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.

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Bibliographic Details
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.
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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 was one of America's most acclaimed illustrators. He won the Caldecott Medal, five Caldecott Honors, five Coretta Scott King Awards, five Coretta Scott King Honors, five New York Times Best Illustrated Awards, the Coretta Scott King-Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement, the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award, the Society of Illustrators' Original Art Show Lifetime Achievement Award, and many other prizes and honors. His long list of celebrated titles includes Mirandy and Brother Wind, The Little Red Hen, The Little Match Girl, and The Lion & The Mouse . His family includes a number of acclaimed children's book creators: his son, artist Brian Pinkney; his daughter-in-law, author and children's book editor Andrea Davis Pinkney; and his granddaughter, author-illustrator Charnelle Pinkney Barlow.