MOTHER AND DAUGHTER, grandmother and granddaughter, aunt and niece, friend and friend. For a hundred years, generations of women from Gee’s B...
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May 01, 2010
Brooke
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"The rural Alabama community of Gee's Bend is widely recognized for its unique quilts. Although the women have been quilting for over a century, their work was unknown until art historian William Arnett discovered it about 20 years ago. Stitchin' and Pullin' is the modern-day story of Baby Girl, who grows from a child playing beneath her elders' quilting frame to becoming a member of the intergenerational circle, piecing together her first quil More...
From School Library Journal
"The rural Alabama community of Gee's Bend is widely recognized for its unique quilts. Although the women have been quilting for over a century, their work was unknown until art historian William Arnett discovered it about 20 years ago. Stitchin' and Pullin' is the modern-day story of Baby Girl, who grows from a child playing beneath her elders' quilting frame to becoming a member of the intergenerational circle, piecing together her first quil More...
Feb 21, 2011
Lisa
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I saw a Gee’s Bend quilt exhibit at my local museum a few years ago and read an accompanying book: The Quilts of Gee's Bend: Masterpieces from a Lost Place,which I now just noticed I’d never marked as owned or read; that’s been rectified. I can’t remember the names of the couple artists whose quilts I most liked, but I loved the exhibit and the art book, and that’s why I wanted to read this picture book for children.
I was completely blown away by this book! I’m so glad I’ve seen so m More...
I was completely blown away by this book! I’m so glad I’ve seen so m More...
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Mar 14, 2010
L- Lisa
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The free-verse narrative of Patricia McKissack tells the story of the Gee Bend Women Quilters. The poems provide a colorful voice to the women of rural Alabama who tell their story through this ancient craft, paying tribute to major life events. The voice is Baby Girl who grows from viewing the quilting community under the frame on the floor to creating her own vibrant quilt. The format of this poetic journey provides a unique perspective of the symbolism in cloth and color with illustrations
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Sep 11, 2011
Bernice
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This collection of poems and images celebrate a world of universal remembrances that though specific to Gee’s Bend, Alabama are sure to be familiar to readers well beyond that region. The pictures of the women gathering around the quilting frame certainly took me back to days with my mother, sister, cousins and aunts sitting together shelling peas or beans, husking corn, or cleaning fish freshly caught in the local river or closest ocean. This book inspires me to consider the stories and tradi
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Feb 07, 2011
Krista the Krazy Kataloguer
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This series of poems describes how a young girl, known to her family as Baby Girl, learns how to quilt, and then creates one of her own. In the process, we learn how a quilt is made and how using cloth from old clothes can turn a quilt into a memory-keeper and storyteller as well as something to keep you warm at night. As Baby Girl selects and sews each piece of fabric, she explains why she chose it and what or who it reminds her of. Then family and friends gather round to help her sew on the
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Mar 17, 2011
Becky
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Great story of poems from a child about the history of quilt making in Gee's Bend. These quilts were made from pieces of fabric from old clothes. The fabric pieces were used to remember personal experiences. These stories would be pasted down from generation to generation. I researched these quilts online. They have exhibits but there are no future exhibits scheduled.
Jan 21, 2011
Kathy
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I saw an advertisement for a play about Gee's Bend, Alabama. I had never heard of the play, the town, the people, or their celebrated quilts. So I checked on the internet and at the library and learned more about them. This is a nice little book of poetry and pictures about a little black girl learning about her heritage through quilting.
Dec 05, 2010
Grace
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Stitchin’ and Pullin’ is a book with poems throughout it that tell the story of Gee’s Bend, Alabama and the women and girls that live there making quilts. This book is told from the view of a young girl as she learns to quilt and tells the history of her family and home as well as national history of social justice and hope for equality.
Jan 21, 2009
Just went to look for this in the local library and was not on shelf, even though the computer said it was. I am sure it was not lost, because our librarians keep impeccable order in the stacks. Not a thing was out of sequence all over the place. Will try again later.
Jul 25, 2010
Rukia
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The book is a collection of poems inspired by a group of African American quilters in Alabama. The Poems chronicle the history of the community of these woman,through the civil rights movements and the role that quilts play.
Feb 26, 2009
cynthia
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I love the illustrations in this book and many of the poems as they tell the story of the Gee's Bend quilters, but the poems seem a little uneven to me . . . haven't put my finger on it yet . . . .
Dec 18, 2008
The Library Lady
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Beautiful art, moving verse.
Young child appeal? Next to none.
Older child appeal? Yes, if brought to it by an adult. But they won't fight each other to pick this one off the shelf.
Young child appeal? Next to none.
Older child appeal? Yes, if brought to it by an adult. But they won't fight each other to pick this one off the shelf.
Mar 17, 2010
Breana
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"A quilt remembers things." This book deals with African American culture and entails many poems of different events. These poems would be great to use for various subjects.
Mar 01, 2010
Lucia
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quite simply, LOVELY.
This is considered a J-fiction, but it has lovely pictures on each page and reads wonderfully smooth, like thread sliding through the fabric.
This is considered a J-fiction, but it has lovely pictures on each page and reads wonderfully smooth, like thread sliding through the fabric.
Dec 29, 2008
Erin
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A lovely illustrated store in prose about the historical and unique Gee's Bend quilters. Historical note in the back.
Jan 27, 2009
Sam
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Beautifully illustrated book about quilting and its importance to African Americans in the south.
Dec 01, 2008
Elise
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Beautifully done. A little girl stitches her first quilt and sews her heritage into it.
May 08, 2009
Becky
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Love these ideas:
Playing under a quilting table as a baby, with a tent and a circle of quilters around you.
Ideas exchanged and knowledge shared over the quilting table.
"Cloth has a memory." Use pieces of reused cloth & clothes to make a quilt of stories and memories.
From the Author's Note:
"Quilts...weren't just household items any longer, but often maps and diaries."
"Sometimes the women were quiet More...
Playing under a quilting table as a baby, with a tent and a circle of quilters around you.
Ideas exchanged and knowledge shared over the quilting table.
"Cloth has a memory." Use pieces of reused cloth & clothes to make a quilt of stories and memories.
From the Author's Note:
"Quilts...weren't just household items any longer, but often maps and diaries."
"Sometimes the women were quiet More...
Aug 23, 2008
Angela
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-Normally I wait to tout these great new poetry collections in the spring, but this one is too beautiful to wait. You'll be drawn in by, "Mama told me, 'Cloth has a memory.' I hope the back corduroy remembers that it was once the pants my uncle wore to go vote for the first time, all clean & new"--and hooked by the poignant illustrations.
Oct 17, 2008
Just out from Random House and a super book for kids - fun and historical at the same time and the illustrations are gorgeous.
May 11, 2008
Susan
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I was really impressed with this book. It had a compelling narrative, was creatively told and beautifully illustrated.
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