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Sewing stories : Harriet Powers' journey from slave to artist Cover Image Book

Sewing stories : Harriet Powers' journey from slave to artist / by Barbara Herkert ; illustrated by Vanessa Brantley-Newton.

Herkert, Barbara, (author.). Brantley-Newton, Vanessa, (illustrator.).

Summary:

Traces the life of Harriet Powers, who was born a slave in Georgia but spent the years after the Civil War providing for her family by creating elaborate pictorial quilts, earning her recognition as an African-American folk artist.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780385754620
  • ISBN: 9780385754637
  • Physical Description: 1 volume (unnumbered pages) : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 x 23 cm
  • Edition: First edition
  • Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, [2015]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references.
Target Audience Note:
Ages 5-8.
AD850L Lexile
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR LG 4.9 0.5 181547.

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Subject:
Powers, Harriet, 1837-1910. > Juvenile literature.
Powers, Harriet, 1837-1910 > Juvenile literature.
African American quiltmakers > Georgia > Juvenile literature.
African American quilts > Juvenile literature.
African American women > Georgia > Juvenile literature.
African Americans > Biography.
Quiltmakers > Juvenile literature.
Quilts > Juvenile literature.
Women > Biography.
Women.
Womyn.
Genre:
Biographies.

Available copies

  • 16 of 18 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 2 of 2 copies available at Onslow County Public Library.

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  • 0 current holds with 18 total copies.
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Jacksonville Main Library EB POWERS (Text) 36015000210092 Juvenile Biography Available -
Swansboro Branch Library EB POWERS (Text) 36015000889036 Juvenile Biography Available -

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