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

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New York : Alfred A. Knopf, [2015]

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Location	Call No.	Status
Bloomfield, Prosser Library - Children's Department	J-B POWERS	Storage
Colchester, Cragin Memorial Library - New Children's Books	PEOPLE & PLACES E HER	Lost and Paid
East Hartford, Raymond Library - Children's Department	JB POWERS H	Check Shelf
Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Children's Department	J 746.46 POWERS	Check Shelf
Manchester, Whiton Branch - Children's Department	J B POWERS, HARRIET	Check Shelf
Middletown, Russell Library - Children's Biography	J B-POWERS HER	Check Shelf
Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Children's Department	JB POWERS	Check Shelf
Simsbury Public Library - Children's Department	JJ HERKERT OLDER	Check Shelf
West Hartford, Faxon Branch - Children's Department	JB POWERS HARRIET	Check Shelf
Windsor, Main Library - Children's Department	JB-POWERS. H.	Check Shelf

Edition	First edition.
Description	1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Audience	Ages 5-8.
Summary	"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.
Local Note	Windsor's copy is a gift of Marian Sorbo & Kathleen Furie in memory of Jeanne Boulanger.
Subject	Powers, Harriet, 1837-1910 -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
	African American quiltmakers -- Georgia -- Juvenile literature.
	African American quilts -- Juvenile literature.
	African American women -- Georgia -- Juvenile literature.
	Powers, Harriet, 1837-1910 -- Biography.
	African American quiltmakers -- Georgia.
	African American quilts.
	African American women -- Georgia.
	Powers, Harriet, 1837-1910. (OCoLC)fst00311186
	African American quiltmakers. (OCoLC)fst00799329
	African American quilts. (OCoLC)fst00799330
	African American women. (OCoLC)fst00799438
	Georgia. (OCoLC)fst01204622
Genre/Form	Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
	Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
Added Author	Brantley-Newton, Vanessa, illustrator.
ISBN	9780385754620 (hardcover)
	0385754620 (hardcover)
	9780385754637 (library binding)
	0385754639 (library binding)
	9780385754644 (ebook)

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