Kindergarten-Grade 2-- A story which explores the depth of true friendship. Mr. Nick and Mrs. Jolley, the best of friends, knit all the way to the city on the train. Then one morning Mrs. Jolley fails to appear, and Mr. Nick learns that she is in the hospital. After visiting sad Mrs. Jolley in her empty white room, Mr. Nick knits nonstop for seven days and seven nights, and presents his friend with a patchwork quilt.