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It can be hard saying goodbye. Especially to a house filled with as many memories as Oma's house on Maple Street, where she has lived most of her life. For some reason (we're never told why), Emily's grandmother is moving into Forest View Retirement Home, and she's not very pleased about the whole thing. Emily, however, finds Oma's new home beautiful, with "a room for painting and another for pottery. There is a library and a big bulletin board--and even bowling on Wednesdays!" To help her move, Emily and her mother sort through the boxes in which the pieces of Oma's life have been packed away. As they go through her treasured articles, Emily gets the idea of making Oma a quilt "using all the things that Oma loved at Maple Street."
Oma's Quilt demonstrates that making something as wonderful as a quilt takes time and patience, and so does getting used to major changes in our lives. As Emily learns, though, children can help ease the sadness of their dearly loved elders who have to leave part of their history behind. The broad, colourful strokes of Stéphane Jorisch's cheerful illustrations will help keep spirits up while reading a story filled with mixed emotions. (Ages 5 to 8) --Martha Johnson --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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The difficult transition from family home to retirement community is poignantly rendered in this cross-generational tale told from a child's viewpoint. Emily tours her grandmother's empty house one last time before taking the reluctant Oma to her new residence. Bourgeois (author of the Franklin series) creates an immediate nostalgic feeling with Emily's observations. (Oma's house "still smells like cabbage soup, warm yeasty dough, lemon polish and vinegar.") Though the subject is bittersweet, the author keeps the story moving in lighthearted fashion, as optimistic Emily offers her impression of Oma's new home: "There are flowers everywhere.... There is a library... and even bowling on Wednesdays!" A displaced Oma is full of complaints ("The bowling alley lanes are crooked and the rental shoes smell funny" and she takes to calling her fellow residents "Nincompoops!"). Jorisch's (As for the Princess: A Folktale from Quebec) sun-drenched watercolors showing plump chairs and sofas in warm colors maintain a cheery mood. As Emily and her mother sort through Oma's now-boxed-up belongings, the girl suggests that they sew a quilt from them; it provides the cure for Oma's sourpuss facade. As Oma fondly looks over the quilt, pictures of events from the woman's past cascade in a joyous full-bleed spread. Author and artist stitch together a heartfelt reminder of the comfort that only the familiar can bring. Ages 4-8.
Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.
--This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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