Patchwork Island
| Title: | Patchwork Island |
| Author: | Karla Kuskin |
| Illustrated by: | Petra Mathers |
| Quiltmaker: | Ginette Collins |
| PDF Lesson Plan: | Click for PDF of Lesson |
| Images: |  Click to enlarge quilt  |
| ISBN: | 0-06-021242-X |
| Synopsis: | This place began with yellow, blues, red, and needles, scissors, and thread. The green for leaves and fields, blue water, and the red that shades to brown. For roads that wander down green valleys. Come see what I have made. A patchwork island cut and sewed for you. At night, we’ll use it as a quilt to cover you. |
| Concepts for Discussion: | Loving mother pieces together her baby quilt |
| Questions for Discussion: | 1. This place begins with yellow, green, and blue. Why? 2. The place begins with needles, scissors, and thread. Why? 3. The green for leaves, fields, blue water and the red that shades to brown. Why? 4. A patchwork island, a place to play, and a long summer – why? 5. At night we’ll use it as a quilt. Why? |
| Recommended Web Links: | http://www.karlakuskin.net/ http://eclipse.rutgers.edu/petra/interview.jsp |
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