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What Do You See? Developing New Perspectives with Quilt Patterns is a colorful picture book featuring a diverse group of children interacting with inspirations for traditional quilt patterns. The children represent a wide range of heritages and abilities so that a young reader will see themselves in the characteristics of one or more child in the book. The book includes adult-led learning activities that give children concrete concepts for developing empathy, diversity appreciation, critical-thinking skills, creativity, and inclusion strategies. It also includes fun biographies and colorful finger puppets of each character in the book. The book contains scannable digital links to more learning activities related to learning fractions.

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What Do You See? beautifully celebrates cultures and abilities. A perfect picture book to start or continue the conversation about diversity and inclusion while celebrating the arts through a variety of colorful quilt patterns. There is an endless opportunity for classroom discussions and art projects sparked by this simple but powerful book. -Christina Dankert, 2nd grade teacher, author of The Kindness Machine All children love color and shapes. Nancy Bordine brings these two key elements into every page of her latest book, What Do You See? Each page introduces an incredibly engaging and diversified young character, who shares their visual interpretation of a quilt block's pattern. Jonny Jimison's illustrations emphasize diversity and inclusion. Joy and friendship permeate this book. -Christina Esper, retired school librarian and principal

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Nancy Bordine is a retired nurse, healthcare educator, and speaker who grew up at the feet of a grandmother who loved to make quilts. Nancy's inherited love of quilts led her to become ""The Quilt Lady"" historical reenactor at her local museum for more than a dozen years. Her favorite times as The Quilt Lady were while presenting quilts, quilt lore, and pioneer living to hundreds of area fourth graders.Of the many learning programs Nancy has designed in her career, she most enjoyed those focused on developing critical-thinking skills and diversity sensitivity in children.

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