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  • The Purple Puffy Coat

The Purple Puffy Coat

Illustrator
Daniel Duncan
Publication Date
November 10, 2020
Genre / Grade Band
Fiction /  2nd − 3rd
Language
English
Format
Picture Book
The Purple Puffy Coat

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Description

Beetle gives Stick Bug an attention-grabbing coat for his birthday--but is that what Stick Bug really wants? A delightful story about friends learning to understand each other.

It's almost Stick Bug's birthday, and his fashionable friend Beetle can't wait to give him his present--a purple puffy coat! The coat draws a lot of attention and makes Stick Bug really stick out in the crowd. Beetle thinks that's terrific! He brings Stick Bug all over town, happily boasting and bragging (while Stick Bug waits behind a tree, in a pile of leaves, or under a bench). Oh, dear--maybe Stick Bug isn't as wild about the purple puffy coat as Beetle is! What can the two friends do? Charming illustrations bring to life both characters' endearing struggles in this warm and humorous story about learning to pay attention to what makes your friend happy rather than what makes you happy.

Publication date
November 10, 2020
Genre
Fiction
ISBN-13
9781536204971
Publisher
Candlewick Press (MA)
BISAC categories
JUV039060 - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Friendship
JUV017100 - Juvenile Fiction | Holidays & Celebrations | Birthdays

Kirkus

Boelts's energetic text and Duncan't comical, delicate illustration, showing a thoroughly embarrassed Stick Bug and a delighted Beetle, combine to make this picture book a silly treat that will have readers giggling and pointing while learning valuable social-emotional lessons about personalities and relationships. Delightfully funny and warm. (Picture book. 3-8)

Copyright 2020 Kirkus Reviews, LLC Used with permission

Maribeth Boelts
Maribeth Boelts is the author of many books for young readers, including Happy Like Soccer, illustrated by Lauren Castillo, and Those Shoes and A Bike Like Sergio's, both illustrated by Noah Z. Jones. Maribeth Boelts lives in Iowa.

Angela Dominguez has created many books for young readers, including Maria Had a Little Llama, a Pura Belpré Illustrator Award Honor Book. She also illustrated Mango, Abuela, and Me, written by Meg Medina. Angela Dominguez lives on the East Coast.
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