The Quilt Maker's Gift

by Jeff Brumbeau

Other authorsGail De Marcken (Illustrator)

Hardcover, 2000

Call number

E B

Publication

Pfeifer-Hamilton Publishers (2000), Edition: Third Edition

Description

When a generous quiltmaker finally agrees to make a quilt for a greedy king but only under certain conditions, she causes him to undergo a change of heart.

Subjects

Generosity Fiction

Kings, queens, rulers, etc. Fiction

Quiltmakers Fiction

User reviews

LibraryThing member LeesyLou

Amid incredibly rich illustration and traditional pieced quilts, a spoiled king learns the meaning of wealth from a quiltmaker who lives to give to others. When he learns the joy of giving, and the difference between human needs and personal desires, the king gains in wisdom, dignity, and authority

as he never could from the comforts of his own palace and might.

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LibraryThing member Cottonwood.School

When a generous quiltmaker finally agrees to make a quilt for a greedy king, but only under certain conditions, she causes him to undergo a change of heart.

LibraryThing member pkb

Given to my girls by their Aunt Yvonne, a quilter!

LibraryThing member sonyagreen

The truth behind this story is that giving is better for your happiness than taking. The story itself is full of fantastic read-out-loud folkloric vignettes and written in such a way that makes me feel like a storyteller.

The illustrations are incredibly rich and unlike most of the time, are as

beautiful as I imagine them. There is a lot of detail, something that children can spend time looking at.

This is also a fantastic gift for quilters. Knowing how much time goes into a hand-made quilt, it's a good way to show that the creation is understood to be greater than the fabric its made from.

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LibraryThing member RylandGalen

This is a book about a lot a lot of quilts. At this time there is a very powerful king. He does not want to give away anything, he just takes things. He puts the quiltmaker on an island because she will not give her quilt to him because she only gives quilts to the poor. Then the king decides that

he will give away all his wonderful things. The first thing he gives away was a marble and the boy who received it loved it. Then he gave away alot of clothes - the people who got them loved it. They even went on a parade down the street. I liked it because it has very good pictures and the cover is a thing with a lot of patterns and on the other side it says there are 200 quilt patterns and you have to find them in the picture. By Galen, age 6.

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LibraryThing member weeksie50

This book will always be near and dear to my heart because my grandmother, a quilter gave it to me.

The illustrations are absolutely beautiful as well as the story line.

I love how the selfish king has a change of heart.

LibraryThing member ahauze

A beautiful story with a beautiful message about generosity.

LibraryThing member 3wheeledlibrarian

I first read this book with my daughter, maybe 10 years ago. I promptly bought copies for everyone I could think of, every time one of the children in the neighborhood had a birthday. Rereading it this morning I am still stunned by it. A good moment to meditate on the essential truth that things

won't make me happy. What sends me over the moon is when I get a chance to help someone, thanks to my quirky gifts.

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LibraryThing member JaclynPoe

This book fully encompasses the spirit and joy of giving. It would be best to introduce this book to a class at anytime of the year, but especially around the holidays when many children are only thinking of themselves. This book would be great to share with children in K, all the way to 6th grade,

because it teaches a child, that it is truly better to give than to receive.

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LibraryThing member HeatherSilva

This is a great book to teach about greediness and giving to people you have less than you. It is important that in a classroom community everyone shares and gives when students need assistance. This could potentially be a good book to read when students are having a difficult time with sharing

especially with younger students.

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LibraryThing member ashbrau

Might be a nice winter holiday story; very traditional seeming; themes of giving and receiving, sharing with the poor, philanthropy, moral growth

LibraryThing member jbarr5

The quilt maker's gift
Audio children's book about a woman who was a quilter. She made the prettiest ones of all.
Blue came from the ocean, white from snow, green/purple from flowers, other colors from sunsets.
Magic in her fingers....others say the quilts came from angels when they fell off their

shoulders...
she also brought them to the homeless and she'd start a new one the next day. King is greedy not only having his birthday 2x a year but he wants everybody's gifts.
He wants to smile, he looks for a special item...she gives him a selection and choices....
I received this book from National Library Service for my BARD (Braille Audio Reading Device).

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LibraryThing member Cheryl_in_CC_NV

Gorgeous pictures. If my eyes were stronger I would have spent at least an hour examining all the details in them. I certainly did enjoy the larger ones, for example the soldiers in their pajamas. And I could see some of the little stories in the panels, for example when the king spends a sleepless

fretful night because 'although [he] was very good at being greedy, he was very bad at being mean.' Yes of course this is a fable with a lesson, but it's effective and charming, not preachy.

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LibraryThing member Adrinnon

There is a greedy, unhappy king who has demanded everyone in the kingdom to give him gifts. He discovers he has not been given a quilt from the magical quilt maker. She tells the king that she only make her quilts for the poor and needy. The king tries to force her to give him a quilt, but she does

not give in. She demands him to give away all his possessions, and for each present she will add another square. The king discovers true happiness in giving away his possessions, because of the joy it brings to the people. GENRE: fantasy USES: teaching generosity. MEDIA: watercolor.

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LibraryThing member SabraR

The Quiltmakers Gift is a beautiful story that talks about greed and giving to others. There once lived an old quilt makers that lived in the mountains that made quilts for the poor. People in the town said her quilts were magic and once the greedy king heard about the quilt he demanded that she

makes one for him. The king had every toy imaginable but he still wasn't happy, when the quilt makers told him she wouldn't make one for him he began to get very angry. She made a deal with him that if he gave away all of his things she would make him a quilt. Now at first the king said no and put her in a cave, but the king was having second thoughts about putting her in a cave so he kept moving her to places. He finally gave up and started to give away his things and when the quilt maker saw that she began making his magical quilt. Once he had nothing he realized how happy he was and even forgot about the quilt. But she stayed true to her word and gave him his quilt which made him feel even happier with life even though he had nothing. This is a good folktale book because it has a good life lesson of greed and how objects don't equal happiness.

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LibraryThing member LibrarianRyan

This book may be a little long, but the story is heartfelt. It is about a selfish king who wants presents and gifts from everybody. The one present he can’t have is a quilt from the lady in the mountains. She only makes quilts for people who can’t afford them. She tells the king give of

yourself and I will make you a quilt. The king will not do this. Instead, he punishes the old lady and in turn just punishes himself. This book does have a happy ending and is simply lovely. The illustrations are classic, and so is the story. I see this book being handed down from “maker to “maker as they share the love conjunctions.

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