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amyinthewind's review against another edition
4.0
This is the story of how Anna & her mother get a new coat for Anna, though they are poor and living in a post WWII world. Anna's mother trades valuable items with the sheep farmer for wool, the spinner, the weaver, and the tailor. Anna's mother dyes the yarn herself with cranberries. The book carries the reader through the seasons (it takes a year for the coat to be finished), the process of making a coat, and all the way through to a Christmas celebration filled with gratitude and good neighbors.
rachelm31f6b's review
5.0
I really liked this book. It was a good way to look at the post war through the eyes of a child. Her mom went to great lengths to get her a new coat and everyone pitched in to help. Her mother traded items to the others so they would be able to work.
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