{"product_id":"the-purple-puffy-coatisbn-9781536204971","title":"The Purple Puffy Coat","description":"\u003cb\u003eBeetle gives Stick Bug an attention-grabbing coat for his birthday—but is that what Stick Bug really wants? A delightful story about friends learning to understand each other.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt’s almost Stick Bug’s birthday, and his fashionable friend Beetle can’t wait to give him his present—a purple puffy coat! The coat draws a lot of attention and makes Stick Bug really stick out in the crowd. Beetle thinks that’s terrific! He brings Stick Bug all over town, happily boasting and bragging (while Stick Bug waits behind a tree, in a pile of leaves, or under a bench). Oh, dear—maybe Stick Bug isn’t as wild about the purple puffy coat as Beetle is! What can the two friends do? Charming illustrations bring to life both characters’ endearing struggles in this warm and humorous story about learning to pay attention to what makes your friend happy rather than what makes \u003ci\u003eyou\u003c\/i\u003e happy.Boelts’s energetic text and Duncan’s comical, delicate illustrations, showing a thoroughly embarrassed Stick Bug and a delighted Beetle, combine to make this picture book a silly treat that will have readers giggling and pointing while learning valuable social-emotional lessons about personalities and relationships. Delightfully funny and warm.\u003cbr\u003e—Kirkus Reviews\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSquat, mustachioed Beetle makes a humorous counterpart to slender, bespectacled Stick Bug, and the addition of the voluminous purple coat to the latter’s stickly form is especially amusing. It’s clear no misbegotten coat will come between the two antennaed friends, and a quick repurposing by Stick Bug allows them both to enjoy it.\u003cbr\u003e—Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books\u003cb\u003eMaribeth Boelts\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of many books for young readers, including \u003ci\u003eThose Shoes\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA Bike Like Sergio’s\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eboth illustrated by Noah Z. Jones;\u003ci\u003e Happy Like Soccer,\u003c\/i\u003e illustrated by Lauren Castillo; and \u003ci\u003eKaia and the Bees\u003c\/i\u003e, illustrated by Angela Dominguez. Maribeth Boelts lives in Iowa.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDaniel Duncan \u003c\/b\u003eis the author-illustrator of the picture book\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eSouth\u003c\/i\u003e and the illustrator of \u003ci\u003eMr. Posey’s New Glasses,\u003c\/i\u003e written by Ted Kooser, among other books for children. Daniel Duncan lives outside London.","brand":"Candlewick","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46303029854437,"sku":"NP9781536204971","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781536204971.jpg?v=1730752805","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-purple-puffy-coatisbn-9781536204971","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}