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The patchwork quilt

Using scraps cut from the family's old clothing, Tanya helps her grandmother and mother make a beautiful quilt that tells the story of her family's life.

Main Author:	Flournoy, Valerie, 1952-
Other Authors:	Pinkney, Jerry. (Illustrator)
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, c1985.
Edition:	1st ed.
Subjects:	Quilting > Juvenile fiction. Grandmothers > Juvenile fiction. Family life > Juvenile fiction. African Americans > Juvenile fiction.

Summary:	Using scraps cut from the family's old clothing, Tanya helps her grandmother and mother make a beautiful quilt that tells the story of her family's life.
Physical Description:	[32] p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm.
ISBN:	0803700970 0803700989 (lib. bdg.)
Author Notes:	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.

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