Tiny Woman's Coat

Joy Cowley is one of New Zealand's best-loved writers for children and adults, with an international reputation. She has won a multitude of awards and honours for her bestselling books, including the Prime Ministers Award for contribution to literature. She was shortlisted for the Hans Christian Andersen Award in 2018 and received an New Zealand Arts Foundation Icon award in 2020.Giselle Clarkson is an illustrator and comic artist living in Greytown, New Zealand, who has been shortlisted for the New Zealand Children's Book Awards. She illustrated The Gobbledegook Book by Joy Cowley in 2019 and Egg and Spoon by Alexandra Tylee in 2020.

"Now I have a new favourite cosy read to add to my collection . . . Joy Cowley is one of New Zealand's best-loved writers, and with the help of Giselle Clarkson's evocative illustrations she tells another story of the powers of collectivism as a tiny woman, chilly in the autumn wind, tries to make herself a coat."—The Sunday Times