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Made by hand : a crafts sampler /

"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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Schaefer, Carole Lexa (Author)
Other Authors: Stadtlander, Becca (Illustrator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Sommerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2018.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Handicraft > Juvenile literature.
Folk art > United States > Juvenile literature.
Decorative arts > United States > Juvenile literature.
Handicraft > Juvenile fiction.
Handicraft > Fiction.
Historical fiction > Juvenile.
Historical fiction.
JUVENILE FICTION / Historical / United States / Colonial & Revolutionary Periods.
JUVENILE FICTION / People & Places / United States.
JUVENILE FICTION / Poetry.
Decorative arts.
Folk art.
Handicraft.
United States.
Handicraft - Juvenile fiction.
Historical fiction - Juvenile.
Historical Fiction.
Folk art - United States - Juvenile literature.
Handicraft - Juvenile literature.
Handicraft - Fiction.
Decorative arts - United States - Juvenile literature.
Fiction.
Juvenile works.
Picture books.
Table of 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.