A charming picture book that shines with the charm of repetition and layering.

On the first page of the picture book, a pair of gloves is seen lying in a snowy forest.
It looks quite warm as it is thick and has a lot of fur.
These gloves were dropped by an old man while he was going into the forest to gather firewood for the winter.
The grandfather didn't see the dropped glove and just walked away.
Who will own the gloves now?

A very small field mouse runs by, sees the glove, and jumps inside.
Saying, “I’m going to live here from now on!”
On the next page, the glove that became the mouse's home is raised from the ground and takes shape just like a real house.
The second guest in the glove where the field mouse lives is a frog.
A frog, who was jumping around, sees a glove and asks, “Who lives in the glove?”
The mouse and the frog introduce themselves to each other, and the frog asks the mouse for a favor.
It's so cold I feel like I'm freezing to death, can't I get inside the gloves too?
Of course, they let in mice and frogs.
Because the gloves are spacious enough for two people to fit in.

But rats and frogs weren't the only animals that wanted to live in gloves.
The rabbit comes, the fox comes, and the wolf comes.
As the animals grow larger, the armor becomes tighter.
And who else will come and ask to be let into the glove?

The animals look into the glove and ask, “Who lives in the glove?”
The animals inside the glove answer the question and introduce themselves to each other.
The animals are multiplying, and the gloves are getting bigger and bigger.
Repetition and layering are the strong charms of this picture book.
Children feel anticipation and satisfaction as the story repeats itself with each turn of the page, and they wonder how it will conclude.
Young readers' curiosity and anticipation will be at their peak on pages featuring a large bear and a glove that is so tight it's about to burst.


The appearance of animals that wear clothes, wear hats, and walk on two legs closely resembles that of humans.
Eugene M.
Writer Ratchev created many works based on folk tales that are both instructive and entertaining, and mainly drew fables with animals as the main characters.
In many works, including this one, 『Gloves』, animals that resemble humans appear.
Not only do the animals in 『Gloves』 resemble humans in appearance, but they also care for and help each other as if they were people sharing friendships.
The animals in "Gloves" show us how to live together by giving up our places for other friends rather than staying warm alone in the cold winter.