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The Blessing Cup


School year: Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, Year 4, Year 5, Year 6, Year 7

No. of pages 48

Published: 2013

Great for age 5-12 years

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The skeins of faith and love that connect a family are all knit together in this powerful, accessible, and deeply affecting story. Kirkus Reviews, starred review A New York Times bestseller A bond of love unites a family throughout generations in this companion to the beloved and bestselling classic The Keeping Quilt.As a young Russian Jewish girl in the early 1900s, Anna and her family lived in fear of the Czars soldiers. The family lived a hard life and had few possessionstheir treasure was a beautiful china tea set. A wedding gift to Annas parents, the tea set came with a wish that Anyone who drinks from this will have blessings from God. They will never know a day of hunger. Their lives will always have flavor. They will know love and joy and they will never be poor. When Annas family leaves Russia for America, they bring the tea set and its blessings. A source of heritage and security, the tea set helps Annas family make friends and find better lives in America. A cup from the tea setThe Blessing Cupbecame an anchor of family history, and it remains a symbol of lasting love more than a century later. This tender tribute to the importance of loving lineage is a prequel and companion to the perennial bestseller The Keeping Quilt and is told and illustrated with authenticity and tremendous heart.

 

 

This book is the winner of numerous awards

This book is aimed at children in preschool-3rd grade.

This book has been graded for interest at 4-8 years.

There are 48 pages in this book. This book was published in 2013 by Simon & Schuster .

PATRICIA POLACCO is a New York Times bestselling author and illustrator with over 115 beloved and award-winning books to her credit, including The Keeping Quilt , Pink and Say , The Blessing Cup , Chicken Sunday , and Thank You, Mr. Falker. She resides in Michigan. Learn more about her work at patriciapolacco. com.

 

This book has been nominated for the following awards:

Rhode Island Book Awards
This book was recognised by the Rhode Island Book Awards.

Sydney Taylor Book Award - Older Readers
This book was recognised in the Older Readers category by the Sydney Taylor Book Award.

Arkansas Diamond Primary Book Award
This book was recognised by the Arkansas Diamond Primary Book Award.

Society of Midland Authors Award - Fiction
This book was recognised in the Fiction category by the Society of Midland Authors Award.

"Polacco has a gift for turning her own family stories into picture books that can touch the hearts of all.

 

History, religious persecution, immigration, and the skeins of faith and love that connect a family are all knit together in this powerful, accessible and deeply affecting story." Kirkus Reviews, starred review--Kirkus Reviews

 

"The Keeping Quilt (1988) began with Polacco's great-grandmother Anna's arrival in America. In this sort-of prequel, Anna and her family are forced to leave Russia during the pogroms. The understated telling is beautifully supported and extended in art that harks back to Polacco's early books. The illustrations are rendered in soft gray pencil. Backgrounds are roughly yet adroitly sketched, while faces and body language are particularly expressive, and panoramic views of the shtetl are lively with detail. A few strategic features draw the eye with brilliant red and blue: small accents such as the tea set and Anna's headscarf; once, a double-page spread of the village temple in flames. This is family history at its dramatic and iconic best, a well-shaped story and a fine addition to Polacco's oeuvre." The Horn Book--The Horn Book