BUYING ADVISORY: EL (K-3) ADVISABLE
APPEALS TO: SEVERAL
A beautiful quilt is created as generation after generation, each and every woman in this family creates a quilt block representative of different members of the family. Whether a block with beautiful tomatoes from an aunt's garden, or a paint palette representing great-aunt Lola's amazing landscapes on canvas, all the quilt blocks tell a specific and special story. The final quilt block completed represents what family means to the seamstress. There is one block left unfinished for future quilters to complete.
This sweet book can be used in a classroom on a unit on family traditions, sewing appliqué style, and career choices with gender diversity. The bright, bold colors on each page draw the reader into this sweet story. I loved that the typical female tradition was carried on by surprise posterity. The illustrations are very detailed and will lend to many hours of conversation and perhaps spark childhood stories from one generation to the next. Although sewing/quilting tends to be completed by women, the surprise ending lends to gender diversity.
S. Lewis
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