Review: One Can

One Can

Author: Lana Button & Eric Walters

Illustrator: Isabelle Malenfant

Groundwood Books, 2025

ISBN: 9781773067346 (hardcover) 9781773067353 (EPUB)
9781773067360 (Kindle)

$21.99 CAD (hardcover)
$16.99 CAD (EPUB and Kindle)

32 pages

Ages: 3 to 6 years old

Recommended library audience: School, home or a public library children’s section

A child donates the last can of their favourite food, Zoodelicious, to a food and mitten drive their class is organizing for those in need. Their can is the 100th can and gets a special snowflake sticker on top. But when their mother comes home with a pair of red mittens with the very same can of Zoodelicious with the snowflake sticker on top, the child asks their mother if they are some of those people in need. Thinking of the other children in their school who might also be in need, the child donates another pair of mittens with a sweet note inside. One Can can be used as a tool to preface a holiday food drive collection in a classroom, and to explain the importance of giving to those in need. The authors do a good job of bringing up the topic in an accessible way for young children. This adorably-illustrated picture book would be a great addition to any library for children.