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Brumbeau, Jeff The Quiltmaker's Gift.


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ISBN n abbr (= International Standard Book Number) → ISBN m 
 1-57025-199-1. Duluth, MN: Pfeifer-Hamilton, 2000. $17.95. A generous quiltmaker sews the most beautiful quilts in the world and then donates them to those in need. A greedy greed·y  
adj. greed·i·er, greed·i·est
1. Excessively desirous of acquiring or possessing, especially wishing to possess more than what one needs or deserves.

2.
 king wants one of the quiltmaker's quilts, but she tells the king that she will only make him a quilt when he has given away all of his riches. Children will find it interesting to see how the king finally obtains his quilt. The generosity Generosity
See also Aid, Organizational; Kindness.

Abbé Constantin

self-sacrificing priest; curé of Longueral. [Fr. Lit.: The Abbé Constantin, Walsh Modern, 105]

Amelia

takes interest in Paul. [Br. Lit.
 and kindness Kindness
See also Generosity.



Allworthy, Squire

Tom Jones’s goodhearted foster father. [Br. Lit.
 of the quiltmaker, an older woman, are good lessons for children. An enjoyable story with an active and capable older person.

Grades 2-3
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