My Grandfather's Coat, Hardcover

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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 Mc Clintock. When 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 make out of that old frayed coat? Jim Aylesworth's satisfying retelling and Barbara Mc Clintock's heart-warming pictures celebrate the clever recycling of a beloved coat that lasts four generations -- until it becomes this story ""