Made by Hand: A Crafts Sampler by Carole Lexa Schaefer, Becca Stadtlander
Published by Candlewick Press (MA) on October 9th 2018
ISBN: 0763674338
Pages: 48
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Thirteen different stories about 14 different crafts that were made by New England people. In a time before factories were making most of our needs and wants. James Wilson’s terrestrial globe, the studying he had to do, the money he needed to earn. ( Needed to make and sell 350 ax heads to buy a set of 1797 Encyclpaedia Britannica for $130.00. Then he had to walk 250 miles to study with a master engraver and cartographer Amas Doolittle in New Haven, CN.

I read these stories to my grandchildren who are growing up in a throwaway society. Pie Crimpers, rocking horses, butter churns, bandolier bags, etc. The museums where these items can be found.

Book Review by Jeri Fitzpatrick, GNG Middle School, Gray