God’s Quilt: Pieced Together for Resource Ministry
2000 Ecumenical Resource Center Gathering

Bateson-Hill, Margaret; Fowler, Christine. Shota and the Star Quilt                                    1-84089-021-5
            A modern story which examines one of the age-old themes of traditional folktales: the triumph love and friendship over power and greed.

Brumbeau, Jeff. The Quilt Makers Gift                                                                        1-57025-199-1
            A generous quilt maker, with magic in her fingers, sews the most beautiful quilts in the world, then gives them away.

Flournoy, Valerie. The Patchwork Quilt                                                                        0-8037-0097-0
            All the trust and sharing between a young girl and her treasured grandmother is captured in Valerie Flournoy’s story.

Good, Merle; Moss, Buckley. Rueben and the Quilt                                                            1-56148-234-X
            Rueben and his Amish family make a beautiful Log Cabin quilt to raise money for a sick neighbor, but then it is stolen before they can take it to auction.

Hopkinson, Deborah. Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt                                                            0-679-87472-0
            Clara, a slave and seamstress on Home Plantation, knows that the Underground Railroad can lead her to freedom.  The only problem is, How to find it?  By piecing together scraps of cloth with scraps of information gathered from other slaves, she fashions a map so secret that even the master won’t suspect.

Howard, Ellen. The Log Cabin Quilt                                                                                    0-8234-1336-5
            When Elvirey and her family move to a log cabin in the Michigan woods, something even more important than Granny’s quilt pieces makes the new dwelling a home.  Also a theme of death and resurrection.

Johnston, Tony; DePaola, Tomie. The Quilt Story                                                            0-698-11368-3
            Long ago, a young girl named Abigail put her beloved patchwork quilt in the attic.  Now, years later, another young girl discovers the quilt and makes it her own, relying on its warmth to help her feel secure in a new home.

Liby, Shirley. Kids Can Paper Piece                                                                                    1-890952-14-1

McIntyre, Sally. Cornelia Does Her Chores                                                                       
            A Quilt Story in Spanish and English

Oxmoor House. Quilts from the Bible                                                                        0-8487-1283-8
           
Polacco, Patricia. The Keeping Quilt                                                                                    0-671-64963-9
            A homemade quilt ties together the lives of four generations of an immigrant Jewish family, remaining a symbol of their enduring love and faith.

Smucker, Barbara. Selina and the Bear Paw Quilt                                                            0-517-8857806
            When her Mennonite family moves to upper Canada to avoid involvement in the Civil War, young Selina is given a special quilt to remember the grandmother she left behind.

Tenorio-Coscarelli, Jane. The Tamale Quilt                                                                        0-9653422-4-7
            The Tamale Quilt opens the traditions of home and family to its readers.  With colorful illustrations, quilt pattern & recipe for tamales.

Tenorio-Coscarelli, Jane; Coscarelli, Nicole. Pinata Quilt                                                0-9653422-6-3
            The Pinata Quilt opens its pages to all the colors of the rainbow.  With quilt pattern and piñata directions you too can come share this fun tradition.

Tenorio-Coscarelli, Jane. The Tortilla Quilt                                                                        0-9653422-1-2
            The Tortilla Quilt will open up a bilingual world for readers of all ages.  With color illustrations, quilt pattern and a recipe for tortillas, you too can bring a little of Grandma Lupita home with you…

Webster, Marnie. The Much Too Loved Quilt                                                            1-890326-15-1
            The students of Room 213 learn an important lesson as the special quilt the class had made is changed when each child takes it home.

Bibliography compiled by:

Martha Bess Dewitt
Westminster Presbyterian Church
3900 West End Avenue
Nashville, TN 37205
615-292-5526
mbdewitt@nashvillewpc.org