Magic Cat Publishing
The Handbook of Forgotten Skills: Old Fashioned Fun for a New Generation | Hardcover | Children’s Books on Art & Crafting
The Handbook of Forgotten Skills: Old Fashioned Fun for a New Generation | Hardcover | Children’s Books on Art & Crafting
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Turn the clock back to a simpler time. Cold lemonade in summer, evenings by a campfire, a warm blanket in winter. Fully-illustrated chapters feature the history and story behind more than thirty skills, including: How to skip stones, How to grow your own tomatoes, How to sew on a button, How to use a compass, How to mend a sock and much, much more.
Reading age: 7 years or older
Ideal For: Perfect for 7-12 year olds (and nostalgic grown-ups), and den-building, lemonade and knots the old-fashioned way.
Details: Hardcover | 112 pages | 27.0 × 21.0 cm
About the Creators: NATALIE CROWLEY creates emergent outdoor education curriculum for students and teachers in all educational environments. ELAINE BATISTE runs a blog called 'LaineeMakes' that deals with a whole range of topics: travel, food, art, photography and clothing. A lot of which she makes herself! CHRIS DURIEZ is a Scottish children's illustrator and printmaker based in Cambridge. Having worked for many years as an animator and primary school teacher in the big city, he is now working towards a masters in children's book illustration at the Cambridge School of Art.
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