The Yellow Coat | Christina Montano

$21.95

Inspired by a true story and beautifully illustrated by Adé Van Duyn, this picture book features large colorful pictures that include amusing depictions of the family cat, as well as those of a curious little mouse.

In the story, the boy loves his yellow coat so much that he takes it off only when he goes to bed.

One night he has a strange dream and awakens to discover that his mother is downstairs at her sewing machine, altering the coat to fit his growing body.

Written by Christina Montano
Illustrated by Adé Van Duyn
Format: Hardcover Picture Book
Length: 32 pages
Publication Date: 2013
ISBN: 9780989428903

Located at the Center for Maine Craft in West Gardiner.

9 in stock

Christina Montano is a healer, writer, and filmmaker. She has a masters degree in Holistic Living and is the mother of four children. Over the years Ms. Montano has read thousands of children’s books and decided to finally write one of her own. The Yellow Coat is inspired by a true story that took place many years ago. Christina lives with her family, in a house with a red roof, on the coast of Maine. This is her first book.

Adé Van Duyn studied Art in Holland. She received her Art teacher’s degree from Koninklijke Academie van Beeldende Kunsten, Den Haag (The Royal Academy of Art, The Hague.) She has taught art to children in public and private schools in both Europe and the U.S. Ms. van Duyn also raised her own four children amidst creative, fun activities such as painting, drawing, sculpture, stained glass, mosaics, and papier-mâché. As an artist her favorite media are pen and ink and watercolor. Ms. van Duyn lives in southern Connecticut.

Shipping Measurements

Weight 0.5 lbs
Dimensions 13 × 11 × .5 in