Sewing Stories: Harriet Powers' Journey from Slave to Artist cover

Sewing Stories: Harriet Powers' Journey from Slave to Artist

Author: Herkert, Barbara

Reading Metrics

Grade Level Lower Grades (LG K-3)
Book Level 4.9
Points 0.5
Fiction/Nonfiction Nonfiction
Word Count 1626
Points per Word 0.000308
Page Count 36
Points per Page 0.013889

Description

Harriet Powers learned to sew and quilt as a young slave girl on a Georgia plantation. She later began making pictorial quilts, which are now priceless examples of African American folk art.