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.
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 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.
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
