Minna's papa died from working in the coal mines, and now she can't afford a winter coat to wear to school. When friends and neighbors make one from their fabric scraps, her classmates tease her about her rags--until she reminds them that her coat contains pieces of clothing that were once important to each of them; it's the stories they share that have turned her rags into a treasure.

 

This book has been graded for interest at 12+ years.

There are 288 pages in this book. This book was published 2016 by Little, Brown & Company .

Lauren A. Mills is the award-winning author and illustrator of The Rag Coat and The Goblin Baby and has retold and illustrated Thumbelina , Tatterhood and the Hobgoblins , and The Book of Little Folk . She is also the co-author of Fairy Wings , Fia and the Imp , and The Dog Prince .