the ways Joseph recycled by salvaging his overcoat and reusing its materials.PBS Teacher Resources - This webpage from PBS Kids presents a list of links that includes a teacher’s guide, flash cards, story pages, and related online games.Joseph’s Pattern - This post from Storytiming, a children librarian’s blog, provides a 2-dimensional paper/cloth pattern for that will show a child reader/listener how Joseph was able to make smaller pieces of clothing from larger ones.As such, there has developed on the Internet a deep, rich collection of supporting materials for parent and educators.īelow is just a small sampling of the thousands of Joseph-related Web links available to PJ families: Originally published 1977, Taback’s Joseph Had a Little Overcoat has become one of the most well-known Jewish children’s books in North America. Taback to pancreatic cancer in December 2011, Jewish educators and parents have been remiss if not to recognize Taback’s contribution to the Jewish children’s literature. In this beloved Jewish folktale, Joseph’s old and tattered coat is recycled and takes the form of increasingly small articles of clothing. Joseph Had a Little Overcoatis the popular Caldecott Medal Book written and illustrated by Simms Taback.

I had a little overcoat