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Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Gold Award Winner
Show Me Award Nominee, Missouri Association of School Librarians, 2007 - 2008
Minnespota Comstock Honor Award
Washington Library Media Association Award Nominee
Jane Adams Book Award Nominee
A Selection of the Yale -- New Haven Teachers Institute
A Selection of Alabama’s Emphasis On Reading Program
A Selection of Harcourt Books Beginning Reading Series
A Selection of Scholastic School Book Clubs and Book Fairs
A Selection of the Gustavus Myers Center For the Study of Human Rights
Author of the Month, Embracing the Child
School Library Journal’s Hot Reads, 2006, 2007
A Bulletin Dozen, Center For Children’s Books, 2006, 2007
Book PALS, Book of the Month, 2006
New York Times Best Children’s Books, 2005
Kirkus Reviews 12/15/2004 "Each [quilt] pattern has its own shape and meaning . . . and each shape points the way and gives inspiration to Hannah and her father when the time comes for them to flee." --------
Book Page 02/01/2005 circ=800,000 "The story follows a young slave girl named Hannah, who recalls the special quilt her mama once made for her, which includes secret meanings imbedded in the quilt patterns." --------
Booklist 02/01/2005 "The exciting escape story makes the history immediate, and the fascinating quilt-code messages will have children revisiting the page that shows each symbol and its secret directions." --------
Parents 02/01/2005 "Bettye Stroud's poignant book teaches kids about the importance of the Underground Railroad." --------
Washington Post Book World 02/06/2005 "Bennett's strong, beautiful illustrations bring out the tedium and suspense of the long journey north from Georgia, following wagon wheel, flying geese, drunkard's path, and stars to freedom." --------
Publishers Weekly 01/03/2005 "The child's candid first-person narrative captures her apprehension as well as her hope and determination. Newcomer Bennett contributes dramatic oil paintings in an earth-toned palette." --------
School Library Journal 01/01/2005 "This works well as a story and also as a lesson in African-American history." --------
Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, The 02/01/2005 "This interactive book with its irresistible ticklefest ending will soon be a standby in your storytime." --------
A Bulletin Dozen, Center For Children's Books, 2006 --------
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PATCHWORK PATH: A QUILT MAP TO FREEDOM was published by Candlewick Press. Illustrated by Erin Susanne Bennett, this picture book begins in Savannah, GA. It tells the story of a young slave girl and her father as they journey to Canada and freedom, using patterns on the quilt sampler the girl's deceased mother taught her to stitch.