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My Grandfather's Coat
The latest rendition of the Yiddish folk song “I Had a Little Overcoat” is given charming treatment by Jim Aylesworth and Barbara McClintock. At its heart, this is a love story spanning generations as a man falls in love, makes a wedding coat, and then transforms that coat time and time again as his family grows and changes. He has a daughter, the narrator’s mother. Remnants of the wedding coat, already turned into a jacket, and later a vest, become a tie for her wedding day. That tie wears out over years in which the narrator is born, grows up, and marries. Now she has a child, to whom she is telling this story, and the tie has been turned into a toy for that little boy. Both the narrative, with its judicious use of rhyme and alliteration and marvelous repetition and pacing, and the illustrations, which add layers of wonderful detail and warmth, are irresistible. ©2014 Cooperative Children's Book Center
Illustrated by Barbara McClintock
CCBC Age Recommendation: Ages 4-8
Age Range:
PreK-Early Elementary (Ages 4-7)
Grades 3-5 (Ages 8-10)
Format:
Picture book
Subjects:
Change
Families
Recycling and Repurposing
Publisher:
Scholastic Press
Publish Year: 2014
Pages: 32
ISBN: 9780439925457
CCBC Location: Non-Fiction, 398 Aylesworth