Storybook Quilts

Stitchin' and Pullin' - a Gees Bend Quilt

by

Patricia McKissack

Synopsis:	While the women of the family quilt, Baby Girl listens, watches, and waits, until she’s called to sit at the quilting frame. Piece by piece, she puzzles her quilt together - telling not just her story, but the story of her family, the story of Gee’s Bend, and the story of her ancestors’ struggle for freedom.
Discussion Topics:	Poverty, making-do, art, traditions, inter-generational relationships
Enrichment Activities:	Quilts of Gees Bend
Made by:	Lynn Jackson