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Sewing Stories: Harriet Powers' Journey from Slave to Artist Hardcover by Barbara Herkert; illustrated by Vanessa Brantley-Newton Ethnic & Regional - Indigenous bestselling author of Z: AProduct Details Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers (2015 10 13) Language: English Pages: 40 ISBN 13: 9780385754620 Weight: 411. 08 grams Dimensions: 28. 57 x 22. 86 x 0. 84 cm An illuminating picture book biography of an artist and former slave whose patchwork quilts bring the stories of her family to life. Harriet Powers learned to sew and quilt as a young slave girl on a Georgia plantation. She lived through the Civil War and Reconstruction,