Crafts

Quilting

  • Apricots at Midnight and Other Stories from a Patchwork Quilt, Adele Geras, illus. by Doreen Cladwell. Atheneum, 1982 (5-7)
  • Aunt Harriet’s Underground Railroad in the Sky, Faith Ringgold. Crown, 1993 (3-5)
  • The Bedspread, Sylvia Fair. Morrow, 1982 (1-3)
  • The Boy and the Quilt, Shirley Kurtz, illus. by Cheryl Benner. Good Books, 1991 (K-3)
  • The Canada Geese Quilt, Natalie Kinsey-Warnock, illus. by Leslie W. Bowman. Dell, 1989 (2-4)
  • Down Home at Miss Dessa’s, Bettye Stroud, illus. by Felicia Marshall. Lee & Low, 1996, (K-2)
  • Eight Hands Round: A Patchwork Alphabet, Ann Whitford Paul, illus. by Jeanette Winter. HarperCollins, 1991 (K-4)
  • The Josefina Story Quilt, Eleanor Corr, illus. by Bruce Degan. Harper & Row, 1986 (K-3)
  • The Keeping Quilt, Patricia Polacco. Simon & Shuster, 1988 (1-4)
  • Luka’s Quilt, Shirley Glubak. Greenwillow, 1994 (1-4)
  • My Grandmother’s Patchwork Quilt: A Book and Portfolio of Patchwork Pieces, Jane Bolton. Doubleday, 1994 (2-4)
  • The Patchwork Cat, William Mayne, illus. by Nicola Bayley. Jonathan Cape, 1981 (K-3)
  • Patchwork Island, Karla Kuskin, illus. by Petra Mathers. HarperCollins, 1994 (preschool-3)
  • The Patchwork Quilt, Valerie Flournoy, illus. by Jerry Pinkney. Dial, 1985 (1-3)
  • Patchwork Tales, Susan L. Roth and Ruth Phang. Atheneum, 1984(1-3)
  • The Quilt, Ann Jonas. Puffin, 1994 (K-3)
  • Quilts in the Attic, Robbin Fleisher, illus. by Ati Forberg. Macmillan, 1978 (K-2)
  • The Quilt Story, Tony Johnston, illus. by Tomie dePaola. Putnam, 1992 (K-2)
  • Sam Johnson and the Blue Ribbon Quilt, Lisa Cambell Ernst. Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, 1983 (K-3)
  • Seasons Sewn: A Year in Patchwork, Ann Whitford Paul. Harcourt, (K-4)
  • Selina and the Bear Paw Quilt, Barbara Smucker, illus. Janet Wilson. Lester, 1995 (K-3)
  • Sewing Quilts, Ann Turner, illus. by Thomas B. Allen. Simon & Shuster, 1990 (1-4)
  • Stitching Stars: The Story Quilts of Harriet Powers, Mary E. Lyons. Scribner, 1993 (3-6)
  • Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt, Deborah Hopkinson, illus. by James Ransome. Knopf, 1992 (K-5)

Textiles, Stitchery

  • Pelle’s New Suit, Elsa Beskow. HarperCollins, 1929, (K-2)
  • The Goat in the Rug, Charles L. Blood and Martin Link, illus. by Nancy Winslow Parker. Simon & Schuster, 1984 (1-3)
  • Charlie Needs a Cloak, Tomie dePaola. Simon & Schuster, 1982 (1-4)
  • Unraveling Fibers, Patricia A. Keeler and Francis X. McCall. Atheneum, 1995 (2-5)
  • The Purple Coat, Amy Hest, ill. by Amy Schwartz. Macmillan, 1992 (1-4)
  • The Weaver’s Gift, Kathryn Lasky, photos by Christopher G. Knight. Warne, 1990 (1-4)
  • The Rag Coat, Lauren Mills. Little, Brown, 1991 (1-3)
  • From Sheep to Scarf, Ali Mitgutsch. Carolrhoda, 1981 (1-3)
  • Spring Fleece: A Day of Sheepshearing, Catherine Paladino. Little, Brown, 1990 (2-5)
  • Warm as Wool, Scott R. Sanders. Simon & Schuster, 1992 (1-3)
  • Cotton, Millicent Selsam, illus. by Jerome Wexler. Morrow, 1982 (1-3)
  • Katie Henio: Navajo Sheepherder, Peggy Thomson, photos by Paul Conklin. Cobblehill, 1995 (3-6)
  • A New Coat for Anna, Harriet Ziefert, illus. by Anita Label. Knopf, 1986 (1-3)

Origami

  • Origami Magic, Florence Temko, illus. by Sandra Denis and Florence Temko, photos by Dan Wagner. Scholastic, 1993 (3-8) (origami)
  • The Paper Crane, Molly Bang. Greenwillow, Morrow/Mulberry, 1985(K-3)(origami)
  • Paper John, David Small. Farrar, 1987 (2-6) (origami)
  • Tree of Cranes, Allen Say. Houghton, 1991 (origami)

Miscellaneous

  • Chicken Sunday, Polacco, Patricia. Philomel, 1992 (K-3) (Ukranian decorated eggs)
  • Children of Clay: A Family of Pueblo Potters, Rina Swentzell, photos by Bill Steen. Lerner, 1992 (2-5) (Pueblo pottery)
  • Daniel’s Duck, Clyde Robert Bulla, illus. by Joan Sandin. HarperCollins, 1979 (1-3) (carving)
  • Elijah’s Angel: A Story for Chanukah and Christmas, Michael J. Rosen, illus. by Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson, 1992 (2-5) (wood carving)
  • The Piñata Maker/El Piñataro, George Ancona. Harcourt, 1994 (2-6) (piñatas)
  • The Pottery Place, Gail Gibbons. Harcourt, 1987 (2-5) (clay pottery)
  • Pueblo Storyteller, Diane Hoyt-Goldsmith, photos by Lawrence Migdale. Holiday, 1991 (2-5) (traditional Pueblo crafts)