Cover of Coat of Many Colors

Coat of Many Colors

Winter is coming to Tennessee and there's no money to buy a new coat, so a little girl's mama sews one for her out of rags. The little girl wears it to school proudly, and when the other children laugh, she gives them a quick lesson about what it means to be rich. Judith Sutton's beautiful paintings bring one of Dolly Parton's best-loved songs to life. "The heartfelt verses are imbued with the same genuine, infectiously likeable spirit Parton herself projects."'Publishers Weekly.

Subject
biography
Genre
historical fiction
Themes
bullyingmusicmotherspoverty
Mood
emotional
Audience
childrenspicture books
Length
short · 32 pages
Form
poetryrhyming

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