Ten-year-old Chersheng helps his beloved grandfather cope with his failing memory, brought on by Alzheimer's disease, by showing him the story quilt Grandfather made after fleeing his homeland, Laos, during wartime.
Provides information about the history of quiltmaking in America from the late-eighteenth-century up to the beginning of the twenty-first-century. Describes the cultural significance and evolution of quilts into an art form. Includes color photographs and an index.
their quilts, their roles, activities for re-enactors
Brackman, Barbara
2000
Examines the experiences of nine Civil War women including abolitionist Lucy Stone and freed slave Susie King Taylor and offers nine projects for period quilts and creative activities related to each woman's story.
In 1918 Illinois, Ida Lou dreams of finding her estranged father by becoming an aerialist in the circus, but her plans may be sidetracked by a terrible accident.
