Today is World Read Aloud Day! With that in mind, I thought I'd show you my favorite quilt-related books for children. Take a moment to snuggle up in a quilt and read one or more of these to a child. Share with them your love of quilting AND reading! Most of these books should be available at your local public library. All of them are short pictures books except for Sandra Dallas' first children's book, The Quilt Walk, which is a chapter book.
You might also enjoy reading my previous blog post:
http://www.starwoodquilter.blogspot.com/2013/03/march-wind-quilt-block.html
Here is a link to a new kid's book about quilting that Dennis McGregor is putting out. http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dennismcgregorsbook/dream-again-childrens-book?ref=live
ReplyDeleteThanks for telling us about it, Janet!
DeleteA few of those I own, the rest will go on my wish list. Thanks!
ReplyDeletePeople might be unfamiliar with The Bedspread, but those who both quilt and have a sister will especially love it. One of my sisters gave it to me, with the inscription, "To Maude from Amelia." You will have to read the book to understand the inscription!
DeleteI LOVE children's books, even though I don't have any children around to read to. So I read them to myself! I have four of the six books mentioned!!
ReplyDeleteI'm with you, June! Fortunately, I'm a reading teacher at an elementary school, so I can justify buying children's books. A well-written children's book appeals to people of all ages, in my opinion, and is just as difficult to write as an adult novel. With only 32 pages, each word has to count.
DeleteI wasn't aware of these books, but I will be getting them for sure! It won't be long before my granddaughter will be able to sit in my lap and here about quilts!! Definitely going on my wish list!!! Thanks for sharing!!
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I think you and your granddaughter will really enjoy these. How fun for both of you!
DeleteAs a retired librarian, I can vouch for these as being excellent reads for children. Kudos for posting them. While I was basically an adult services librarian, I, too, have always loved reading children's books. The Ann of Green Gables series and Little Women series (the classics version), not to mention the Grimm's Fairy Tales are my favorites. I'm glad to see more contemporary themes becoming popular, but I hate to see the old classics fall to the wayside.
ReplyDeleteI love both the Ann of Green Gables series and the Little Women series. My sons and I even took a trip one year to Prince Edward Island and toured the Haunted Woods as well as the Green Gable house and had some Raspberry Cordial! The boys in my 5th grade boys' book club absolutely love the Great Illustrated Classics series. We started with Journey to the Center of the Earth, then read War of the Worlds. We're reading The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes next. They don't want to read anything else!
DeleteGood for you and your 5th graders. I'm so happy to hear this. What about Little Men and the Jo's Boys sequel? I just read them for the first time about 3 years ago and hated to see the series end. I always watch the Anne of Green Gables series every time it comes on PBS. How fortunate that you got to see Prince Edward Island. I'm sure it will be a lasting memory for your sons. Now you've got me in the mood for reading Sherlock Holmes.
ReplyDeleteI have read Little Men and Jo's Boys and loved them both. I don't see my 5th grade boys interested in them, though. They're interested in lots of action - The Invisible Man, Around the World in 80 Days, Robin Hood, White Fang, The Time Machine - which is perfectly fine with me. I have the PBS movie of Anne of Green Gables and think it is absolutely wonderful! I even have an Anne of Green Gables Cookbook!
DeleteI'll say, it's fine. When I worked in the public library in Louisiana, the kids right up through HS had a required reading list and had to read a good number of titles on the list all through the school term and through summer. To get them to select a classic was impossible. You're definitely doing something right.
ReplyDeleteIt helps greatly that they are reading the Great Illustrated Classics version of the books. As one boy put it, "They get right to the action!"
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