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Author:

Grady, Cynthia.

Title:

I lay my stitches down : poems of American slavery / written by Cynthia Grady ; illustrated by Michele Wood.

Publisher:

Eerdmans Books for Young Readers,

Copyright Date:

2012

Description:

1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 32 cm.

Subject:

Children's poetry, American--Juvenile literature.
American poetry--Juvenile literature.
American poetry.
United States--History--Juvenile poetry.
United States--History--Juvenile literature.
United States--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
American poetry.
Slavery--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Children's Poetry, American.

Other Authors:

Wood, Michele.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Summary:

Grady weaves together spiritual, musical, and quilting references with evocative imagery to express the pain, sorrow, and weariness as well as the joy and hope sustained by those living in slavery in america.

ISBN:

0802853862
9780802853868

LCCN:

2011022481

Locations:

MMPE553 -- Algona Public Library (Algona)

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

DBPE173 -- Clear Lake Public Library (Clear Lake)

XXPH787 -- Council Bluffs Public Library (Council Bluffs)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

CMPE792 -- Drake Community Library (Grinnell)

HOPC845 -- Hull Public Library (Hull)

SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

CYPF706 -- Musser Public Library (Muscatine)

OZAX845 -- Northwestern College - DeWitt Library (Orange City)

GAAX314 -- Northeast Iowa Community College Library - Peosta (Peosta)

SFPH074 -- Waterloo Public Library (Waterloo)

PQAX094 -- Wartburg College - Vogel Library (Waverly)