The Keeping Quilt
The Keeping Quilt by Patricia Polacco
A wonderful picture book about family and connecting generations. The story follows a family through four generations as they come to America from Russia and make the quilt as a way to remember family in the old country. The quilt is part of important events in their lives – engagements, marriages, births and death. I love that Patricia and her children still have a close connection with a quilt that was made by Patricia’s great-grandmother.
I saw Patricia Polacco speak at the DNA Literature Festival presented by the Reading Reptile in Kansas City. She told stories of her family and of the keeping quilt along with showing us the quilt.
