The Quilt Story (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition) (original 1985; edition 1996)

by Tony Johnston (Author), Tomie De Paola (Illustrator)

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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.

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Member:	michenerart
Title:	The Quilt Story (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition)
Authors:	Tony Johnston (Author)
Other authors:	Tomie De Paola (Illustrator)
Info:	Turtleback (1996), 32 pages
Collections:	Family Education Center
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When a little girl moves many miles from her previous home, she is exceedingly lonely. Living across the American plains is an entirely different lifestyle and she finds solace in quilting. It helps to work on something that resurrects her many memories before finding new friendss while missing the prevous ones. She rediscovers her previous quilt, and together she and her mother mend the patterns of sun and a life that made her very happy

Whisper1 | Jun 23, 2023 |

This is the story of two girls one from pioneer days, the other from modern times who share the same quilt.

NMiller22 | Jul 20, 2019 |

"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." This story tells how a quilt comforts multiple generations.

KimHoffmann | Jul 15, 2017 |

a girl gets a quilt and she carries it around all the place but eventually the quilt gets old and gross. so her mom fixes it. the family moves but the little girl has her quilt to make her feel better.
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TUCC | Nov 18, 2016 |

Story about two girls, one from pioneer daysk one from modern times, who share the same quilt.

wichitafriendsschool | Mar 25, 2016 |

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Tony Johnston	—	primary author	all editions	calculated
DePaola, Tomie	Illustrator	secondary author	all editions	confirmed

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The Quilt Story

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1985

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For Ann Doherty Johnson, who taught me the joy of quilting - TJ

For Nannie, Jill and Becca - TDeP

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A little girl's mother made the quilt to keep her warm when the snow came down, long ago.

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