Stitching Stars: The Story Quilts of Harriet Powers
Publication Information
Author:  Lyons, Mary	Illustrator:
Title:  Stitching Stars: The Story Quilts of Harriet Powers	Date:  1993
Publisher:  Charles Scribner's Sons	City:  New York, NY
ISBN, paperback:  0-684-19576-3	ISBN, hardback:
Recommended audience:
ABE/ABLE:   Yes	ESOL:
Family:   Yes	Young Adult:
Picture:   Yes
General Information:
Book Type(s):    nonfiction, biography and autobiography
HSE Descriptor(s):    social studies
Summary:
The book recounts both the story of Harriet Powers during the century of the Civil War and the story of her two "story quilts" that now reside in museums. The book is illustrated with photographs of Bible stories from the quilts with explanatory captions in Harriet's own words and with comparative photographs of contemporary quilts of African tales from Benin and Dahomey. A selected bibliography is included.
Teaching Ideas:
Teachers may want to use excerpts to illustrate slave life during the Civil War, role of stories, description of "jumping the broom" marriage ceremony, etc. The book could be used with Eight Hands Round on how quilting records history as well as stories. www.civilwar.com; www.bible.com
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Ethnic Groups > African-American Family > oral history History > time period > 19th Century History > region > U.S. history History > topic > war > Civil War History > topic > quilts Literature and Language > storytelling Religion/Philosophy > Bible

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