I enjoy reading this story to my own children and my class. It is a light-hearted story about the friendship between an Elder named Mary, and a young boy. The book details how their friendship blossoms with Mary teaching the young boy many things and the young boy wanting to repay her for this gift by buying her a Christmas gift. When teaching Reading Powers by Adrienne Gear I use this book to emphasize the reading power of Transform.
Reference:
Eyvindson, Peter. (1996). Red Parka Mary. Winnipeg, Manitoba: Pemmican Publications Inc.