“Saints are venerated not because they are essentially different from us but because they are essentially the same,” writes Bonfante-Warren in her introduction. The stories here continually remind readers of this. They show fallible... Read More

Clay is a marvelous medium for creative expression and with a little guidance, the results, however primitive, can be very satisfying. Based on their activities and experiences as teachers and artists, Nierman and the Arimas designed and... Read More

This children’s mystery stars Kathy Wicklow as a sleuthing heroine in the tradition of Nancy Drew, with one key exception. Where Nancy had to rely on old-fashioned legwork and deduction, Kathy is endowed with paranormal abilities. She... Read More

“Lucy has been part of all our lives,” Watson writes in the introduction to this snapshot of the good ol’ days when baby boomers were young and so was television. Now readers can experience it all over again. “The Classic... Read More

“Wampum should bring peace and bind peace and take the place of blood.” This is according to legend and tradition of how Hiawatha introduced wampum to the Iroquois at the founding of the League of Nations. Tehanetorens (Ray Fadden)... Read More

Picassiette (Ital)? the “crazy plate smasher”— was the moniker locals gave to foundry worker Raymond Isadore when he began affixing broken cup fragments, seashells and stones to every inch of his Chartres, France home in 1938.... Read More

Award-winning author Roberts begins this text with a simple but too often overlooked reminder concerning the creative process: “…all disciplines have a craft component…” This is a practical crafting guide for first-time mystery... Read More

Whirligig? Rio Rattles? Congophone? New vocabulary? No, just the names given to toys one can make with the instructions given in Czernecki’s craft book, which is an invitation to children and adults to experience hand made toys with... Read More