The Patchwork Quilt (Picture Puffin Story Books) - Softcover

Flournoy, Valerie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140554335 ISBN 13: 9780140554335

Publisher: Puffin, 1995

Synopsis

Tanya finds her grandmother sitting by the window one day surrounded by pieces of material. Grandma has decided to make herself a patchwork quilt to replace the old one her mother made her. This story covers the progress of the quilt.

About this title

Review:

Pinkney interprets the story with warm family scenes that glow. (Booklist)

This story will leave children moved and satisfied. (School Library Journal, starred review)

Pinkney interprets the story with warm family scenes that glow. (Booklist)

About the Author:

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. Recently a member of the National Council of the Arts and inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, he has also served on the U.S. Postal Service Citizens Stamp Advisory Committee. His artwork has been exhibited in galleries and museums throughout the country, including the Art Institute of Chicago, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Schomburg Center, and the Norman Rockwell Museum. Jerry Pinkney lives with his wife, author Gloria Jean Pinkney, in Westchester County, New York.

About this edition

• Publisher: Puffin
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0140554335
• ISBN 13: 9780140554335
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Pinkney J.