Sewing Stories: Harriet Powers' Journey from Slave to Artist

Kids, People and Places, Biography, Non-Fiction, Historical, History
Cover of the book Sewing Stories: Harriet Powers' Journey from Slave to Artist by Barbara Herkert, Vanessa Brantley-Newton, Random House Children's Books
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Author: Barbara Herkert, Vanessa Brantley-Newton ISBN: 9780385754644
Publisher: Random House Children's Books Publication: October 13, 2015
Imprint: Knopf Books for Young Readers Language: English
Author: Barbara Herkert, Vanessa Brantley-Newton
ISBN: 9780385754644
Publisher: Random House Children's Books
Publication: October 13, 2015
Imprint: Knopf Books for Young Readers
Language: English

An illuminating picture book biography of an artist and former slave whose patchwork quilts bring the stories of her family to life.

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.
 
Barbara Herkert’s lyrical narrative and Vanessa Newton’s patchwork illustrations bring this important artist to life in a moving picture-book biography.

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An illuminating picture book biography of an artist and former slave whose patchwork quilts bring the stories of her family to life.

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.
 
Barbara Herkert’s lyrical narrative and Vanessa Newton’s patchwork illustrations bring this important artist to life in a moving picture-book biography.

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