One winter evening, a father and daughter take a walk through the woods.  As they notice things in nature, they make up amusing names for them.  A floating leaf is a butterfly raft, a feather is a tickle stick.  As they walk, one of the girl’s pink mittens fell un-noticed along the path.  When different animals examine it, they too have amusing suggestions as to what it is.  Squirrel – cotton candy, Mouse – mouse house, Owl – wing warmer, Duck – fish coat, and Bunny – carrot carrier.  Deer is the one who correctly identifies it as a mitten, just as the father and daughter return to find it.  Wendy Edelson’s colorful watercolor paintings beautifully illustrate each character.  The last pages show each animal as its own home for the evening.  The end pages show a map of the path the father and daughter walked and the names of the homes of each animal.  This is Simon Van Booy’s first picture book.  Artist Wendy Edelson lives in Bainbridge Island, WA.