| Colonial Crafts Contributor(s): Kalman, Bobbie (Author), Debiasi, Antoinette (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 0865055106 ISBN-13: 9780865055100 Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company OUR PRICE: $8.96 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 1992 Annotation: In colonial times there were no factories. If some needed a barrel or a chair, that object had to be made by hand. Crafts people made furniture, utensils for the home, and tools for farmers. Each of these essential artisans was skilled in one particular craft. The wheelwright, for example, made wheels. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction |
| Dewey: 680.973 |
| LCCN: 93006208 |
| Lexile Measure: 890 |
| Series: Historic Communities (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.14" H x 8.37" W x 10.73" (0.38 lbs) 32 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Mid-Atlantic - Cultural Region - New England - Geographic Orientation - Virginia |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 15906 Reading Level: 5.9 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 0.5 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Bobbie Kalman's acclaimed Historic Communities Series provides a close-up view of how people lived more than two hundred years ago. Colorful photos, many taken by Bobbie Kalman herself at restored historic villages across the country, help support the fascinating information. Children will have fun learning about: -- early homes and the settler community-- what people wore and the crafts they made-- how settlers made their living-- how they spent their leisure time-- the values, customs, and traditions of the early settlersColonial Crafts introduces young readers to the craftspeople who created useful works of art by hand, many of which have lasted more than two hundred years. Children will find out how the artisans learned their trades through many years of apprenticeship, as their masters did before them.Visit the workshops of: -- the wheelwright-- the cooper-- the founder-- the shoemaker-- the milliner-- the gunsmith |