About the Book
Book: The Barn QuiltAuthor: Patti Michels
Genre: Children’s Book
Release Date: November 19, 2019
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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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.
More from Patti
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.
Blog Stops
The Power of Words, November 26
Remembrancy, November 26
Reading Is My SuperPower, November 27
For Him and My Family, November 27
Locks, Hooks and Books, November 28
Older & Smarter?, November 29
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
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
Giveaway
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.
My Review
The title of this little book intrigued me, especially since I own a barn, and I am a quilter.
Loved how the neighbor’s boy came up with the idea, but was totally embraced by the farm family.
When sharing this book with my young niece, we were trying to decide which quilt block would be best, and should we put one on our barn. As we read the book and talked about each of the suggested blocks, and liked the final choice, and the bonus one!
A cute and educational book to share with your little ones!
I received this book through Celebrate Lit, and was not required to give a positive review.
Loved how the neighbor’s boy came up with the idea, but was totally embraced by the farm family.
When sharing this book with my young niece, we were trying to decide which quilt block would be best, and should we put one on our barn. As we read the book and talked about each of the suggested blocks, and liked the final choice, and the bonus one!
A cute and educational book to share with your little ones!
I received this book through Celebrate Lit, and was not required to give a positive review.
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This sounds like a wonderful book.
ReplyDeleteThis sounds like a fun book to read with my little girl!
ReplyDeleteI love to look at barn quilts. Sometimes they're very pretty!
ReplyDeleteAnother great book to discover. Thanks so much for sharing this with us.
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