{"id":5438,"date":"2021-10-12T10:44:39","date_gmt":"2021-10-12T16:44:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=5438"},"modified":"2021-10-12T10:44:39","modified_gmt":"2021-10-12T16:44:39","slug":"the-tiny-womans-coat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=5438","title":{"rendered":"The Tiny Woman’s Coat<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"


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\nHere are some spreads from a lovely import, written by Joy Cowley<\/a><\/strong> and illustrated by Giselle Clarkson<\/a><\/strong>, each from New Zealand. The Tiny Woman’s Coat<\/a><\/em><\/strong> (Gecko Press, October 2021) tells the story of a miniature woman who, with the help of Mother Nature and its inhabitants, builds herself a coat to keep warm. <\/p>\n

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On the first spread, we see the woman shivering. She is so small, the air is cold, and she must be freezing. She needs a coat, but where will she get the cloth? What about scissors? A needle? Some thread? And so on? Well, the autumn trees speak up: They can have her leaves. The grey goose offers up its beak for snipping. The porcupine gives her one of its needles. A friendly horse and some wild wet weeds also lend a hand. Each gift is accompanied by sound effects: The leaves rustle, the goose snips, and the woman goes “stitch, stitch, stitch” as she sews with hair from the horse’s mane. <\/p>\n

The text’s repeated elements are satisfying, and page-turns will delight young readers as they guess which creature or element of nature will next help the woman. It’s a simple and pleasing story, and Clarkson’s relaxed-line illustrations are playful and expressive. She depicts the tiny woman as having elf-like ears and conjures up a beautiful, windswept autumn world. Here are some spreads so that you can see for yourself. <\/p>\n

Don’t let this quiet book pass you by.
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“The tiny woman wanted a coat.
‘Where will I get the cloth?'”<\/em>
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“‘You can have our leaves,’ said the autumn trees.
<\/em>Rustle, rustle, rustle.”<\/em>
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“‘My mane, of course,’ said the friendly horse.
<\/em>Stitch, stitch, stitch.”<\/em>
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“The tiny woman wanted a coat.
‘Where will I get some buttons?'”<\/em>
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“The tiny woman put on her coat and went out into the storm.”<\/em>
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THE TINY WOMAN’S COAT. Text \u00a9 Joy Cowley 1987. Illustrations \u00a9 Giselle Clarkson 2021. Edition \u00a9 Gecko Press 2021. Illustrations reproduced by permission of the publisher, Gecko Press.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  Here are some spreads from a lovely import, written by Joy Cowley and illustrated by Giselle Clarkson, each from New Zealand. The Tiny Woman’s Coat (Gecko Press, October 2021) tells the story of a miniature woman who, with the help of Mother Nature and its inhabitants, builds herself a coat to keep warm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5438","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-picture-books"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5438","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5438"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5438\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5438"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}