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Schaefer, Carole Lexa

Made by Hand: A Crafts Sampler

48 pp. | Candlewick | October, 2018 | Trade ISBN 978-0-7636-7433-5 $17.99

(3) 4-6 Illustrated by Becca Stadtlander. Nineteenth-century, museum-quality handicrafts including a globe, a butter churn, a sled, and a weather vane inspire these fourteen lyrical stories--some totally fiction, some based on fact--of the objects' creators and users. Folksy gouache illustrations reflect the historic period and many of the tools the makers employed to carve, quilt, paint, embroider, or otherwise craft each item. Small photos and museum catalog information appended.

Reviewer: Gail Hedges