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Author: Valerie Flournoy
Illustrator: Jerry Pinkney
Publisher: Dial Books for Young Readers
Narrated by: Isabel Sanford
Description: THE PATCHWORK QUILT tells the story of a young girl who learns the secret ingredient in her Grandma's special quilt of memories. LeVar discovers kids learning to make their own brightly-colored patchwork quilts at the Boston Children's Museum, a hands-on museum where folk traditions are kept alive.
Activity Suggestion: Classification skills can be learned by looking closely at lots of different fabrics. Have students sort fabric swatches according to the design and/or pattern in boxes labeled polka dots, prints, stripes, plaids and others.
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