• The Quiltmaker’s Gift
  by Jeff Brumbeau
  Pfeifer-Hamilton, Inc. 1999
  E Bru
  When a generous quiltmaker finally agrees to make a quilt for a greedy king, but only under certain conditions, she causes him to undergo a change of heart.
  
• Sam Johnson and the Blue Ribbon Quilt
  by Lisa Campbell Ernst Lothrop
  Lee and Shepard Books, 1983
  E Ern
  While mending the awning over the pig pen, Sam discovers that he enjoys putting the various patches together, but meets with scorn and ridicule when he asks his wife if he could join her quilting club. 
  
• Luka’s Quilt
  by Georgia Guback
  Greenwillow Books, 1994
  E Glu
  When Luka’s Grandmother makes a traditional Hawaiian quilt for her, she and Luka disagree over the colors it should be.
  
• Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt
  by Deborah Hopkinson
  Knopf, 1993
  E Hop
  A young slave stitches a quilt with a map pattern which guides her to freedom in the North.
  
• The Quilt Story
  by Tony Johnston
  G.P. Putnam Sons , 1984
  E Joh
  A pioneer mother lovingly stitches a beautiful quilt which warms and comforts her daughter Abigail: many years later another mother mends and patches it for her little girl.
  
• The Canada Geese Quilt
  by Natalie Kinsey-Warnock
  Cobblehill Books, 1989
  + Kin
  Worried that the coming of a new baby and her grandmother’s serious illness will change the warm familiar life on her family’s Vermont farm, ten year old Arial combines her artistic talent with her grandmother’s knowledge to make a very special quilt.
  
• No Dragons on My Quilt
  by Jean Laury
  American Quilter’s Society, 1990
  E Lau
  When Benjamin is afraid to go to bed by himself, he is comforted by the special quilt his grandmother makes for him.  Includes instructions and patterns for making the quilt featured in the story.
  
• The Keeping Quilt
  by Patricia Polacco
  Simon and Schuster Books, 1988
  E Pol
  A homemade quilt ties the lives of four generations of an immigrant Jewish family, remaining a symbol of their enduring love and faith.
  
• The Spinner’s Gift: a Tale
  by Gail Radley
  North-South Books, 1994
  E RadRelates how the queen’s beautiful dress eventually became a quilt for her baby granddaughter.
  
• A Stitch in Time
  by Ann Rinaldi
  Scholastic, 1994
  YA Rin
  (Quilt Trilogy) Shortly after the War of Independence , Hannah sees her family being torn apart by old secrets and new developments, as her sister resolves to marry a sea captain and other siblings prepare to help start a new town in the Northwestern Territory.
  
• Broken Days
  by Ann Rinaldi
  Scholastic, 1995
  YA Rin
  (Quilt Triology)In 1811, life with her Aunt Hannah in Salem, Mass. becomes even more difficult for 14 year old Ebie with the arrival of a half-Indian girl who claims to be the daughter of Hannah’s sister, Thankful. 
  
• The Blue Door
  by Ann Rinaldi
  Scholastic, 1996
  YA Rin
  When her grandmother sends her alone on a difficult journey up North, fourteen year old Amanda encounters the exploitation of women in textile mills. 
  
• Tar Beach
  by Faith Ringgold
  Crown Publishers, 1991
  E Rin
  A young girl dreams of flying above her Harlem home, claiming she sees for her herself and her family. Based on the author’s quilt painting of the same name. 
  
• Poppleton Has Fun
  by Cynthia Rylant
  Blue Sky Press, 2000
  E Ryl
  Poppleton goes to a movie alone, makes a quilt with friends and ends up eating a banana split instead of taking a bath.
  
• Before I was Born
  by Harriet Ziefert
  Knopf, 1989
  E Zie
  A child relates how Papa built a cradle and Mama made a quilt in preparation for the birth of their baby.

• With Needle and Thread: a Book About Quilts
  by Raymond Bial
  Houghton Mifflin, 1996
  + 760 Lyo
  Examines quilts and quiltmaking as an artistic expression, handed down though generations of women.
  
  
• The Quilt-Block History of Pioneer Days with Projects Kids Can Make
  by Mary Cobb
  Millbrook Press, 1995
  + 746.97 Cob
  Brightly illustrated book shows how traditional American quilt-block designs tell the story of pioneer days, when designs were created to reflect daily life and special events. Includes projects.

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