She Stitched the Stars: A Story of Ellen Harding Baker's Solar System Quilt (She Made History)

Harris, Jennifer

ISBN 10: 0807573221 / ISBN 13: 9780807573228

Published by Albert Whitman & Company, 2021

Cover may have light wear, pages in very good condition and binding is sturdy; may have other light shelf wear or creases. May have notes or highlighting. Seller Inventory # EVV.0807573221.VG

Synopsis:

At a time when girls and women were supposed to limit their worlds to home, one mother looked beyond--to space.

In 1876 Ellen Harding Baker began stitching an extraordinary quilt, one that accurately depicted our solar system. Ellen, a Iowa storekeeper's wife and a mother, had a curiosity that reached far beyond the stratosphere. Today the quilt hangs in the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History. This lyrical story imagines the creation of the quilt from the perspective of Ellen's daughters, who, like their mother, lived in a time when girls and women were expected to limit their pursuit of knowledge, and who may have been inspired to dream bigger and look farther.

About the Authors:

Jennifer Harris is a professor of English at the University of Waterloo, Ontario, specializing in nineteenth-century American literature. This is her first book for children.

Louise Pigott creates vibrant, detailed, and atmospheric illustrations for children's books and greeting cards that have appeared around the world.

Bibliographic Details

Title: She Stitched the Stars: A Story of Ellen ...
Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company
Publication Date: 2021
Binding: Hardcover
Illustrator: Pigott, Louise
Condition: very_good