The Tiny Woman's Coat - by Joy Cowley (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>A tiny woman makes a coat out of objects she finds in nature.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><strong>A small and cozy book leaving preschoolers snug as a bug, from award-winning author, Joy Cowley. <br /> </strong><br /> The tiny woman makes a coat of leaves with the help of her animal friends. The trees, geese, porcupine, horse and plants all share something so the tiny woman can snip, snip, snip and stitch, stitch, stitch a coat to keep herself warm.<br /> <br /> Friendship and sharing are at the heart of this warm and simple rhythmic poem by one of the world's best children's writers. A perfectly cozy hardback storybook to read-aloud and share with babies, toddlers and preschoolers who will delight in everything tiny and small, including the fresh and funny illustrations by award-winning illustrator Giselle Clarkson.<br /> <br /> "Now I have a new favourite cosy read to add to my collection." --<em><strong>The Times UK</strong></em>, Children's Book of the Week<br /> <br /> Joy Cowley is one of New Zealand's best-loved writers for children and adults, and her stories are loved around the world. She has won a multitude of awards and honors for her bestselling books, including the Prime Minister's Award for contribution to literature. She was shortlisted for the Hans Christian Andersen Award in 2018.</p> <p>Giselle Clarkson is an illustrator and comic artist based in New Zealand. She illustrated <em>Egg and Spoon: An Illustrated Cookbook </em>by Alexandra Tylee which won the Elsie Locke Award for Non-Fiction at the New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults and <em>The Gobbledegook Book: A Joy Cowley Anthology</em>.<br /> <br /> Praise for <em>The Tiny Woman's Coat</em><br /> An inventive and delightful tale that evokes Thumbelina, The Borrowers, and other beloved wee characters.--<em><strong>Kirkus Reviews<br /> </strong></em></p> <p>"Now I have a new favourite cozy read to add to my collection ... Giselle Clarkson's evocative illustrations tell another story of the powers of collectivism."--<em><strong>The Times</strong></em></p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>I'm a sucker for dark children's books that curdle the blood and chill the marrow bone. Not for me dustjackets iced in pink where the greatest jeopardy is a squashed cake or a stained frock. Yet, quite often, when reading to smallies, especially when the nights are drawing in and the leaves are tumbling down, you want something uncomplicated, something that's just . . . cosy.</p> <p> <em>A House in the Woods</em> by Inga Moore, set in autumn, is my go-to for back-to-school comfort reading. The little pigs must find a way to build a house to fit their friends, bear and moose, as well as themselves. As with all the best projects it ends with an uncomplicated supper, a roaring fire and a bed with an attractive eiderdown.</p> <p> Now I have a new favourite cosy read to add to my collection.</p> <p> Joy Cowley is one of New Zealand's best-loved writers, and with the help of Giselle Clarkson's evocative illustrations she tells another story of the powers of collectivism as a tiny woman, chilly in the autumn wind, tries to make herself a coat.</p> <p> When she puts out a call for cloth, she gets an immediate response. 'You can have our leaves, ' said the autumn trees. Rustle, rustle, rustle.' A grey goose answers her call for scissors (a beak), a porcupine for a needle (a spike), a horse for a thread (a hair from his mane), all told with reassuring repetition and rhythm.</p> <p> Finally, the weeny lady goes out in the heavy rain wearing her golden gabardine: 'She stayed snug as a bug in a rug, with her coat to keep her warm.' We see her smiling contentedly while sharing her blackberries with a snail pal. No hacking autumn cough, no endless Covid tests--just warmth, fruit and friends. Well, we have to have something to aspire to . . .--<em>The Sunday Times</em></p>-- "Newspaper" (9/19/2021 12:00:00 AM)<br><br><p>When a very tiny woman needs a new coat, she gets lots of practical help. </p> <p>She is determined to make the coat but needs tools and supplies. Autumn trees shed their beautiful leaves to provide the coat's cloth. A grey goose uses its beak as scissors to cut the leaves into body and sleeves. A porcupine generously offers a quill as needle. Thread comes from a horse's mane, and wild weeds scatter seeds for buttons. When the coat is complete, it gives her warmth and comfort through cold and storm. With text constructed in a folkloric style, each interaction begins, on one double-page spread, 'The tiny woman wanted a coat, ' followed by the question of where to acquire a needed element. Each donation is offered on the subsequent double-page spread, accompanied by an italicized, expository refrain. 'Rustle, rustle, rustle' say the leaves; 'snip, snip, snip' goes the goose's bill; and the porcupine's quill is 'sharp, sharp, sharp.' Young readers will have fun echoing the repetitive phrases throughout the tale, adding their own voices to the narration. The pale-skinned, redheaded protagonist is indeed tiny, depicted in Clarkson's detailed illustrations as snail-sized, with plants, grasses, and the helpful animals towering over her. Sharp eyes will note the mushroom umbrella that shelters her and her coat from the rainstorm. </p> <p>From New Zealand, an inventive and delightful tale that evokes Thumbelina, the Borrowers, and other beloved wee characters.--<em>Kirkus Reviews</em></p>-- "Journal" (7/27/2021 12:00:00 AM)<br>
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