Going to Buy Mittens (Selection of Japanese Fairy Tale Masterpieces)

One winter day, a baby fox is overjoyed to see its first snowfall. But as he lays on the soft snow, his hands become cold. "Mommy, my hands are cold, they're tingling." So the mother fox decides to buy her baby a pair of woolen gloves in human town. She transforms one of the baby's hands into a human's, has him hold a copper coin, and warns him, "Always offer up your human hand."

Knock, knock. "Please give me a pair of gloves that fit my hands just right." However, in the shop, the baby fox accidentally offers up his fox's paw. Will he be able to buy the gloves?

This long-selling picture book, based on Nankichi Niimi's classic, conveys a mother's love for her child and the baby fox's nervousness with vivid words, brought to life with rich illustrations by Ken Kuroi.