About the Book
Book: The Barn Quilt
Author: Patti Michels
Genre: Children’s Book
Release Date: November 19, 2019
Book Description:
“Farmer Max and Miz Patti have a big red barn on their Maple Shade Farm, but one thing is missing—they need a barn quilt. But what pattern should they hang on the side of their barn? The pineapple quilt, or the corn and beans quilt, or what about a quilt with animals on it? None of them are quite right though. Since it’s Christmas, they wonder what barn quilt would have been just right for the stable where Jesus was born. Work along with their neighbor boy, Dennis, as he helps Farmer Max and Miz Patti decide on and make the perfect barn quilt.”
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I very much enjoyed this children’s book. I would have loved to have read it to my first and second classes when I was still teaching in elementary school. The illustrations are so sweet, and the author did a perfect job explaining about the “barn quilt” to her young readers. There’s a sense of anticipation that builds as you read the story to see what pattern the family chose for their barn.
This book will appeal to all children in the Kindergarten through second grade age group. I’m a “barn quilt” fan and this little story appealed to me, too.
I received a copy of this book from the publisher. All opinions are my own.
About the author:
Patti Michels has lived in the same rural midwestern county her entire life, thirty-nine of those with her husband. She loves designing her family’s Christmas card and working with senior citizens. At the end of a long day, she enjoys returning to the farm and looking out her kitchen window at her own barn quilt.
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Believe it or not, the idea for this children’s book started out as a Christmas card. Each year the Michels family produces their own original Christmas card. This tradition started out simple, in the early 1980’s, as the Michels’ two small daughters helped with the coloring, cutting, and gluing!
Patti Michels and Max, her farmer husband of 39 years, live on a small farm in Southern Illinois. The girls have grown and moved on, and the empty-nesters have joined others in their small farm community, in creating a barn quilt to hang on their barn.
While Max was preparing the 36″ X 36″ wood panel for Patti to paint, Patti was drawing and designing and dreaming up the best barn quilt pattern to display on the barn at Maple Shade Farm. As Patti painted their special barn quilt, a Christmas card idea popped into her head. “What if the stable where Jesus was born had a barn quilt?”
Patti feels like ideas are a gift from God, as is her husband, who helps her pull off one after another completed “project”. Whether it’s feeding cows, baling hay, making Christmas cards, or creating a barn quilt, they continue to work side by side.
This book, based on the real life story of creating the barn quilt, gives kids a glimpse into a small farm family life, while also enjoying and celebrating those things that make Christmas so special, like hot chocolate, cookies and God’s love.
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For Him and My Family, November 27
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Seasons of Opportunities, November 29
Vicky Sluiter, November 30
Sara Jane Jacobs, November 30
Bigreadersite, December 1
Abba’s Prayer Warrior Princess, December 1
Maureen’s Musings, December 2
Texas Book-aholic, December 2
janicesbookreviews, December 3
A Reader’s Brain, December 3
For the Love of Literature, December 4
Mary Hake, December 4
Book Bites, Bee Stings, & Butterfly Kisses, December 5
Because I said so — and other adventures in Parenting, December 6
Emily Yager, December 6
She Lives to Read, December 7
Debbie’s Dusty Deliberations, December 8
Inklings and notions, December 8
Library Lady’s Kid Lit, December 9
To celebrate her tour Patti is giving away the grand prize of a signed copy of The Barn Quilt, and a $25 gift card from Amazon!!
Be sure to comment on the blog stops for nine extra entries into the giveaway! Click the link below to enter.
https://promosimple.com/ps/f197/the-barn-quilt-celebration-tour-giveaway
Sounds like a great read.
This sounds like a really wonderful book. Very cute cover.
This sounds like a great book to share with my grandchildren. Thank you for sharing your review and the book and author details
Reading to children is such a wonderful opportunity to build their imaginations!
What a cute book!
Such a cute book. Thanks.
Thanks for sharing your book with us. I think we all enjoy hearing about new books we previously didn’t know about. Also, thank you for the giveaway.
I hope to be able to get a copy soon and read this book! Such a neat idea!
Good luck Patti!!