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    Stitchin' and Pullin'

    A Gee's Bend Quilt

    Author Patricia McKissack
    Illustrated by Cozbi A. Cabrera
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    RH Childrens Books | Random House Books for Young Readers
    On sale May 30, 2012 | 48 Pages | 9780307978394
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    MOTHER AND DAUGHTER, grandmother and granddaughter, aunt and niece, friend and friend. For a hundred years, generations of women from Gee’s Bend have quilted together, sharing stories, trading recipes, singing hymns—all the while stitchin’ and pullin’ thread through cloth. Every day Baby Girl listens, watches, and waits, until she’s called to sit at the quilting frame. Piece by piece, she puzzles her quilt together—telling not just her story, but the story of her family, the story of Gee’s Bend, and the story of her ancestors’ struggle for freedom.
    • WINNER
      Cooperative Children's Book Center Choices
    • WINNER | 2008
      Kid's Indie Next List "Inspired Recommendations for Kids from Indie Booksellers"
    • HONOR | 2009
      Lee Bennett Hopkins Poetry Award
    PATRICIA C. McKISSACK was the author of over 100 children's books, including The Dark Thirty: Southern Tales of the Supernatural, which was a Newbery Honor book and a Coretta Scott King Award winner. She also received the Coretta Scott King Award for A Long Hard Journey: The Story of Pullman Porter and Christmas in the Big House, Christmas in the Quarters.

     View titles by Patricia McKissack
    Cozbi A. Cabrera received a BFA from Parsons School of Design. Her cloth dolls (muñecas) have garnered the attention of collectors around the world and have been featured on The Oprah Winfrey Show. She is the illustrator of several books, including Me and Mama, which was a Caldecott Honor Book and a Coretta Scott King Honor Book. She is also the illustrator of Brown Girl, Brown Girl by Leslé Honoré and Exquisite: The Poetry and Life of Gwendolyn Brooks, which was a Coretta Scott King Honor Book. She lives in Evanston, IL. View titles by Cozbi A. Cabrera
    Starred Review, Kirkus Reviews, September 15, 2008:
    "An outstanding way to introduce aspects of African-American history and explore the power of community."

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    MOTHER AND DAUGHTER, grandmother and granddaughter, aunt and niece, friend and friend. For a hundred years, generations of women from Gee’s Bend have quilted together, sharing stories, trading recipes, singing hymns—all the while stitchin’ and pullin’ thread through cloth. Every day Baby Girl listens, watches, and waits, until she’s called to sit at the quilting frame. Piece by piece, she puzzles her quilt together—telling not just her story, but the story of her family, the story of Gee’s Bend, and the story of her ancestors’ struggle for freedom.

    Awards

    • WINNER
      Cooperative Children's Book Center Choices
    • WINNER | 2008
      Kid's Indie Next List "Inspired Recommendations for Kids from Indie Booksellers"
    • HONOR | 2009
      Lee Bennett Hopkins Poetry Award

    Author

    PATRICIA C. McKISSACK was the author of over 100 children's books, including The Dark Thirty: Southern Tales of the Supernatural, which was a Newbery Honor book and a Coretta Scott King Award winner. She also received the Coretta Scott King Award for A Long Hard Journey: The Story of Pullman Porter and Christmas in the Big House, Christmas in the Quarters.

     View titles by Patricia McKissack
    Cozbi A. Cabrera received a BFA from Parsons School of Design. Her cloth dolls (muñecas) have garnered the attention of collectors around the world and have been featured on The Oprah Winfrey Show. She is the illustrator of several books, including Me and Mama, which was a Caldecott Honor Book and a Coretta Scott King Honor Book. She is also the illustrator of Brown Girl, Brown Girl by Leslé Honoré and Exquisite: The Poetry and Life of Gwendolyn Brooks, which was a Coretta Scott King Honor Book. She lives in Evanston, IL. View titles by Cozbi A. Cabrera

    Praise

    Starred Review, Kirkus Reviews, September 15, 2008:
    "An outstanding way to introduce aspects of African-American history and explore the power of community."

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