cover image The Hungry Coat: A Tale from Turkey

The Hungry Coat: A Tale from Turkey

Demi. Margaret K. McElderry Books, $19.95 (40pp) ISBN 978-0-689-84680-9

Demi's latest folktale, The Hungry Coat: A Tale from Turkey, touched with gold foil, celebrates that nation's aesthetic with a story revolving around a wise man, Nasrettin Hoca. On his way to a dinner at the home of a rich friend, Nasrettin stops to help capture a runaway goat and has no time to change before the dinner; there his fellow diners reject him because of his appearance. When he returns dressed finely, they welcome him, and the hero uses the opportunity to teach them a lesson about the source of a man's true character.