This is a great resource to use during Women's History Month (March) and while studying immigration. 3fTHE QUILT IS MADE When Great-Gramma Anna moves from Russia to New York City, she makes a quilt to remember her family in the homeland. The quilt connects Anna and her family to their past, to their culture, and to one another. The Keeping Quilt Name of Book: The Keeping Quilt Author: Patricia Polacco Illustrator: Patricia Polacco Publisher: Aladdin Paperbacks ISBN: 9780689844478 Audience: 4-8, though this book would be useful for adults in a congregation that is facing significant internal changes. The resources and activities suggested here will help students to enjoy and learn from this story. When the quilt is used at Anna's wedding, a tradition begins. This anniversary edition includes fifteen pages of original material describing the quilt’s journey and its home at the Mazza Museum in Findley, Ohio. The Keeping Quilt is a multi-generational story that follows a beloved quilt from one family member to another. In strongly moving pictures that are as heartwarming as they are real, Patricia Polacco tells the story of her own family and the quilt’s further story that remains a symbol of their enduring love and faith. For four generations the quilt is a Sabbath tablecloth, a wedding canopy, and a blanket that welcomes babies warmly into the world. The Keeping Quilt wraps around readers like a warm blanket. From a basket of old clothes, Anna’s babushka, Uncle Vladimir’s shirt, Aunt Havalah’s nightdress, and an apron of Aunt Natasha’s become The Keeping Quilt, passed along from mother to daughter for almost a century. For me, this book shows Patricia Polacco at. First made from the clothing scraps of Russian Jewish immigrants, the quilt is passed down from woman to daughter and follows each woman as she is born, leaves home, gets married, and dies.

“It will be like having the family in backhome Russia dance around us at night.”Īnd so it was. 'Patricia Polacco tells her maternal family's history through the story of a handmade quilt. “We will make a quilt to help us always remember home,” Anna’s mother said. This 25th anniversary edition of a beloved and bestselling classic about family and tradition includes fifteen pages of bonus material.

The keeping quilt book