Stitchin' and Pullin'

By Patricia McKissack, Cozbi A. Cabrera (illustrator),

Book cover of Stitchin' and Pullin': A Gee's Bend Quilt

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This collection of poems that tell the story of the quilt-making community in Geeā€™s Bend, Alabama, is now available as a Dragonfly paperback.
 
For generations, the women of Geeā€™s Bend have made quilts to keep a family warm, as a pastime accompanied by sharing and singing, or to memorialize lovedā€¦

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1 author picked Stitchin' and Pullin' as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Patricia McKissack introduces the quilts of Geeā€™s Bend to young readers in this charming picture book. McKissack not only read about Geeā€™s Bend but she visited and learned how to quilt. Her text is written in poems that capture the lilt and rhythm of Geeā€™s Bend women. The speaker, ā€œBaby Girl,ā€ describes how she learned how to quilt from her grandma. The soft, painterly illustrations by Cozbi A. Cabrera resemble Geeā€™s Bend quilts, and depict the colorful scraps of material the women used. The story includes the visit of Dr. Martin Luther King to ā€œthe Bendā€ on his way toā€¦

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