Winner of the 2013 Caldecott Honor and the 2012 Boston Globehorn Book Award

The story of an amazing child with a yarn that never falls off no matter how much he floats.
Annabelle, who lives in a small, cold town where she can only see pure white snow and black soot, discovers a small box containing yarn of various colors.
Annabelle knits a sweater out of yarn, and uses the leftover yarn to knit one for her dog, Mars.
Also, I knit sweaters for my friends with yarn, and I knit sweaters for my mom and dad and all the other people in the village.
People thought they would run out of yarn quickly, but even after knitting so many, the yarn still remained.
The cold and soot-filled village is transformed into a village dressed in colorful, warm clothes.
The nobleman, who heard the story of the amazing child with the magical yarn, came to visit and offered a huge sum of money to sell the box, but Annabelle refused to sell it.
Eventually, the nobleman steals the box and returns to his castle, but when he opens the box with great anticipation, he is surprised to find it empty.
The nobleman curses Annabelle and throws the box into the sea, but the discarded box rides the waves and returns to Annabelle.

The power to change the world lies in our hearts.
The village, which was once filled with nothing but pure white snow and black soot from chimneys, transforms into a village wearing sweaters of all colors.
The protagonist who brought about this change was none other than young Annabel.
With her knitting skills and the yarn that never runs out, she changes the world. Annabelle tells all her classmates who are gossiping about Annabelle's sweater that she will knit her a sweater for them, but her teacher says it's ridiculous and she can't do it.
In the end, Annabelle knits sweaters for everyone.
Also, a nobleman steals a box of magic yarn to keep for himself, but all he sees is an empty box.

Thinking you can't knit a sweater because you don't have enough yarn and seeing an empty box are both because you're only interested in the box containing the yarn.
Just by the size of the box, you can guess how much yarn there is, and you think the magic box is just an endless supply of magical yarn.
But it is possible because Annabel put her imagination and self-belief into yarn.

In this way, the wealth and talents we acquire throughout our lives are like magical yarn.
Depending on who writes it and with what mindset, the results will be different.
This book clearly shows that the power to change the world lies within us, with the wealth and talent we have at our fingertips.
Even if the nobleman steals the box by cowardly means, throws it into the vast and deep sea, and curses it, if we, like Annabel, do not lose our imagination and faith in ourselves, the box will eventually return and we will be happy.

Text and illustrations that fully capture the mysterious atmosphere
Annabelle and the Magical Yarn is a book with elegant text and illustrations filled with generous amounts of space and a touch of serious humor.
This whimsical and wonderful story is a quiet celebration of one child's creativity and ability to change the world around them,' and won a 2013 Caldecott Honor.
The text calmly tells the story of how events unfold.
We don't talk about Annabel's motivation for knitting or her feelings.
The restrained text leaves space like this, and the pictures fill in the space of the text.
The painting, which excludes decorative elements and mainly uses geometric shapes, expresses the world changing through Annabel's power.
The contrast between black and white and color, hard and cold and soft and warm, clearly shows the changes in the village.
The blank expressions of the animals wearing sweaters and the sight of houses, cars, and even trees wearing sweaters, which you would never have imagined wearing clothes, add humor to the serious story.

[Book Review]
The restrained illustrations and text perfectly create a captivating and mysterious story.
- Publisher Weekly

Klassen's deadpan, stylized drawings perfectly complement Barnett's unique and witty writing.
- School Library Journal

The elegant text and illustrations, with ample white space, are imbued with serious humor.
This quirky and wonderful story is a quiet tribute to one child's creativity and ability to change the world around him.
- Booklist