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Winter Lights: A Season in Poems & Quilts

By quiltshome ⋅ November 27, 2006 ⋅  Print this post ⋅ Post a comment

Rich, luminous fabrics, eleven miles of thread, an uncountable number of stitches, and clear, sparkling words. With these ingredients Anna Grossnickle Hines celebrates the lights that brighten the darkest season of our year in Winter Lights: A Season in Poems & Quilts. She captures each heartening glow and flicker, from the moon and aurora borealis to the holiday lights of Santa Lucia, Hanukkah, Christmas, Kwanzaa, and Chinese New Year to one lone candle and a hidden flashlight in the deep, dark night.

This is a perfect read-aloud book for kids from 4 to 84, and a great holiday present, too.