The Patchwork Quilt

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The author of The Patchwork Quilt is Valerie Flournoy and it was illustrated by Jerry Pinkney. It was published by Dial Books for Young Readers in 1985. This fiction book has 29 pages. [1]

Jerry Pinkney is one of America's most admired children's book illustrators. He has won the Caldecott Medal and five Caldecott Honor Medals, five Coretta Scott King Awards, five New York Times Ten Best Illustrated Awards, the Society of Illustrators' Original Art Show Lifetime Achievement Award, and many other prizes and honors. He lives with his wife, author Gloria Jean Pinkney, in Westchester County, New York. [2]

Summary

Twenty years ago Valerie Flournoy and Jerry Pinkney created a warmhearted intergenerational story that became an award-winning perennial. Since then children from all sorts of family situations and configurations continue to be drawn to its portrait of those bonds that create the fabric of family life. [3]

Pros

Madison Daub, as Good Reads' member, rated it four stars because she remember being read to her when she was younger and Ishe remember how much she enjoyed it. Reading this book again as an adult really showed me just how meaningful this book is! She thought this book could be very educational for children and a great was for teachers to teach a lesson about family, diversity and even death. She thought it also handles death in a good way and in a classy manner. All children could get something out of this book. It showed culture with the family and it can be a good lesson for children. The quilt was a gift to the little girl in the story and we all have things in our lives that we treasure like Tanya will treasure the quilt. Something to do in a classroom would be to have each child make a quilt square that defines them and then put them all together to show classroom unity. Megan Johnson also wrote down her opinion to this book, she said it described how different pieces can come together to make something beautiful and describes the importance of family. It also add a different family dynamic with grandma living with her daughter and family. Other member named Bekah spoke about it too, she mention that it was very heartwarming, full of family and love. It also brings appreciation to the memory of older things, and that something isn't old if it is worn out, that just means that it was full of love. The illusrations were beautiful, and the ending was great. Definitely for older kids because of the high word count. [4]

This book tells a story of a family bonding over something. Family is very important to me, so I really enjoyed this book. As an activity to do after reading this book, you could have your students talk about something they do with their families as a way to bond. Tanya, the main character, is an African-American girl participating in an activity with her family. You could use this book to talk with students about their cultures and the traditions they have in their family. The sentences are quite long and the blocks of text are large, which would make this book a better fit for older readers. [1]

From Library Thing sites we could read some positive feedback from the readers about this book. An African-American girl named Tanya and her grandma and a quilt. One day Tanya is sick and cannot go outside to play so she goes to talk to her grandmother and learns about the quilt her grandma is making. Her grandma uses scraps from different pieces of fabric that come from her family to make a quilt. This story could be used to teach about families and traditions. It could also be used to teach that older people have a lot of wisdom they can pass down to the younger generations. The quilt represents unity as a family. The grandma had said that patchwork quilting was a hobby of the past. When Tanya's mom offered to buy her a new quilt, it confirmed grandma's tradition was dying. The fact that Tanya will pass on this family tradition is an important factor that Flournoy was trying to make. Jerry Pinkney's pictures are extremely detailed. From Grandma's gray hair to the diversity in the quilt squares, he was able to give a comfortable, cozy vibe to the story. This book is great for students to understand the importance of family. It can also be used to teach that the nicest things are not always the most important. [5]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 The Patchwork Quilt by Amy DeBoer. Retrieved February 10th, 2021
  2. The Patchwork Quilt. Retrieved February 10th, 2021
  3. The Patchwork Quilt. Retrieved February 10th, 2021
  4. The Patchwork Quilt. Retrieved February 10th, 2021
  5. The Patchwork Quilt by Amy DeBoer. Retrieved February 10th, 2021