Jack's Jumper by Sara Acton

Jack loves his huge jumper (sweater). He wears it every day and every where. He also uses as a play thing. It can be a hat or a soft place to fall. It is great for hide and seek and useful for magic tricks. He can even use it to look like an elephant or make the sleeve into a periscope. The jumper used to belong to Jack's brother Paul but now Paul has left home to travel. He does send postcards but Jack misses his brother.

No one is allowed to wash the jumper. It has a special smell and stains that act as reminders of past fun but one day while Jack is in the bath someone takes the jumper. It is the cat and she manages to unravel the whole garment so all Jack is left with is a pile of wool. Luckily his brother arrives home and luckily his brother has the most wonderful solution to this problem.

Jack's Jumper was published in 2022 so it might be a CBCA Early Childhood notable title. These will be announced at the end of February. 

Here are some companion books:

The Bush Jumper

A Friendship Yarn

Where's my Jumper?

And here are some books by Sara Acton:

The Tales of Mr Walker

A Boat of Stars

Where's my Jumper? by Nicola Slater

A super-cute, super-fun book with flaps, die-cut pages, and a counting element too. Read it Daddy

My friend at Kinderbookswitheverything has a library display of knitting books and I spied this one with such an appealing cover. Take a look at her Pinterest of Yarn Yarns. 

"Rudy loved his pink jumper. It was a little bit short and showed his tummy. But it was his favourite. Then one Monday he woke up and it had gone!"

Rudy runs through the house desperate to find his jumper. His house is filled with creatures of all kinds - ten cats, nine llamas, eight piglets, seven dogs, six blackbirds, five sea creatures (in the blow up pool), four mice, three crocs, and two foxes but no one has his jumper. Where could it be? Turn one more page, lift one more flap and it is found. But what will Rudy do?

Sadly this book is out of print but you might find a copy a second hand copy - the board book (my was the hardcover edition) looks especially worth finding.