Storybook Quilts
The Keeping Quilt
by
Patricia Polacco
The author with her childhood quilt, made from her own family's clothing, brought from Russia
Synopsis: A Russian immigrant family arrives in America, and the mother decides to make a quilt from clothes belonging to relatives in the old country. She tells her daughter, "It's like having the family back home in Russia dance around us at night." The quilt is passed down from mother to daughter, for four generations, bespeaking of a family's love, faith, and endurance.
Discussion Topics: History, immigration, inter-generational bonds, geneology, traditions, cultural differences
Additional Resources: Author's website
Made by: Kathy Abouhalka
