My Grandfather's Coat

My Grandfather's CoatA 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 Times When 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

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 Times

When 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 make
out 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

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Scholastic Press
Published: 10/21/2014
ISBN: 9780439925457
Pages: 32
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 11.40h x 8.80w x 0.40d
Award: NAPPA Gold Awards - Silver Medal Winner
Award: Red Clover Award - Nominee
Award: Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens - Recommended
Award: Sydney Taylor Book Award - Winner
Award: Texas 2x2 Reading List - Recommended

Review Citations: School Library Journal 08/01/2014 pg. 64
Publishers Weekly 08/11/2014
Kirkus Reviews Fall Preview 08/15/2014 pg. 46
Kirkus Reviews 09/01/2014
Booklist 10/01/2014 pg. 90
Horn Book Magazine 11/01/2014 pg. 115
PW Best Children's Books 11/03/2014 pg. 40
New York Times Book Review 11/09/2014 pg. 25
PW Children's Starred Reviews 12/01/2014 pg. 35
SLJ's Best Books 12/01/2014 pg. 21
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2015 - Superior,Well Above Average

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 170972 / My Grandfather's Coat
Reading Level: 4.1 / Interest Level: Lower Grade / Point Value: 0.5