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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Booklist Review     Publisher Weekly Review     School Library Journal Review     More Content       More by this author     Herkert, Barbara.     Subjects     Powers, Harriet, 1837-1910 -- Juvenile literature.     Quiltmakers, Black -- Georgia -- Juvenile literature.     Quilts -- Juvenile literature.     Folk art, Black -- Juvenile literature.     Art, Black -- Juvenile literature.     Quiltmakers -- Georgia -- Juvenile literature.     Blacks -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.     Women, Black -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.     Women, Black -- Georgia -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Herkert, Barbara.       by title:      Sewing stories : Har...       by call number:      746.46092 P888ss     Search the Web     Herkert, Barbara.     Powers, Harriet, 1837-1910 -- Juvenile literature.     Quiltmakers, Black -- Georgia -- Juvenile literature.     Quilts -- Juvenile literature.     Folk art, Black -- Juvenile literature.     Art, Black -- Juvenile literature.     Quiltmakers -- Georgia -- Juvenile literature.     Blacks -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.     Women, Black -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.     Women, Black -- Georgia -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.       MARC Display

Sewing stories : Harriet Powers' journey from slave to artist / by Barbara Herkert ; illustrated by Vanessa Brantley-Newton. by Herkert, Barbara. Alfred A. Knopf/Random House, c2015. Call #: 746.46092 P888ss Subjects Powers, Harriet, 1837-1910 -- Juvenile literature.   Quiltmakers, Black -- Georgia -- Juvenile literature.   Quilts -- Juvenile literature.   Folk art, Black -- Juvenile literature.   Art, Black -- Juvenile literature.   Quiltmakers -- Georgia -- Juvenile literature.   Blacks -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.   Women, Black -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.   Women, Black -- Georgia -- Biography -- Juvenile literature. ISBN:  9780385754620 (hbk.) 0385754620 (hbk.) 9780385754637 (lib bdg.) 0385754639 (lib. bdg.) Alternate title:  Harriet Powers' journey from slave to artist Edition:  First edition. Description:  1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill., photograph ; 29 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references. Summary:  Harriet Powers learned to sew and quilt as a young slave girl on a Georgia plantation. She lived through the Civil War and Reconstruction, and eventually owned a cotton farm with her family, all the while relying on her skills with the needle to clothe and feed her children. Later she began making pictorial quilts, using each square to illustrate Bible stories and local legends. She exhibited her quilts at local cotton fairs, and though she never traveled outside of Georgia, her quilts are now priceless examples of African American folk art. Audience:  K-Grade 3. Genre:  Biography, Juvenile. Preschool picture book. Other authors:  Brantley-Newton, Vanessa. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status Due Date   Alderney Gate Public Library Preschool Nonfiction - Black Collection 746.46092 P888ss Childrens Books Checked in   Add Copy to MyList Sackville Public Library Preschool Nonfiction - Black Collection 746.46092 P888ss Childrens Books Checked in   Add Copy to MyList Sackville Public Library Preschool Nonfiction - Black Collection 746.46092 P888ss Childrens Books Checked out Jul 18, 2024 Add Copy to MyList Halifax North Memorial Public Library Preschool Nonfiction - Black Collection 746.46092 P888ss Childrens Books Central weeding   Add Copy to MyList

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