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
Coat of Many Colors/ El Abrigo de Muchos Colores by Dolly Parton
Grammy Awards, 10 Country Music Association Awards, 5 Academy of Country Music Awards, 3 American Music Awards and is one of only five female artists to win the Country Music Association's Entertainer of the Year Award. She has written over 3,000 songs and authored 4 books, including the inspirational Dream More (Putnam) and the children's book, I Am A Rainbow (Penguin).
Ms. Parton's Dollywood Company provides family entertainment and hospitality to 5 million guests per year at Dollywood, Splash Country, Dixie Stampede, Pirate's Voyage, Lumberjack Adventure, and the Dream More Resort.
In 1988, she began the Dollywood Foundation to inspire children in her home community to dream more, learn more, do more, and care more. Currently the foundation offers the Dolly Parton Imagination Library to communities across America, the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, and Belize.
The program works with local partners to give every preschool child a book each month from the time he or she is born until the child reaches kindergarten. Currently over 90 million books have been gifted to preschool children.
Brooke Boynton-Hughes grew up in Colorado, where she spent her time drawing and hiking with her family. She has a BFA in printmaking from Colorado State University and an MFA in figurative art from the New York Academy of Art. To see more of Brooke's work, please visit www.BrookeBoyntonHughes.com.
TERESA MLAWER began her career in publishing in 1963. Ms. Mlawer was at the helm of operations at Lectorum Publications from 1976 until her retirement in 2012.Among her many functions at Lectorum, she served as Editorial Director, where she oversaw the acquisition, selection, and editorial development of Spanish-language books for children and young adults.
A pioneer in Spanish-language publishing in the United States, Teresa has translated over 300 children’s books from English to Spanish.
She has dedicated her life to the cause of literacy, especially among Hispanic children in the US and Latin America. As a well-known specialist in children’s literature in Spanish, she works with publishers, educators and librarians to bring the best authentic literature to children. She is a strong and vocal advocate for Latino authors and illustrators in the United States.
In 2012, she was selected by the Federation of Spanish Publishers from Argentina as one of the 50 most influential people in the Spanish publishing world.
For the last three years she has been a member of the Board of Directors of CONTEXTOS, an international non-profit organization that works with under-resourced schools in El Salvador.
Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap/ Penguin Random House
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1524789666
ISBN-13: 9781524789664
Reading age: 2 - 7 years, from customers
Item Weight: 7.2 ounces
Picture books - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Poverty & Homelessness
Picture books - Juvenile Fiction | Clothing, Dress & Hair
Picture books - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Bullying
Picture books - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance
Picture books - Juvenile Fiction | Performing Arts | Music
Picture books - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Values & Virtues
-Clothing and dress -Poor
-Mothers and daughters -Stories in rhyme
- Topical | Self-Esteem
- Topical | Family
- Demographic Orientation | Rural
Dewey: E
LC Call Number: PZ8.3.P2714
Lexile Level: 520