" A companion to The Keeping Quilt"
This book relates Ms. Polacco's great-grandmother, Anna's, life in Russia and how she and her family had to leave during the pogroms. Although they were limited in what they could bring, they brought the family tea set. The journey to leave Russia is difficult and Anna's father almost dies. A kind, wealthy doctor takes in the family and nurses Anna's father back to health and in the end, pays for their journey to America.
Wonderful story!
The only color in the book is on Anna's handkerchief, the tea set, the doctor's Persian rug, the keeping quilt -all important parts of the story.
Strategies: determining importance-main idea, cause/effect, sequencing, connections
*Highly recommend.
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