This is a great family story to read to children, they all need to know their heritages and where they come from. Great book to read to anybody!

Like most Polacco books, I loved this. Her stories really bring to life multiple lessons that apply to children and that they can understand. ( )

Patricia's great-grandma Anna moved to the US from Russia a very long time ago. When she moved here, she came in her Russian clothes: a babushka and a dress. When the clothes became too small her mother took them. She cut them and toher items from the family to make a quilt. When great-grandma Anna was married, she married under the quilt. When grandma Carle was born, she was wrapped in the quilt. Grandma Carle was married under the quilt. Patricia's mother, Marry Ellen was born and wrapped in the quilt. When Patricia's mother Marry Ellen married, she married under the quilt. Now when Patricia was born, she was also wrapped in the quilt. The quilt lasted through four generations of women of and will now move to Tracy denise: Patricia's daughter who was also wrapped in the quilt. Tradition was and still is very important to family. Patricia's family cherished the quilt for years and years.

This book would be a good introduction to immigration, culture (Russian) and religious practices (Jewish). Since the book follows four different generations, it is a good way to study families and how times have changed.

I enjoyed reading "The Keeping Quilt". This book should be ready to fourth, fifth, and sixth graders. This book has a more difficult plot and moral to follow. The book is about a family who comes from Russia and they have nothing left from Russia. So to be able to remeber Russia they take things such as a dress, apron, and an old shit and they cut it up to make a quilt. The quilt is then passed on from family to family and generation to generation to rember were the family came from. I think that this book teaches a wonderful lesson on valuing you family and their history. ( )