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The Barn Quilt by Patti Michels – Review, Guest Post & Giveaway

November 26, 2019 by Suzie Waltner 6 Comments

About the Book


Book: The Barn Quilt
Author: 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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In My Opinion

Patti Michels gives young readers a short history of barn quilts, a peek into life on a farm, and an introduction to many quilt patterns in this sweet story with fun illustrations. There are also some Christmas themes in there.

I’d put this book as the stepping stone young readers will lean toward right before they advance to chapter books without illustration as there is a good amount of text on each page of the book.

If you’re looking for something new to read with your littles this holiday season, The Barn Quilt is definitely an option to consider.

My Rating:

Disclosure statement:
I receive complimentary books from publishers, publicists, and/or authors, including NetGalley. I am not required to write positive reviews. The opinions I have expressed are my own. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255.

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.

 

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.

https://promosimple.com/ps/f197/the-barn-quilt-celebration-tour-giveaway

 

Blog Stops

Visit the Celebrate Lit Tour Page to find more stops (and more chances to enter the giveaway)

Filed Under: Blog Tours, Book Review, giveaway, Guest Post

Reader Interactions

Comments

  1. Stanley Exantus says

    November 26, 2019 at 6:23 AM

    Its a great book i read this to my brother

    Reply
  2. Melissa Wenger says

    November 26, 2019 at 7:48 AM

    I love quilts so this sounds like a good book to me!

    Reply
  3. Arletta says

    November 26, 2019 at 8:34 PM

    Aw, I love the idea in this book! So fun. I wonder what kind of quilt they ended up choosing for their barn?

    Reply
  4. Alicia Haney says

    November 26, 2019 at 9:08 PM

    This book sounds like a very cute childrens book, I sure would love to read it! Thank you so much for sharing about the book and about the author! I love the cover.

    Reply
  5. Debbie P says

    November 27, 2019 at 4:24 PM

    This sounds like a wonderful book.

    Reply
  6. James Robert says

    November 28, 2019 at 2:56 AM

    Congrats on this tour and thank for the opportunity to read about another great book out there to read. It helps out so I can find books I know my family will enjoy reading. Thanks as well for the giveaway.

    Reply

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