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Binding: PaperbackEAN: 9780679874720 ISBN: 0679874720 Label: Dragonfly Books Manufacturer: Dragonfly Books Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 40 Publication Date: July 10, 1995 Publisher: Dragonfly Books Reading Level: Ages 4-8 Release Date: July 10, 1995 Studio: Dragonfly Books Related Items:
Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Product Description: Illus. in full color. As a seamstress in the Big House, Clara dreams of a reunion with her Momma, who lives on another plantation--and even of running away to freedom. Then she overhears two slaves talking about the Underground Railroad. In a flash of inspiration, Clara sees how she can use the cloth in her scrap bag to make a map of the land--a freedom quilt--that no master will ever suspect. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Wonderful history lessonThis is one of many books I purchased as a learning tool for the Education Committee of our local quilt guild. It's instrumental in showing our young people some of the history of quilting. It's even fun for "older" people to read. Rating: - Fantastic for reading aloudDeborah Hopkinson's use of dialogue in this story is what really recommends it to be read aloud. The characters come through the story so well through their words. They usually don't come right out and SAY anything, but instead communicate vital information in a round-about sort of way. They pretend not to have a care in the world, all the while desperately plotting against their captors. This is book would be a great tool for opening up a discussion about why people say one thing ... Read More Rating:  - Perpetuating a MythWhile Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt is a wonderful work of fiction, it should be considered just that. While the horror of slavery are age appropriately described so a child can relate...poor Clara is taken from her mother...the story perpetuates a myth...that quilts were used to assist slaves to freedom. I urge teachers not to use this book in their classrooms prior to further research. Neither Quilt Historians nor African American Studies Historians have been able to connect quilts ... Read More Rating:  - Keep believeing 5. The story is sbout s young girl and she got taken away from he rmother and she was staying with her aunt but it really wasn't her aunt she was just raised around her before she got moved too.She was trying to find a to get to her mother. She got there because it rained and no one had to work. She got there and seen her mother. 6.This story is an okay story but it wasn't long enough but it was okay. If you like picture books than you wold like this book. 7.Thsi book was also irony ... Read More Rating: - A tale not often heardA small quibble before I sink into utter praise. The cover of this book depicts the aforemention sweet Clara and her sweetheart as they run joyfully through the fields. To freedom. Running joyfully, mind you, away from the slave plantation in broad daylight. I'm not saying that there weren't a couple slaves here and there who felt complete and utter joy as they ran, but this scene is positively idyllic. Shouldn't they be afraid of getting caught? Then again, maybe it's just representing the feeling ... Read More 
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