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By Kari Chapin. 2010
Guide to marketing handicrafts. Discusses business basics, such as record keeping and pricing. Covers selling goods online, in stores, and…
at craft shows; creating and updating a blog; and advertising in print and on the Web. Features success and failure stories by experienced artisans. 2010By Debbi Michiko Florence, Debbi M. Florence. 2008
Discusses China's geography, history, and cultural traditions and presents related arts and crafts projects that make use of available materials.…
Activities include racing a dragon boat, baking Moon cakes, juggling two balls, and eating with chopsticks. For grades 3-6. 2008By Wood Magazine Staff. 2006
Step-by-step instructions for creating functional and decorative wooden containers. Projects include a tool chest, a letter holder, whale and bird-shaped…
boxes, and a dovetailed jewelry case. Discusses working with veneers and inlays and other shop tips. Intended for readers with a basic knowledge of woodworking skills and tools. 2006By Susan Milord. 1999
Combines information on Mexican history and traditions with hands-on projects. Activities include stringing a toy button snake (the national symbol…
is a snake-eating eagle), preparing salsa and hot chocolate, constructing a birthday piñata, and carving an Olmec-style head from plaster of Paris. For grades 3-6. 1999By Brandon Marie Miller. 2010
Biography of Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) highlights his self-reliance from age seventeen on and his roles as a printer, writer, scientist,…
inventor, and diplomat. Discusses his political views and work on the Declaration of Independence. Activities include craft, cooking, and science projects appropriate to Franklin's era. For grades 4-7. 2010By Everett Ellenwood. 2008
Introduces basic woodcarving techniques, tools and supplies, safety tips, and seven step-by-step projects: soap boat, snowman ornament, whistle, arrowhead, name…
plaque, eagle head, and musical frog. Adult supervision required. For grades 5-8. 2008By William Johnston, Charles Beiderman. 1988
Introduces the novice to basic skills. Discusses various carving tools and explains the advantages and disadvantages of different woods. Provides…
numerous project ideas with pointers on techniques and finishes. Covers entering competitions and exhibits and forming a carving club. 1993By Everett Ellenwood. 2008
Award-winning woodcarver draws on thirty years' experience to explain his craft. Provides a short history of woodcarving, then discusses wood…
characteristics and types and the selection of tools and sharpening stones. Covers safety tips and basic to complex techniques. Includes seven step-by-step projects designed to teach various skills. 2008By Anna-Marie D'Cruz. 2009
Step-by-step directions for creating eight musical instruments from readily available materials. Turn big buttons, cord, and thin cardboard into castanets;…
a plastic shopping bag and empty Pringle tubes into bongo drums; or a shoebox, wooden coat hanger, and rubber bands into a harp. Adult supervision recommended. For grades 3-6. 2009By Stephanie Bearce. 2009
Explains how to plan, create, and maintain a miniature garden under glass in your own home. Discusses making a working…
water cycle, selecting a proper container, and growing tropical plants. Encourages experimentation. For grades 3-6. 2009By Stephanie Bearce. 2009
Explains how to grow plants--herbs, vegetables, flowers--in pots, tubs, wooden boxes, or any other container that will hold soil. Discusses…
the advantages of these portable gardens, selecting the right plant for your climate, and keeping it growing. For grades 3-6. 2009By Garry Barker, Garry G. Barker. 1995
This book contains about 15 years worth of commentary on issues Appalachian, and according to the author his only qualification…
is that he lived and worked there all his life. For high school and adult readersBy Lawrence Dorfman. 2011
Bah! Humbug! It's that time of year again. Time to spend too much, drink too much, eat too much, smile…
falsely, dig down deep to try and find "good cheer," battle crowds, try to find parking in over-crowded lots, ignore surly clerks, bartenders, waiters, valets, and parking lot attendants, all in the pursuit of that moment of happiness known throughout the world as--dun, dun, dun: the Holidays. Has there ever been a time more suited to tapping into snark? With commentary, jokes, and quotes regarding Thanksgiving, Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanza, New Year's; on bad presents, worse in-laws, horrible children, and much more glorious excess. UnratedBy Colorado State Library. 2017
The Family Literacy Activity Calendar features an early literacy activity for each day of the year. Developed for families with…
toddlers and preschoolers, activities help parents and children incorporate reading, interactive learning, and fun into every day. Each month has a theme and a reading list of related books. The calendar also has literacy tips for parents, craft "recipes," and links to additional resources. For preschool-grade 2By Gijsbert Van Frankenhuyzen, Frank Murphy. 2000
By Joan Potter Loveless, Joan P. Loveless. 1992
The story of the friendship of three weavers, their unique relationship to wool, the spirit and history of the Taos…
art colony in 1950's New Mexico, the challenge and evolution of the creative process, their participation in craft co-ops, and the joys and sorrows of the weavers' children and grandchildren. The story spans 40 years after the arrival of the author in the family's Model A convertible to Taos, fresh out of Black Mountain College where she studied with Anni AlbersBy Francis H. Harlow, Dwight P. Lanmon. 2016
Francis H. Harlow (b. 1928) is highly regarded as a leading authority on Pueblo Indian pottery, a field of study…
he pursued on his own after moving to New Mexico to work at Los Alamos National Laboratory as a physicist. In this memoir, Harlow describes his life growing up in Washington state, service in the US Army during World War II, college years, and his fifty-year career as a physicist at Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico. It was his move to the Southwest that provided the impetus for his lifelong hobby: the study of Pueblo history and pottery. His contributions to the field of fluid dynamics have been no less remarkable. Harlow's scientific and scholarly pursuits were augmented by his artistic talent as a painter, a skill he applied to his work in pottery and scienceBy Lisa Campbell Ernst. 1992
While mending the awning over the pig pen, Sam discovers that he enjoys sewing the various patches together but meets…
with scorn and ridicule when he asks his wife if he could join her quilting club. For grades K-3By Jan Greenberg, Sandra Jordan. 2013
Illustrated with evocative historical photographs and over fifty color reproductions of his ceramics, The Mad Potter tells the extraordinary story…
of an eccentric American maverick who was determined to make his mark and who never stopped believing that even the unlikeliest dreams can come true. For grades 5-8A guide to the bizarre, crazy, extraordinary people, places and things found in Nevada. Moreno tells the readers where to…
find more than 135 of the state's most unusual qualities ranging from the famed Shoe Tree on the Loneliest Road in America (U.S. 50) to the old Pioneer Saloon in the ghost town of Goodsprings, Nevada. Writers Hall of Fame Silver Pen award recipient