The Canada Geese Quilt

by Natalie Kinsey-Warnock

Book Overview

The spring brings many changes to ten-year-old Ariel's life. The prospect of a new baby in the house leaves her feeling strange and left out. But Grandma knows how to make Ariel feel a part of things.... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0525650040
• ISBN13: 9780525650041
• Release Date: September 1989
• Publisher: Dutton Books
• Length: 6 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.4" x 7.8"
• Age Range: 9 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 7

Customer Reviews

Cheyenne's Catchy Review

This book will make you sit on the edge of your seat. In a valley by a river, Megan is 15 years old while realizing the water rising in Pennsylvania in 1889 and is spoiled and selfish while she resents(dislikes) her aunt telling her what to do. As Megan was taking her father's commands, she went to get the children in the attic, and heard her father's shout; she looked back and saw the water at her father's armpits. After that she heard a whistle that would not go away. It was a roaring wave around her father. While Megan prays, she is floating on a soggy bed passing people, but every time Megan calls for help, they ignore her and pass on by. As Megan is horribly frightened, she is on a sinking mattress, while 20 people stare at her in astonishment, and one of the men jumped from the house. Another person shouted, "Get back here." They both are on the mattress; they soon see a man with two other ladies floating on a wagon. As they struggle but soon manage to get on to the wagon, a hill comes in sight. As Lottie, Shaw, Brian, and Daisy are floating toward a hill; they soon pick up two more passengers, Lottie, a beautiful young girl, cries in pain with a broken leg. As Lottie fainted in pain with a hurt leg, Shaw saw a head of a boy with blue eyes and golden hair. While Shaw got the kid, Megan was tearing up strands of cloth off her dress for the child's wounds, and the others went to the cabin with food provided. While Brain took all the dishes back to the house about 10 yards away, Shaw, Stefan, Lottie, and Megan got ready for bed; Brain soon returned. He brought some medicine for Megan's hands. After he was finished, Tom and Brian went out to find Megan's family. As the bell from the church steeple rung 11 times, Brian didn't find Megan's family, but there is a huge fire that looks a mile long. Tom still hasn't returned from looking for Megan's family. As Tom showed Megan the watch someone gave him, the rest of them went to get breakfast from the house not too far away; they got cleaned up. Stefan was still a mess. While Megan and Brian went out to look for her family, Shaw and Miss Alderson stayed at the headquarters, the shed; Megan broke out in tears, as she was mad at Daisy. As Brian and Megan were looking for her father in a house, Tom happened to find some good peaches; after that, they were out of the house and heard a yelping dog and it happened just to be Megan's dog. As Tom snatched the money he found; Megan and Brian stared in astonishment, while they approached an ugly school building with a person Megan knew. It was captain Hart. Megan asked, "Do you know where my father is?" He replied, "No, sorry." As Megan left the school house, she passed a dead person that she knew. They soon returned to the shed and ate; they also fell into a deep sleep. As Megan found Halda, their house maid, Halda asked, "Do you want to come with me and my husband?" She refused because she promised to go back to Stefan. Do you think Megan w

--Well done and charming story--

A library search of quilting information produced this book. I was actually looking for a quilt instruction book. and didn't realize that it was an actual story until after I requested the title from the library. I was initially disappointed because it was not what I was expecting. but since I was intrigued by the title, I read the little book. THE CANADA GEESE QUILT takes place after World War II in Vermont. The main character is Ariel, a 10-year-old girl who loves being outside and has a natural talent for drawing. She lives on a farm along with her parents and her grandmother. Grandma is a lively lady and a gifted quilter. People around the country and even the world have purchased her wonderful quilts. Ariel shares a lot with her Grandma except for one thing. Ariel hates to sew. The story begins with Ariel watching the sky as the geese return from colder areas up north. It's one of her delights to see the large flocks of geese in flight. This is also a time of change for the family because they will have a new baby in the fall. Ariel has mixed feelings about the baby and her Grandma decides that the two of them should make a quilt to welcome the little one. Ariel draws the design and her Grandma does all of the sewing. All is going well until the old lady has a stroke and after weeks in the hospital, she returns home. Grandma can barely speak and when she does, it's hard to understand her. She must now use a cane to support herself when she walks. Ariel doesn't know what to say and even how to act with this lady who is like a shell of her real Grandma. Over time, Grandma and Ariel reach an understanding and decide that they must get back to the quilt, but since her grandmother can't even hold a needle, Ariel must now finish sewing the quilt. Growing up can be frightening for children when they are faced with all of the changes that come with life. This gentle story handles two situations in a warm and loving way.

This is an excellent book about how families change.

Ten-year old Ariel's best friend is her grandmother. After her grandmother suffers a stroke, Ariel is afraid of this woman who has lost the will to live. With her help, her grandmother begins to walk and talk again, and Ariel gains a new understanding of the 'knowledge' that is passed on through the generations.

Ariel and her sick grandma make a quilt for a baby.

I loved it because her grandma made her a quilt just for her.The quilt helped Ariel feel better about the coming baby.This reminds me of my life because when my sister was born I didn't get that much attention.

Excellent book dealing with changes in family relationships

I am teaching my 10 year old daughter to quilt. She found this book in the "Accelerated Reader's Program" at school and read it because it had quilt in the title. We read two chapters every evening and we loved every page! It was hard to wait for the next evening to arrive so we could read the next chapters. This is a story about a young girl with many changes in her life. Her mother is expecting another child and her Grandmother comes to live with them. The girl loves to draw ane her Grandmother asks her to draw a picture so she can make the new baby a quilt.Many changes occur within the family because of the pregnancy and then serious health problems for the Grandmother after the quilt is started. The story revolves around the young girls struggles with the changes and who will finish the new baby's quilt. A great book to read with a warm and believable ending.