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I lay my stitches down : poems of American slavery / written by Cynthia Grady ; illustrated by Michele Wood.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Joanna Banks Collection PS3607.R3275 I15 2012
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Grady, Cynthia.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States--History--Juvenile poetry.
- United States.
- United States--Biography--Juvenile poetry.
- Children's poetry, American.
- United States--History--Poetry.
- American poetry.
- Biography.
- Genre:
- History.
- Juvenile works.
- Poetry.
- American poetry.
- Children's Poetry, American.
- Penn Provenance:
- Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- [33] unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 32 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Grand Rapids Michigan ; Cambridge, U.K. : Eerdmans Books for Young Readers, [2012].
- Summary:
- A volume of evocative and moving poems considers the experiences of slaves in a variety of circumstances including a house slave, a mother who loses her daughter on the auction block, and a slave fleeing through the Underground Railroad.
- Contents:
- Log cabin
- Cotton boll
- Underground Railroad
- Traditional fish
- Broken dishes
- North Star
- Birds in the air
- Tree of life
- Schoolhouse
- Anvil
- Wagon wheel
- Rail fence
- Kaleidoscope
- Basket
- Author's Note
- Illustrator's Note.
- Notes:
- "The illustrations were created with acrylics on canvas."
- "The display type was set in Casablanca Antique."
- "The text type was set in Adobe Garamond Pro."
- "Each poem in this collection is named for a traditional quilt block and reflects a metaphorical patchwork of circumstances encountered by enslaved people in America."
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2013.
- Local Notes:
- Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.
- Banks Collection copy: dustjacket retained.
- Banks Collection copy has "Reinforced trade binding".
- ISBN:
- 9780802853868
- 0802853862
- OCLC:
- 729863212
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