cover image Stitching Stars: The Story Quilts of Harriet Powers

Stitching Stars: The Story Quilts of Harriet Powers

Mary E. Lyons. Aladdin Paperbacks, $7.99 (48pp) ISBN 978-0-689-81707-6

Illustrated with photographs, this biography of an African American born into slavery documents her path to freedom and the quilts she created as a record of her spiritual life. Ages 8-11. (Oct.)