the purple coat
every year in the fall gabrielle gets a new coat . and every year her coat looks the same navy blue with two rows of buttons and a half belt in the back . but this year gabrielle wants something different a purple coat . br purple mama laughs . but gabrielle is quite serious . br alone with grampa in his cozy tailor shop gabrielle does some fast talking . still even grampa is dubious . his solution makes the purple coat a very special book just right for every child who has ever wanted to try something different .
despite her mothers reminder that navy blue is what you always get gabby begs her tailor grandfather to make her a beautiful purple fall coat .