Status
Available
Genres
Collection
Publication
Knopf Books for Young Readers (2015), Edition: Illustrated, 40 pages
Description
"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."--Amazon.com.
Awards
Chicago Public Library Best of the Best: Kids (Informational Books for Younger Readers — 2015)
Language
Original language
English
Physical description
11.31 inches
ISBN
0385754620 / 9780385754620
Local notes
Purchased with a donation from Rev. John Saxton, in memory of his wife Patricia, and in celebration of long friendship with the Dettmanns.