Paula's Patches Frann Preston-Gannon lots of flaps

lots of flaps

In this historic moment

Redwood Court is storytelling at its best: tender

Abby has sometimes felt like an outsider within the community

but they’ll have to work together one last time to have any chance of surviving the deadly catastrophe coming for them all

Paula's Patches Frann Preston-Gannon lots of flapsProblem solver Paula patches her pantsand encourages her class to be resourceful, mend, and reuse. Oh, no! While at school, Paula's pants catch on a bush that rips a large hole in her pants. She tries everything to hide the hole from her classmates, only to find out that they, too, have leaky lunchboxes, spaghetti stains, and hand me down backpacks. Nothing some colorful patches can't fix! Children will follow Paula as she feels embarrassed about her