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Format: Quality Paperback
Publisher: Puffin Books
Published: Oct 2000
Genre: Children & Young Adults Fiction - Family - Multigenerational
Retail Price: $5.99
Ages: 08 - 12 Pages: 60
With Grandma's support and understanding, Ariel learns to accept the news of a new baby in the family. Together, they plan to make a beautiful quilt as a special gift for the baby. But when Grandma has a stroke, Ariel is lost and afraid. This touching portrait of the warmth and love of family has been a favorite of young readers for ten years.
'A small gem of a book, a beautifully written, engaging celebration of life, love, self-discovery, and the cycles of nature.' -School Library Journal, starred review
Awards for The Canada Geese Quilt:
( An ALA Notable Book
( An NCSS-CBC Notable Children's Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies
( A Booklist Editors' Choice Book
( New York Public Library '100 Titles for Reading and Sharing