Story Quilts: Appalachian Women Speak Trade Book (Hardcover)

Written By Shannon Hitchcock
Illustrated by Sophie Page
Critically Reviewed
Award Winner
  1. Hardcover
    Price $17.95
Written By Shannon Hitchcock
Illustrated by Sophie Page
Critically Reviewed
Award Winner

History has forgotten most Appalachian women, many of whom were poor or lacked formal education. Yet these women told powerful stories through the quilts they created from scraps of cloth collected over time. Piece by piece these patchwork quilts revealed the beauty of mountain life.

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History has forgotten most Appalachian women, many of whom were poor or lacked formal education. Yet these women told powerful stories through the quilts they created from scraps of cloth collected over time. Piece by piece these patchwork quilts revealed the beauty of mountain life.

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Story Quilts: Appalachian Women Speak Trade Book (Hardcover)

Written By Shannon Hitchcock
Illustrated by Sophie Page
Written By Shannon Hitchcock
Illustrated by Sophie Page
Critically Reviewed
Critically Reviewed
Award Winner
Award Winner

History has forgotten most Appalachian women, many of whom were poor or lacked formal education. Yet these women told powerful stories through the quilts they created from scraps of cloth collected over time. Piece by piece these patchwork quilts revealed the beauty of mountain life.

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History has forgotten most Appalachian women, many of whom were poor or lacked formal education. Yet these women told powerful stories through the quilts they created from scraps of cloth collected over time. Piece by piece these patchwork quilts revealed the beauty of mountain life.

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History has forgotten most Appalachian women, many of whom were poor or lacked formal education. Yet these women told powerful stories through the quilts they created from scraps of cloth collected over time. Piece by piece these patchwork quilts revealed the beauty of mountain life.

  1. Hardcover
    Price $17.95
SKU WW-NL6093
ISBN 9781478875376
Series Reycraft Books
SKU WW-NL6093
ISBN 9781478875376
Series Reycraft Books
Lexile level 880L
Genre Informational Texts
Language English
Theme American Experiences, Arts and Culture, Culture, Dreamers and Inventors, Families and Friends, Growing Up in Tough Times, Historical Communities, History, Regions of the United States, Stories of American Life, United States History
BISAC Subject Headings Juvenile Nonfiction / Girls & Women
Juvenile Nonfiction / Crafts & Hobbies
Juvenile Nonfiction / History / United States / State & Local
Juvenile Nonfiction / Girls & Women
Juvenile Nonfiction / Crafts & Hobbies
Juvenile Nonfiction / History / United States / State & Local
Price $17.95
Awards

Selected by Jury for The Original Art 2023 Exhibition of Children’s Books Illustration

Author & Illustrator

Shannon Hitchcock

Shannon Hitchcock was born in North Carolina and grew up in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. She is the author of four middle grade novels, Flying Over Water, One True Way, Ruby Lee & Me, and The Ballad of Jesse Pearl. Her books have been featured on many state award lists and have received acclaimed reviews. This is the third book in her storyteller series, along with Saving Granddaddy's Stories and She Sang for the Mountains. Shannon currently lives in North Carolina where she can see the mountains every day.

Sophie Page

Sophie Page is a mixed media illustrator originally from Conway, Massachusetts, and a graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design. She crafts images in two and three dimensions to tell stories for all ages. The illustrations in this book are made from clay, paper, fabric. and wire.

Reviews

The creators pay tribute to Appalachian women who told stories through quilts with this visually arresting picture book, which intersperses facts about day-to-day life alongside an introduction to the craft. Made of clay, fabric, paper, and wire, Page’s mixed-media collages provide an appealing dimensionality, imbuing the quilts—and the intergenerational figures of various skin tones portrayed throughout—with an appropriately homemade quality.

—Publishers Weekly Review

A loving tribute to perseverance and inner strength.        

—Kirkus Review

History has forgotten most Appalachian women, many of whom were poor or lacked formal education. Yet these women told powerful stories through the quilts they created from scraps of cloth collected over time. Piece by piece these patchwork quilts revealed the beauty of mountain life.

Read Full Description
Details:
SKU WW-NL6093
ISBN 9781478875376
Series Reycraft Books
Lexile level 880L
Genre Informational Texts
Language English
Theme American Experiences American Experiences, Arts and Culture, Culture, Dreamers and Inventors, Families and Friends, Growing Up in Tough Times, Historical Communities, History, Regions of the United States, Stories of American Life, United States History
Juvenile Nonfiction Juvenile Nonfiction / Girls & Women
Juvenile Nonfiction / Crafts & Hobbies
Juvenile Nonfiction / History / United States / State & Local
Full Description

History has forgotten most Appalachian women, many of whom were poor or lacked formal education. Yet these women told powerful stories through the quilts they created from scraps of cloth collected over time. Piece by piece these patchwork quilts revealed the beauty of mountain life.

Author & Illustrator

Shannon Hitchcock

Shannon Hitchcock was born in North Carolina and grew up in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. She is the author of four middle grade novels, Flying Over Water, One True Way, Ruby Lee & Me, and The Ballad of Jesse Pearl. Her books have been featured on many state award lists and have received acclaimed reviews. This is the third book in her storyteller series, along with Saving Granddaddy's Stories and She Sang for the Mountains. Shannon currently lives in North Carolina where she can see the mountains every day.

Sophie Page

Sophie Page is a mixed media illustrator originally from Conway, Massachusetts, and a graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design. She crafts images in two and three dimensions to tell stories for all ages. The illustrations in this book are made from clay, paper, fabric. and wire.

Awards

Selected by Jury for The Original Art 2023 Exhibition of Children’s Books Illustration

Reviews

The creators pay tribute to Appalachian women who told stories through quilts with this visually arresting picture book, which intersperses facts about day-to-day life alongside an introduction to the craft. Made of clay, fabric, paper, and wire, Page’s mixed-media collages provide an appealing dimensionality, imbuing the quilts—and the intergenerational figures of various skin tones portrayed throughout—with an appropriately homemade quality.

—Publishers Weekly Review

A loving tribute to perseverance and inner strength.        

—Kirkus Review

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