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6) The rag coat
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
[1991]
Language
English
Description
Minna proudly wears her new coat made of clothing scraps to school, where the other children laugh at her until she tells them the stories behind the scraps.
Author
Publisher
Disney-Hyperion
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"A picture book about the fall season, centering on Bella, a little girl who has outgrown but does not want to give up her favorite coat made by her grandmother, and how she deals with the inevitable change to something new"--
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Virginia and her brother are never allowed to pick first from the donation boxes at church because their father is the priest, and she is heartbroken when another girl gets the beautiful coat that she covets. Based on the author's memories of life on the Rosebud Reservation in South Dakota.
10) Gogol's coat
Author
Publisher
Tundra Books
Pub. Date
[1998]
Language
English
Description
"A poor scrivener uses all his money to buy a warm winter coat, only to have it stolen. By using his ingenuity, and with help from his dog Rose, Gogol recovers what is rightfully his" Cf. Our choice, 1999-2000.
Author
Publisher
Nosy Crow, an imprint of Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"As Ruffles learns about the world around him, he discovers there are lots of things he likes . . . and some things he doesn't! He loves scratching, digging, and chewing, but he does not like wearing his red coat on rainy days. No, no, no, no, NO! But when Ruffles wants to splash in puddles with his best friend, Ruby, he soon learns that sometimes wearing a raincoat is a very good idea after all"--
12) The magic coat
Author
Publisher
Newman Springs Publishing
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"This book is a true story of a young girl born of modest means, experiencing a miracle or what you might refer to as magic. She is at a department store with her young parents when magic happens, just like a miracle. The most beautiful coat she had ever seen catches her attention and magic takes over. This book teaches us that good things happen. Appreciate them when they do. Don't take things for granted. Believe in the goodness of people. Keep...
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
In the poverty of the Appalachian coal country in 1908, eight-year-old Minna's life gets even more difficult after her father dies of black lung, and that winter she cannot go to school because she does not have a coat--until the quilting mothers make her a coat using pieces of cloth from their own lives, each with a special story behind it.
14) Goat's coat
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"When Alfonzo the goat discovers a host of creatures who need help, he doesn't hesitate. Using his precious, much-loved coat, he finds ways to solve their problems - fashioning a boat for frogs out of a cuff, for instance. But soon he's down to the last thread and it's started to snow ... What will he do? A really fun, rhyming story about a very generous goat, celebrating friendship and kindness, with extremely cute illustrations by Christine Pym."...
Author
Publisher
Otter-Barry Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"When Mr Noah builds the ark he makes two lists - one for all the animals who will come on board and one for those troublesome creatures he plans to leave behind! Meanwhile Mrs Noah gets out her sewing machine and makes a coat with very deep pockets. LOTS of pockets."--Page 4 of cover.
