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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 WinnerA 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!