Made by Hand
A Crafts Sampler
Sommerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2018.
Format: Book
Description: 1 volume (unnumbered) : color illustrations ; 28 cm
"Combing real historical artifacts with fictional stories, Carole Lexa Schaefer brings each fascinating object to life by imagining the hands that might have made it and those that might have used it." --Dust jacket.
Contents:
Welcome -- Terrestrial globe (1810) -- Candle box (c.1800) -- Pie crimper (c. 1850) -- Rocking horse (c1860) -- Child's sled (1800s) -- Butter churn (c1850-1875) -- Sampler (c1798) -- Bandolier bag (c. mid- to late 1800s) -- Scrimshaw box (c. 1832-1856) -- Valentine (c. 1840-1860) -- Dolls (c. 1840, 1840-1870s, 1950) -- Weather vane (c1890) -- Carrying case (1852) -- Author's note.
Subjects:
Handicraft -- Juvenile literature.
Folk art -- United States -- Juvenile literature.
Decorative arts -- United States -- Juvenile literature.
Handicraft -- Juvenile fiction.
Historical fiction -- Juvenile.
Handicraft -- Juvenile literature.
Folk art -- United States -- Juvenile literature.
Decorative arts -- United States -- Juvenile literature.
Handicraft -- Juvenile fiction.
Historical fiction -- Juvenile.
ISBN:
9780763674335
Availability | |||
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
C CRAFT/HOBBY Sch | Main (Downtown) | Garden Level, Children's NonFiction | Out (Due: 4/11/2024) |
C CRAFT/HOBBY Sch | Main (Downtown) | Garden Level, Children's NonFiction | In |
C CRAFT/HOBBY Sch | Northeast Indoors | Children's NonFiction | In |
C CRAFT/HOBBY Sch | Sandhills Indoors | Children's NonFiction | Out (Due: 4/18/2024) |
C CRAFT/HOBBY Sch | Wheatley (Shandon) | Children's NonFiction | In |
Included at the end of the book are photographs, descriptions, and provenance of the real artifacts.