Sewing Stories

Harriet Powers' Journey from Slave to Artist

By: Barbara Herkert

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Hardcover | 13 October 2015 | Edition Number 1

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Hardcover
40 Pages

Age
4 - 8

Grade
1 - 2

Dimensions(cm)
28.6 x 22.3 x 0.8

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A heartwarming picture book biography of artist and quiltmaker Harriet Powers, who was born into slavery and whose pictorial quilts now hang museums across the country.

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.

Industry Reviews

"A much-needed introduction to the life of a little known African American artist, with many possible curriculum connections: artists, quilters, women's history, and the Civil War."--School Library Journal

"As a picture-book introduction to an unsung artist, it inspires. Harriet Powers: an artist worth knowing."--Kirkus Reviews

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