# The Purple Puffy Coat - Hardcover

by **Maribeth Boelts** (Author), **Daniel Duncan** (Illustrator)

**Beetle 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.**

It'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 _you_ happy.

### Author Biography

**Maribeth Boelts** is the author of many books for young readers, including _Those Shoes_ and _A Bike Like Sergio's_, both illustrated by Noah Z. Jones; _Happy Like Soccer,_ illustrated by Lauren Castillo; and _Kaia and the Bees_, illustrated by Angela Dominguez. Maribeth Boelts lives in Iowa.

**Daniel Duncan** is the author-illustrator of the picture book _South_ and the illustrator of _Mr. Posey's New Glasses,_ written by Ted Kooser, among other books for children. Daniel Duncan lives outside London.

**Number of Pages:** 32

**Dimensions:** 0.4 x 11.1 x 9 IN

**Illustrated:** Yes

**Publication Date:** November 10, 2020

**Accelerated Reader:**

**Quiz Name:** Purple Puffy Coat

**Interest Level:** Lower Grades, K-3

**Reading Level:** 2.9

**Point Value:** 0.5

## Details

- **Price:** 17.99 USD
- **Vendor:** Books by splitShops
- **Type:** Books
- **Tags:** Books by splitShops, Shopify Collective

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