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Sewing stories : Harriet Powers' journey from slave to artist

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: print
    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.
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.

Holds

  • 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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