The Quilts of Gee's Bend
by Susan Goldman Rubin
“How homemade quilts created in rural Alabama became modern art . . . A handsome... read more
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- Grade
- 5-8
- Genre
- Nonfiction
- Cultural Experience
- African American
- Women / Girls
Year Published 2017
Word Count 4,822
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 970L
- ATOS Reading Level: 5.9
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 187659, 1 AR Points
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- Curricular Area
- Art
- History
- Social Studies
- STEAM
- Subject Headings
- African American quiltmakers
- Wilcox County
- African American women
- African American quilts
- Quilts
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / People & Places / Unite
- African American quilts--Alabama--Wilcox County--Juvenile literature
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Art | General
- Alabama
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / Art / General
- African American women--Alabama--Wilcox County--Juvenile literature
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Family | Multigenerational
- Quilts--Alabama--Wilcox County--History--Juvenile literature
- History
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / Family / Multigeneratio
- Juvenile Nonfiction | People & Places | United States - African-American
- African American quiltmakers--Alabama--Wilcox County--Juvenile literature
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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 2
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Awards & Distinctions 6
Orbis Pictus Award, 2000-2024
Honor, 2018
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2024
History, Life, Culture in the Americas Selection, 2018
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2024
Nonfiction Selection, 2017
SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2023
Selection, 2017
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