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9780375931635

Stitchin' and Pullin': A Gee's Bend Quilt

Pat McKissack

ISBN 10: 0375931635 / 0-375-93163-5
ISBN 13: 9780375931635
Publisher: Random House Childrens Books
Publication Date: 2008
Binding: Hardcover

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Listening intently as mothers, daughters, grandmothers, and friends share stories, sing hymns, and swap recipes while quilting together around a big table, Baby Girl finally gets her chance to take part--picking up a needle and pieces of cloth to make her own special quilt that is certain to be infused with the love and history of those around her. 15,000 first printing.

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Stitchin' and Pullin' A Gee's Bend Quilt (ISBN: 9780375931635)
McKissack, Pat

ISBN 10: 0375931635
ISBN 13: 9780375931635

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Book Description: Random House Books for Young Readers, 2008. Hardcover. Book Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. New. No remainder marks. Professional service from a Main Street bookstore. ; Picture Book; 0.5 x 11 x 9.1 Inches; 48 pages; 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.From the Hardcover edition. Bookseller Inventory # 37479

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