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My Grandfather's Coat

My Grandfather's Coat - Hardcover

by Jim Aylesworth
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Availability:In StockContributor:Jim Aylesworth, Barbara McClintock (Illustrator)Audience:Ages 4-8Publish date:2014-10-21Pages:32
Language:EnglishPublisher:Scholastic PressISBN-13:9780439925457ISBN-10:439925452UPC:9780439925457Book Category:Juvenile FictionBook Subcategory:Family, Clothing & Dress, Social ThemesBook Topic:Multigenerational, Emigration & ImmigrationAward:2015 Sydney Taylor Book Award Winner - Younger Readers Award|2015 Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens Recommended - Up to Seven Award|2014 NAPPA Gold Awards Silver Medal Winner - Picture Book Award|2015 Texas 2x2 Reading List Recommended - Children's Award|2016 Red Clover Award Nominee - Picture Book AwardSize:11.40 x 8.80 x 0.40 inchesWeight:0.9017Product ID:SC27GCN5F6
A rollicking, rhyming, fun rendition of a favorite folksong about a many-times recycled coat -- by the award-winning, bestselling team of Jim Aylesworth and Barbara McClintock.

Sydney Taylor Award Winner"A moving tale of love and regeneration." --The New York TimesWhen my grandfather came to America he made himself a handsome coat!Then he wore it and he wore it and he wore it--until it was all worn out!So what did he do? He snipped and he clipped-- and he stitched and he sewed. . . and out of the still-good cloth of his coat--he made himself a smart jacket!How many things can Grandfather makeout of that old frayed coat? Jim Aylesworth's satisfying retelling and Barbara McClintock's heart-warming pictures celebrate the clever recycling of a beloved coat that lasts four generations -- until it becomes this story!
Language:EnglishPublisher:Scholastic PressISBN-13:9780439925457ISBN-10:439925452UPC:9780439925457Book Category:Juvenile FictionBook Subcategory:Family, Clothing & Dress, Social ThemesBook Topic:Multigenerational, Emigration & ImmigrationAward:2015 Sydney Taylor Book Award Winner - Younger Readers Award|2015 Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens Recommended - Up to Seven Award|2014 NAPPA Gold Awards Silver Medal Winner - Picture Book Award|2015 Texas 2x2 Reading List Recommended - Children's Award|2016 Red Clover Award Nominee - Picture Book AwardSize:11.40 x 8.80 x 0.40 inchesWeight:0.9017Product ID:SC27GCN5F6
Barbara McClintock has written and/or illustrated over 40 distinguished books for children. Emma and Julia Love Ballet which she wrote and illustrated, received three starred reviews, and My Grandfather's Coat, retold by Jim Aylesworth, also received three starred reviews and was named a Sydney Taylor Honor Book. Her books have five times been named New York Times Best Illustrated Children's Books. She has received a Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor, as well as a myriad of other awards and honors. Barbara lives in Connecticut with her family and their four very graceful cats.
Jim Aylesworth tells his stories with generous doses of "out loud" sounds, rhythms, and rhymes. His twenty-five-year teaching career taught him exactly what children love best in a story. He lives in Chicago, Illinois, with his wife.
Publisher: Scholastic Press

Awards

🏆 2015 Sydney Taylor Book Award Winner - Younger Readers Award|2015 Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens Recommended - Up to Seven Award|2014 NAPPA Gold Awards Silver Medal Winner - Picture Book Award|2015 Texas 2x2 Reading List Recommended - Children's Award|2016 Red Clover Award Nominee - Picture Book Award

Contributor(s)

Jim Aylesworth, Barbara McClintock (Illustrator)

Author

Jim Aylesworth

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