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Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt (Reading Rainbow Books)
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Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt (Reading Rainbow Books) Paperback - 1995 - 1st Edition

by Deborah Hopkinson

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Clara, a slave in the big house on Home Plantation, begins to save scraps of colored cloth for a quilt that becomes a map depicting the route of the Underground Railroad. Clara eventually escapes herself by the path that has by now been stitched into her memory, leaving the quilt behind as a guide for others.

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  • Title Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt (Reading Rainbow Books)
  • Author Deborah Hopkinson
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Condition Used - Good
  • Pages 40
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Dragonfly Books, New York, New York
  • Date 1995-07-10
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Illustrated
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 0679874720-11-1
  • ISBN 9780679874720 / 0679874720
  • Weight 0.37 lbs (0.17 kg)
  • Dimensions 10.52 x 8.52 x 0.16 in (26.72 x 21.64 x 0.41 cm)
  • Ages 03 to 07 years
  • Grade levels P - 2
  • Reading level 680
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 19th Century
    • Ethnic Orientation: African American
    • Topical: Family
  • Library of Congress subjects Slavery, Quilts
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 91011601
  • Dewey Decimal Code E

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From the publisher

Born in North Carolina, James Ransome is a graduate of the Pratt Institute with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in illustration.  While still a student at Pratt, James was one of twelve finalists out of two thousand selected to illustrate the annual Citibank calendar.  After graduation, James continued to study painting at the Art Students League where his entry into the Society of Illustrators Annual Student Scholarship Competition received the Jellybean award.  Currently a member of the Society of Illustrators, James has illustrated numerous books for children, including Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt and Freedom's Fruit.  His illustrations also appear on book jackets, greeting cards, puzzles and shopping bags, as well as in magazines and calendars.  One of James's paintings is in the Charlotte (North Carolina) Public Library's permanent children's book art collection.

James currently lives in Poughkeepsie, New York, with his wife, Lesa, their two daughters, and their Dalmatian, Clinton.  

From the jacket flap

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.

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Media reviews

"A particularly effective way to introduce the subject to younger children, adding a trenchant immediacy to their understanding of a difficult but important chapter in the country's past."--(starred) Horn Book.

"This first-rate book is a triumph of the heart."--(starred) Publishers Weekly.  

Citations

  • Black Issues Book Review, 01/01/2002, Page 63
  • Publishers Weekly, 09/11/1995, Page 0

About the author

Deborah Hopkinson has written many acclaimed picture books, including A Letter to My Teacher; Sky Boys: How They Built the Empire State Building, a Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor Book; and Abe Lincoln Crosses a Creek: A Tall, Thin Tale, an ALA-ALSC Notable Children's Book. She lives in Oregon with her family. Visit her at deborahhopkinson.com.

James Ransome is the illustrator of many award-winning titles for children, including The Creation by James Weldon Johnson, which won a Coretta Scott King Award for illustration, and Let My People Go: Bible Stories Told by a Freeman of Color by Patricia and Fredrick McKissack, winner of an NAACP Image Award. His other titles include This Is the Rope: A Story from the Great Migration by National Book Award winner Jacqueline Woodson, Young Pel Soccer's First Star by Lesa Cline-Ransome, and Sky Boys: How They Built the Empire State Building by Deborah Hopkinson. He lives in New York. Visit him at jamesransome.com.