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Keywords

acceptance, assertiveness, clothing, coping, critical thinking, death, differences, friendship, poverty, school, self esteem, storytelling, understanding, verbal communication

Title

The rag coat

Description

Minna wants to go to school but she has no coat. Her mother and friends make her a coat out of clothing scraps. Minna wears it to school and the kids make fun of her until she tells them the stories behind each of the clothing scraps.

Author

Mills, Lauren

Publisher

Little, Brown & Co.

Illustrator

ISBN

0-316-57407-4

City of Publication

Boston

Year of Publication

1991

Author of Abstract

Abstract provided by Jen McLeod, 1994

Citation

Mills, Lauren, “The rag coat,” Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University, accessed March 25, 2023, https://dlp.lib.miamioh.edu/picturebook/items/show/6012.