Stitchin’ and Pullin’

A Gee’s Bend Quilt

Author: Patricia McKissack

Illustrator: Cozbi A. Cabrera

Publisher: Dragonfly Book, 2016

Publisher’s recommended age: 5+

Stitchin’ and Pullin’ uses the tradition of quilting to tell the intricate story of the American South. The reader gets a child’s eye-view of the wonder of watching mothers, sisters, aunts, grandma’s and friends stitching and socializing, singing and crying, laughing and smiling. The child grows and eventually takes her own seat at the quilting table. The women of Gee’s Bend weave together a story and with each stitch, they are keeping tradition and history alive.  By award-winning author Pat McKissick, a Newbery Medal runner up, the book also goes on to detail the fight for voting rights in the south.

Available Languages: English