Brass Button

by Crescent Dragonwagon

Unbeknownst to its owner, Mrs. Moffat's new red coat loses a brass button, and the button begins a long journey around the neighborhood, from bushes to birds' nests, before it is returned to Mrs. Moffat.

Genres: Picture Books

40 pages, Hardcover

First published May 1, 1997

About the author

Crescent Dragonwagon is the daughter of the writers Charlotte Zolotow and the late Hollywood biographer Maurice Zolotow. She is the author of 40 published books, including cookbooks, children's books, and novels. With her late husband, Ned Shank, Crescent owned the award-winning Dairy Hollow House, a country inn and restaurant in Eureka Springs, Arkansas, for eighteen years. She teaches writing coast to coast and is the co-founder (with Ned) of the non-profit Writers' Colony at Dairy Hollow.

Reviews

[Shelli · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book could easily be made into a movie. The unexpected way several people and their stories are woven together, by the accidental and unknowing passing of a large brass button, was told beautifully. The illustrations themselves could be called fantastically detailed story boards. Crescent Dragonwagon you need to submit this book to the powers that make movies happen.

[Gabe · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great story!