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Made by hand : a crafts sampler
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"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 ...
"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." --Page [2] of cover.
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- Creator
- Carole Lexa Schaefer ; illustrated by Becca Stadtlander
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- Sommerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2018
- ©2018
- Physical Details
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- 1 volume (unnumbered) : color illustrations ; 28 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780763674335, 0763674338
- OCLC
- on1020310194
- Included at the end of the book are photographs, descriptions, and provenance of the real artifacts.
- 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.
- Handicraft -- Fiction.
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- Historical fiction -- Juvenile.
- Historical fiction.
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