The Never-Ending Sweater
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- $16.99
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- $16.99
Publisher Description
A heartfelt story that celebrates the power of intergenerational love, connection and friendship, featuring the nostalgic imagery of a small East Coast village.
When Peter was little, he asked his grandmother to knit him a VERY big sweater. So she made him a sweater with love knit into every stitch. Young Peter wore the sweater, with its drooping sleeves and oversized body, everywhere he went. Eventually, Peter outgrew his small seaside village and decided to see the world with his sweater providing comfort and a reminder of home on every adventure. After traveling for many years, he returns home to find a new family next door. They too have traveled from far away, and Peter finds a connection with the young son, who also needs a comforting reminder of home.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
A loving intergenerational relationship underlies Welch's descriptive telling of an object that reminds its wearer of home. Asked to make Peter, portrayed with brown skin, "a VERY BIG SWEATER," the child's white-presenting grandmother knits "sturdy cuffs that would keep out the dampest weather, and a long body that would survive the most exciting of adventures," producing an oversize purple wool sweater. It makes Peter feel "like he was wearing a royal cape," and he wears it clamming and cranberry-picking alongside her as he continues to grow in the seaside village where they live. By the time it finally fits, Peter is ready to see the world, and he sets off with the sweater, sending back stories of livestock, sheep shearing, and knitting. Though "it was a long time before he made his way home," Leung's earth-toned gouache, pencil, and digital illustrations slowly signal how the subtly patterned sweater roots Peter to the place, and, eventually, promises to do the same for another. Ages 3–5.
