Made By Hand: A Crafts Sampler
$32.16
- Hardcover
48 pages
- Release Date
9 October 2018
Summary
A beautiful, one-of-a-kind volume invites readers to marvel at the time, effort, and care that went into creating handmade toys, tools, and treasures of the past.
Whirr, buzz, hum. Before busy machines in factories turned out most of what we need and use, people crafted these items by hand. From a globe to a pie crimper, a butter churn to a rocking horse, this unique collection highlights fourteen one-of-a-kind objects — each one drafted, stitched, painted, o…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780763674335 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0763674338 |
| Author: | Carole Lexa Schaefer, Becca Stadtlander |
| Publisher: | Candlewick Press,U.S. |
| Imprint: | Candlewick Press,U.S. |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 48 |
| Release Date: | 9 October 2018 |
| Weight: | 431g |
| Dimensions: | 10mm x 211mm x 279mm |
| Audience Age: | 8-12 |
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Critics Review
A carefully designed book that brings the past and the hand-created objects of the past to full-blooded life. –Kirkus Reviews
A carefully designed book that brings the past and the hand-created objects of the past to full-blooded life.
—Kirkus Reviews
This collection illuminates the country’s handmade past and offers a challenge to today’s tech-tethered readers: “Consider what you might try crafting with your hands in your own time.”
—Publishers Weekly
Schaefer spotlights 14 handmade objects, crafted between 1798 and 1950, focusing on the circumstances of their creation and use…Stadlander’s colorful folk-style paintings are rendered in gouache and feature numerous setting details. Spreads are appealingly designed using multiple panels that suggest quilt blocks.
—Booklist
Children will be intrigued to learn of the origins of 14 one-of-a-kind objects in 13 stories told on double-page spreads…Children exploring this period in American history will be fascinated with the material and find much for discussion in classrooms.
—School Library Connection
Carole Lexa Schaefer
Carole Lexa Schaefer
Carole Lexa Schaefer is the author of numerous books for young children, including Down in the Woods at Sleepytime, illustrated by Vanessa Cabban; the board books Ciao, Baby! Ready for a Ride and Ciao, Baby! In the Park, illustrated by Lauren Tobia; and the Monkey and Elephant series, illustrated by Galia Bernstein. Carole Lexa Schaefer lives on Camano Island, Washington.
Becca Stadtlander
Becca Stadtlander received her BFA in illustration from the Maryland Institute College of Art. She is the illustrator of On the Wing by David Elliott, Things That Grow by Libby Walden, and Sleep Tight Farm by Eugenie Doyle. Becca Stadtlander lives in Kentucky.
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