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Publication
Cobblehill Books/Dutton (1989), Edition: 1st, Hardcover, 60 pages
Description
Worried that the coming of a new baby and her grandmother's serious illness will change the warm familiar life on her family's Vermont farm, ten-year-old Ariel combines her artistic talent with her grandmother's knowledge to make a very special quilt.
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LibraryThing member vpfluke
This is a good story of a young girl growing into life, growing up on a Vermont farm. Ariel sees migrating geese flying over, and is encouraged by her grandmother to draw them. A quilt is conceived. Then her mother becomes pregnant and her grandmother has a stroke. The story works its way to a
The illustrations are very good. I checked the book out so I could develop some appreciation for Leslie Bowman's artistry. She has an ethereal-looking line, all in black and white with an almost elusive gray. The appearance of the special quilt is left to the imagination.
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satisfactory conclusion. The illustrations are very good. I checked the book out so I could develop some appreciation for Leslie Bowman's artistry. She has an ethereal-looking line, all in black and white with an almost elusive gray. The appearance of the special quilt is left to the imagination.
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LibraryThing member SamanthaMulkey
This is a really interesting book about a young girl and her interests, and tragedies that strike her life. This book has some sad parts, but overall it is a very sweet story. I also liked that it still had some pictures in it, it helped bring the story to life.
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Awards
Nebraska Golden Sower Award (Nominee — 1992)
Wyoming Indian Paintbrush Award (Nominee — 1991)
Massachusetts Children's Book Award (Nominee — 1996)
Sequoyah Book Award (Nominee — Children's — 1992)
Utah Beehive Book Award (Nominee — Children's Fiction — 1992)
Charlie May Simon Children's Book Award (Nominee — 1992)
William Allen White Children's Book Award (Nominee — 1991-1992)
Vermont Golden Dome Book Award (Nominee)
Sunshine State Young Reader's Award (Nominee — 1992)
Great Reads from Great Places (Vermont — 2012)
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Physical description
60 p.; 5 inches
ISBN
0525650040 / 9780525650041