The Name Quilt (Farrar, Straus & Giroux)

By Phyllis Root

Book Overview

A family history in patches and stories Summer evenings at Grandma's house always end just the way Sadie likes with Grandma tucking her in with the name quilt. As Sadie chooses from among the patchwork of hand-stitched names of generations of relatives, Grandma tells story after story stories of hog-riding and hornets and Grandma's own wedding. Then one summer day, a fierce storm comes on too quickly to get the washing off the line, and the quilt is blown away. That night, Sadie worries that more than just the quilt has disappeared, until Grandma shows her that all her favorite names and stories are more a part of Sadie than she knows. Phyllis Root's loving tribute to a bedtime ritual from her own childhood and Margot Apple's intricate illustrations bring the story of Sadie and the name quilt to the page with just the right touch of humor and heart. ? The Name Quilt is a 2004 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0374354847
• ISBN13: 9780374354848
• Release Date: April 2003
• Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux
• Length: 1 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 9.1" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

The Name Quilt By Phyllis Root

This was a very good book and would be wonderful for a class or a child that will be sewing a quilt for the first time

Quilt book

An excellent read-aloud story for children. The text tells how quilts told stories and how the first quilts were made from materials at hand. This is an excellent book to read if you were planning on designing a quilt, real with cloth or with paper blocks, with younger children. The pictures are very well done with great colors.