In this charming historical novel, acclaimed artist Lauren A. Mills
reimagines her beloved picture book, The Rag Coat, with fifty delicate
pencil illustrations and an expanded story about a resilient little
girl, her patchwork coat, and how the two bring a community together.
Minna and her family don't have much in their small Appalachian cabin,
but "people only need people," Papa always reminds her. Unable to afford
a winter coat to wear to school, she's forced to use an old feed sack to
keep her warm. Then Papa's terrible cough from working in the coal mines
takes him away forever, and Minna has a hard time believing that
anything will be right again...until her neighbors work tirelessly to
create a coat for her out of old fabric scraps. Now Minna must show her
teasing classmates that her coat is more than just rags--it's a
collection of their own cherished memories, each with a story to share.