Archive for April, 2008
Singing Praises of Books
The best way to share both needlework and reading with others, especially kids, is to enjoy the activities yourself. Joy is contagious.
Working as a summer camp counselor with a bunk of eight 4-year-old boys, I read a lot of picture books. One evening, after the boys had showered, eaten snack, brushed teeth, and reviewed the […]Children’s Choice Book Awards
Children’s Book Week poster by Mary GrandPre.
I read a lot of kids’ books, from picture books to chapter books to middle grade and young adult novels. Mike claims that I became a children’s writer so I’d have an excuse to read kids’ books–as if I’d need such an excuse.
I keep a list of Recommended […]Guest Blogger: Lynne Nicoletti
For many years now I’ve been engaged in an addictive, though deeply satisfying, affair. As with most relationships, this one has seen me through many troubles and even caused a few. Sometimes, it’s created a distance between myself and the rest of my family. Other times, it’s allowed me to better understand and appreciate my […]
Weekend Book Quotes
What’s on my mp3 player? Antarctica on a Plate, by Alexa Thomson.
To read well, that is, to read true books in a true spirit, is a noble exercise, and one that will task the reader more than any other exercise which the customs of the day esteem. It requires a training such as the athletes […]Weekend Book Quotes
What’s on my nightstand? Bread and Roses, Too, by Katherine Paterson. If you forced me to name a single favorite children’s author, I just might say Katherine Paterson. I’ve read many of her books, and I’ve loved every single one; there’s not a stinker or even a weak one in the bunch.
What we become depends […]
Teen Literacy
So far in the Bookmark Challenge, when we’ve talked about literacy on the blog, we’ve focused primarily on new and early readers. Nothing beats instilling an early love of reading and building a strong foundation of language and literacy, but we must continue to build on those skills if we are to make fully literate […]
Lookybook
Even if you don’t have a Sony Reader or a Kindle or an iCanDoAnything, you can read digital books. In fact, you can read picture books, cover to cover, complete with the illustrations right here online at Lookybook.
Lookybook is the brainchild of Craig Frazier, an author and illustrator of picture books, among other things. […]World Record Bookmark Collector
As I mentioned in a previous post, one of the side effects of the Needle and Thread: Stitching for Literacy Bookmark Challenge has been an introduction to the world of bookmark collecting. In 2006, the Guinness Book of World Records named Frank Divendal, from Alkmaar, Holland, as the owner of the largest collection of bookmarks […]
Bookmarks at Caroline’s Thread and Canvas
Caroline at Caroline’s Thread and Canvas shares with us some of the bookmarks she’s received for her Bookmark Challenge.
This bookmark was stitched by Caroline’s friend, Leonora, who recently celebrated her 90th birthday. Happy Birthday Leonora!
Check out the finishing on the back. A hem is turned under and the two edges are cross stitched together. […]The Needlework Show is Closed
The Needlework Show is now closed. My email box is filled with receipts and messages and contest entries. I’m filling orders.
I just sent out notices to puzzle contest winners, so check your Inbox. I’ll announce the names here and on the Funk & Weber Designs Web site as soon as I get permission from the […]
