Book Description
Big Girl Knits features twenty-five unique patterns for women size 14 and up. From flattering pullovers and sexy tees to sleek skirts and fun accessories, this book is overflowing with options for knitting up an entire wardrobe to compliment your shapely shape.
Part knitting instruction, part fashion guide, Big Girl Knits is packed with expert advice to help you make the most of the three Bs: Boobs, Belly, and Butt. All the garments and accessories featured in the book are proportioned to fit and flatter a big girl’s body. Learn two fabulous adaptations to add to your knitting toolbox that you can apply to any sweater pattern. The book also features an easy-to-use measurement guide and tips to help you choose the right yarn, colors, and styles for you.
Customer Reviews:
Great Purchase.......2007-10-11
I am very pleased with my purchase. The condition of the book was as described and it arrived in a timely manner.
Big Girl Knits.......2007-09-16
This book is just what big Girls who knit need. It's witty, funny and the patterns are lovely and inspiring. Definitely a very well written book.
A bad attempt at a cool idea.......2007-09-10
It is books like this that I really hope inspire others to write better ones - with better patterns, better looking models and a kinder, more creative title.
I have to agree with the other reviewers that the patterns are awful! They have no shape to them, don't lay right and the designs are ugly. After 2 pattern attempts I just gave up. Eventhough I was not to keen on any of the patterns I did want to try one out as a gift.
I find the items suggested in this book to be ones that would be the rejects at stores that majority of larger women would never dare be seen in. Come on! Our clothes have to reflect the abundance of personality and class a beautiful bigger woman usually has!
Would it have hurt to hire models that didn't look so frumpy? What makes an okay looking top become a bad one is if the model looks like she hasn't done her hair or makeup. The models selected for this book provide zero stimulation to the items they are suppose to be inspiring to create. I am not talking about hiring supermodels, but the least thing these models could have done were comb their hair, put some lipstick on and smile and make us think the tops were really fun to wear!
Lastly, I find the book's title unintelligent and frankly offensive. When did a word (big) that we use towards children to encourage them to be mature and respectful become such a negative term towards women's bodies? Society really needs to embrace the words that really describe our bodies... voluptuous, curvy, healthy, etc... Would it have killed the authors to name it "Venus Girl Knits" or "Vivacious Voluptuous Women Knits"?
I really hope this book inspires some more creative bound books in the future. It was a great idea that has so much more potential in the market. I personally do not recommend this one at all.
To all big girl knitters don't miss this one!!.......2007-07-09
This is a wonderful book full of fashionable knits for we big beautiful women. There is an excellent forward with all you need to know about dressing to suit your size and the importance of measuring ourselves correctly.
Although all the patterns are not to my taste, most of them are and I had a hard time deciding what to knit first.
I can't wait for the next one.
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Abrasive.......2007-06-21
I find this book informative and vulgar. The authors' use of inappropriate inuendoes and offensive language destroyed any desire to support their efforts at having written this book. Sometimes trying to be funny when you are not only makes the attempt worse. As a confident full bodied woman I have no need for such demoralizing humor. The book was returned...and yes I do appreciate the authors' attempts at creating knitting patterns for women of substance.
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Adolescent girls today face the issues girls have always faced: "Who am I?" and "Who do I want to be?" Unfortunately their answers, now more than ever before, revolve around the body rather than the mind, heart, or soul. "The body is at the heart of the crisis that [Carol] Gilligan, [Mary] Pipher, and others describe.... The fact that American girls now make the body their central project is not an accident or a curiosity," writes Brumberg, "it is a symptom of historical changes that are only now beginning to be understood." The historical photos, thorough research, and political even-handedness make this a book of worth and sincerity. The Body Project is also comforting for women, adolescents, parents, lesbians, and male lovers of women--helping us sort out the roots of female insecurities, obsessions, and angst.
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"Timely and sympathetic . . . a work of impassioned advocacy." --
People
A hundred years ago, women were lacing themselves into corsets and teaching their daughters to do the same. The ideal of the day, however, was inner beauty: a focus on good deeds and a pure heart. Today American women have more social choices and personal freedom than ever before. But fifty-three percent of our girls are dissatisfied with their bodies by the age of thirteen, and many begin a pattern of weight obsession and dieting as early as eight or nine. Why?
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The Body Project, historian Joan Jacobs Brumberg answers this question, drawing on diary excerpts and media images from 1830 to the present. Tracing girls' attitudes toward topics ranging from breast size and menstruation to hair, clothing, and cosmetics, she exposes the shift from the Victorian concern with inner beauty to our modern focus on outward appearance--in particular, the desire to be model-thin and sexy. Compassionate, insightful, and gracefully written,
The Body Project explores the gains and losses adolescent girls have inherited since they shed the corset and the ideal of virginity for a new world of sexual freedom and consumerism--a world in which the body is their primary project.
"Joan Brumberg's book offers us an insightful and entertaining history behind the destructive mantra of the '90s--'I hate my body!'" --Katie Couric
Customer Reviews:
Understanding a Cultural Obsession.......2007-04-23
Topic: - The book is the author's historical perspective, suggesting there are ever increasing visual evaluations and body standards being placed on American Girls.
Commentary: - The book does an excellent job of bringing attention to the messages girls are constantly bombarded with from all forms of media, advertising and cultural rules, messages that try to persuade them their body should have certain attributes and not have other attributes. It outlines how with each new generation, new social visual ideals are added. From shaving legs, to waxing, to eyebrow control, to hairstyles, to overall weight, to muscle tone, to bad breath, to body odor, to feminine hygeine, to piercings, to tattoos, to teeth straightening, to belly button length, to breast shape, to teeth whitening, and on and on.
Writing Style: - I thought the premise and supporting facts of this book were excellent, but if I have to fault one aspect of the book, it is that the writing sometimes lost my attention - this occurred even though I greatly care about the issues discussed in the book.
What would have made this book better?: - There is an inherent conflict in these issues: How do you make "not being a pawn to these social pressures" interesting and sexually attractive? One of the main draws that advertisers and social forces use is: IF you perfectly control your body and develop these many attributes, THEN you'll be more well liked, treated better, more in control, or more sexually attractive. For the book to have been even better, it needed to spend more time promoting non-conformist beauty ideals and conceptual frameworks.
In other words, it needed to do more to show how NOT persuing a "body perfect" can lead to better social relationships, understanding, attractiveness, etc. It's not enough to tell a person, "Don't do that." It's better to show them how alternative paths can produce more fulfilling and better outcomes. This is because women are constantly bombarded with the opposing messages of: "Make your body perfect" and you will receive _____ (fill in the blank).
Why did I write this review?: - I read this book about a year ago, and I didn't feel compelled to write a review. But one of the attributes of a great idea or a great book of ideas is the longer the ideas are considered in your brain (the more evidence and scenarios you evaluate using those ideas), the more those ideas resonate with 'truth' or significance.
Like most people, I use the internet often. I'm just sickened by the frequency of visual beauty ads. From wrinkle creams, to Stry-Vectyn, to Bo-Tox, to acne-fighters, and every other blemish or age-fighting cream, lotion, or potion. The same messages are coming from T.V.
Dove has launched a "Real Beauty" campaign, where they show women with "non-ideal" body types and weight ranges. And while I can admire some of the premise, which is: "Beauty is broader than the narrow definitions of supemodel advertising," I am also saddened as Dove, a cosmetic company, has also introduced the suggestion: Older women and non-ideal women need to spend more money on our beauty products. Olay's campaign of "Fight crows feet . . . on your elbows and your legs" is creating additional Body Projects for women to be concerned about.
Given the constant messages and pressures American women receive, I expect most women have dealt with an eating disorder or OCD mindset about their physical appearance. After reading this book, I admire every woman who has managed to overcome our culture's body obsession and who has found a way to moderate their eating habits and perceptions of their body.
I recommend at least scanning this book to find any topics of interest. Hopefully, young women who have read this book will be more able to recognize the unnecessary demands and often unreachable standards being asked of them. Hopefully they will learn to define their beauty, and the beauty of the women around them, using more non-body-defined benchmarks.
Fabulous.......2007-04-04
This book was the best non-fiction I have ever read. It details the changing attitudes towards girls' bodies from the Victorian era to now. It's a sad, hard truth, but opens readers' eyes to the stark reality of girls' bodies going from prime real estate -joint owners being parents and the future husband- to nothing but over-sexed, under nourished, under appreciated, and under protected citizens of society.
This book is a wonderful chronicle of the changes in physical appearance, as well as mental status, in the ever-changing world of girls in society.
Fair Attempt to Explain a Growing Problem.......2006-06-10
I bought this book because I see how girls/young women stuggle to achieve a very unrealistic ideal of beauty and how middle aged women stuggle to hang on to what they had as young women. As I approach 50, I know I am expected to stay trim, fit and muscular in spite of the fact that my body struggles mightly against it, especially since pregnancy and child birth.
As for the book, it is heavily researched and some of that research does involve journals from the 19th century and beyond. The first chapter is about how girls' bodies are maturing at a much faster rate than those of their fore sisters and the implications of this. Interesting.
The second chapter covers menstruation and menarche in detail. It is really too long. The basic premise of the chapter is how menarche has become consumerized. Mothers provide their daughters with all the mass manufactured equipment and not much else. The author wants menarche to be explained to girls as the time they enter womanhood, but I have a problem with this for two reasons. #1 Most girls are entering menarche at a time when they are not even remotely ready to be women. #2 When I enter menopause, am I exiting womanhood?
The third chapter covers the quest for perfect skin. It is page after page covering the subject of acne and how it has been dealt with over the past century. This, also, the author feels has been very much consumerized, as mothers take their daughters to the doctors and buy any and every cream and potion to relieve their daughters' agony.
The fourth chapter deals with the history of girls trying to achieve the perfect body and the fifth with the disappearance of virginity and how women have gained sexual freedom, but this has also filtered down to girls in middle school and high school and most of these girls and young women are ill equipped mentally and emotionally to deal with the ramifications of their sexuality.
The overall ideals in the book are excellent. The fact that girls have lost their closeness with mothers, aunts, teachers and other female role models. The fact that most of their learning comes from the media and girls their own ages. The fact that outward beauty is what females are judged by rather than beauty that comes from inside. The fact that girls are no longer protected through the family unit. They are sexually active earlier and earlier and often with older men and not boys of their own age. They have been sold the goods of freedom and independence when they are really not ready for them, etc.
Unfortunately, the book did not so much back up these ideas, but more harped on consumerism...the buying of feminine products, make up, clothes, etc. I am pretty sure this is but I small part of the problem.
Why "beautiful on the inside" doesn't seem to matter anymore.......2006-01-19
What happened to American girls, to women, over the past hundred years, that caused a quantum shift in how they present themselves to the world?
Intelligence, spirituality, charity and volunteerism, and skills for all things domestic were once revered. The most popular girl in her class wasn't the prettiest girl. The girl considered best for marriage had the qualities desired for a wife and mother and not what she looked like on her husband's arm.
We are all victims of this shift.
I admit I first noticed this book on a shelf in a train-station bookstore because of the flat, tanned belly on the cover. We've become a society obsessed with pieces and parts and appearances of the pieces and parts rather than the beauty of the whole person. Our self-esteem is measured by the numbers on the scale or the size of our jeans or the clarity of our skin.
Over the past six years, I've reread this book a few times, and always find a new point that rings true.
In her revealing (yet not surprising) sociological history Blumberg uses the best and most frank sources to illustrate her case: the private diaries of young women, from the Victorian era to present day (the late 90's). Blumberg theorizes that it's the media and consumerism that are the biggest contributors to the shift and uses excerpts from the diaries to make her point.
Blumberg focuses on middle-class Caucasian girls circa 1998, and perhaps the book needs an update to focus on a broader demographic as well as address the influence of the internet which has since become an increasingly important factor in the socialization and self-awareness of young women.
I think this is a decent book for a teenage girl, but I'm not sure it will have much of a positive influence. Girls are constantly being fed about how they should look and what products they should buy to achieve beauty.
It's a better book for a woman in her 20's or 30's who might want a better understanding of why we've become the way we are.
Unworthy of "American" in its title.......2005-10-02
The Body Project provides very selective leeway into the societal effects of African-American adolescent girls and their personal body projects. The main focus of this book is on the evolution of the white middle-class adolescent girl throughout American history. African-American and Jewish girls are mentioned briefly in a few chapters, while other ethnic groups are simply never discussed. Are these other various ethnic groups not worthy of their equal place in Brumberg's book?
Brumberg focuses on the evolution of the white middle-class female adolescent starting in the early 1800s and ending in the late 1990s. An evolution of the African American adolescent also took place during these times, but differently than that of their white female counterparts.
In order to understand black American adolescents today, foundation for cultural practices must first be established. Brumberg never mentions the coexistence of enslaved blacks, in America during the 18th or 19th centuries.
Though all women have the same biological anatomy, our genes vary, our cultures vary, so we should dispel the idea that when certain groups of women who menstruate earlier than others are abnormal or inferior. Brumberg reveals that this type of thought was well circulated throughout the medical community remained true during the Victorian period. The notion that black health was considered an expendable asset in the American medical community well through the early 1970s.
One major issue that Brumberg avoids is the abuse of children and adolescents. There is probably a close connection between the body projects that adolescents undertake and their harsh self-image.
Brumberg fails to expand on the greater idea that people exist who can never truly choose their identity before it first chooses them. Many girls are intrinsically bound to a stereotype, despite self-image. Possibly everyone has small things that they would like to alter about their physical appearances; however Americans also fail to see these "body projects" as a form a western female mutilation, of which millions of women have fallen victim. Plastic surgery is an ever-growing project that young girls obsess about. This standard idea of beauty that girls manipulate themselves on must disappear, before our individuality as women disappears.
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The patterns included in this woodworking project guide are sized for 18-inch dolls such as the popular American Girl dolls and can be scaled for larger or smaller dolls. Each project includes a list of all materials needed and details the start-to-finish procedure, from preparing wood to staining and painting the piece. Patterns for 30 pieces of doll furniture are included, and five step-by-step projects for a bed, dresser, rocking chair, table, and standing mirror are featured.
Customer Reviews:
Making Doll Furniture in Wood.......2007-06-11
Great book! I bought it for my son-in-law--he loved it.
Doll furniture.......2007-01-04
An excellent book with good projects. So far I've only built the armoire, but have others in mind. I did discover minor discrepancies in the directions. Cuts did not agree with what pictures showed in the construction. Trying to find all the different thicknesses of woods specified was difficult if you do not have access to a thickness planer or sander. There is no problem that can't be overcome with a little ingenuity.
NOT scaled for 18" dolls.......2006-07-08
How disappointing! I bought this book for my daughter's 9th Birthday. Her dad is going to make her American Girl dolls some furniture & I thought this would be the perfect guide. WRONG! The armoire is only 6" deep. The American Girl clothes hangers are 6 1/4" wide. Tell me, how is that going to work? The doors won't even be able to close! Thankfully my hubby is a skilled woodworker & can expand the dimensions, but if he is going to have to come up with his own pattern this book would have best been left on the shelf. We are very disappointed. My brother-in-law is making the picnic table & my niece told me that they were surprised & how small it is looking. Seems like more than one project is not quite up to the 18" par. Think twice before buying this one or at least find one to look at in person before hand.
Great Book.......2006-02-25
I really loved this book. My girls wanted furniture for their dolls, but Pleasant Company Products were out of my budget. Using this book, my daughters and I were able to create the simple pieces.
My older daughter designed a bedroom suite. We painted it blue with a cascade of morning glories. Flower painting is not one of my talents, so we used rub ons from the craft store. The bed was easy to build, the armoire was challenging. We turned the chest over to Grandpa to finish. I was beyond my skills.
My younger daughter wanted a dining room suite for her tea parties. The table and chairs were fine, but once again we requested Grandpa's assistance to turn an armoire into a china hutch. We painted the furniture a lovely yellow with sunflower transfers. Both of my girls love it.
In closing, the beds, tables, and chairs were fine for a beginner. If you are attempting any of the case-goods, you might need a grandpa too.
I don't have a lot of tools. My local store (the orange one) cut the wood to size for me, so we just needed to assemble it, sand it, etc. The first cut was free, and there was a nominal charge for the other cuts. The sweet gentleman who helped us liked the book. He is a grandpa, and is going to buy the book too.
I wish the case-good projects were a little easier. I also wish there were simple patterns for bed coverings and chair pillows. I am an experienced seamstress, but others may benefit from this in the next edition.
good book but----.......2006-02-08
This is not a book for beginning wood workers.
Need a lot of different tools.
Book Description
Fourth in the series of best-selling quilting books celebrating the great outdoors. Features more quilts, more appliqués and more projects than any of her previous books. It is a spectacular collection of 24 quilts, wallhangings, and companion projects in patchwork and wildlife appliqué.
Customer Reviews:
Homey and inviting.......2007-09-20
This book has many ideas to make your home "homey". The designs are great for beginners as well as experienced quilters, can't wait to start my first from this book. You won't be dissapointed.
Northwoods style designs.......2006-03-26
Like the granola girl designs for quilts to use in the cottage.
Smallish quilts and lots of applique. Is that what you wanted?.......2006-02-27
Abraham Lincoln once said (I paraphrase), "For the kind of person who would like this sort of thing, this is just the sort of thing they would like." That's the best description I can give of Quilting the Lodge Look. If you're seeking a collection of woodsy, bungalow-ish quilts primarily for home decoration, this may be the book for you. If you were hoping for larger quilts suitable for beds (as I was), you may be a little disappointed.
The quilts are ALL pretty. The colors and fabrics chosen really do elicit the feeling of a cabin in the woods: flannel plaids, sure, but plenty of woodsy dark reds, browns, deep blues. Not that you're stuck with Debbie Field's color choices (I've never made a quilt that matched the picture), but she gives good guidance, here.
Most involve applique, usually with the predictable "lodge" theme (such as one with a canoeing picture); I find they make me think of camping, cooking over a woodfire, dappled sunlight. If you're not into applique, though, you'll probably find yourself saying, "pretty quilt," as you flip the page to the next option.
Several of the quilts (well, "several" given that we're talking about only 24 quilts) are sampler quilts, with 4 or 9 different blocks. The smaller projects include a set of placemats, pillow, etc., which are designed to match others, such as a canoe pillow that would go nicely with the sampler wall-hanging that includes a canoeing block.
This book's weakness -- or strength, depending on what you're looking for -- is its emphasis on small, hang-able quilts. I think there are only four larger sizes, and they're all "snugglers." None are big enough to put on a queen bed, and I'm not sure they'd cover a double. Great for wrapping around you in front of the fireplace on a cold winter night, but we don't have too many of those in Phoenix.
I'm not sure if I'll ever get around to making one of these quilts. I may; I have a sister in New York (where it *snows*, can you imagine that?) who would probably love one of those snugglers. And they sure are pretty.
Great book for the outdoor lover.......2005-11-15
Instructions very good. If you like the outdoor look you'll like all the projects in this book
Quilting the Lodge Look .......2005-03-12
I love the mountains. This book is wonderful. At first glance I only saw the main blocks. Upon closer look at each block there is so much detail in the little things that really make the block meaningful. There are great directions for each block and full sized patterns for applique that make these blocks amazing. If you can not find retreat in a mountain lodge, you can make the lodge look in your own home with this book.
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- Overall good reading
- The Green Glass Sea
- great except the language
- this one's for the girls
- The perfect blend of historical fiction and coming-of-age tale
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The Green Glass Sea
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It is 1943, and 11-year-old Dewey Kerrigan is traveling west on a train to live with her scientist father—but no one, not her father nor the military guardians who accompany her, will tell her exactly where he is. When she reaches Los Alamos, New Mexico, she learns why: he's working on a top secret government program. Over the next few years, Dewey gets to know eminent scientists, starts tinkering with her own mechanical projects, becomes friends with a budding artist who is as much of a misfit as she is—and, all the while, has no idea how the Manhattan Project is about to change the world. This book's fresh prose and fascinating subject are like nothing you've read before.
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Overall good reading.......2007-10-16
I read this first to see if it was appropriate for my 9-year-old son. For the most part, I loved the storyline and pacing, but it is overly sad. The author could have gotten to the same ending without some of the tragedy, I think.
I agree that it is for middle-school kids, not 9-year-olds, so I'm leaving it on the shelf for a couple of years. Although I think my son will enjoy the technical aspects of the story, the emotional aspects are abit ahead for him.
The Green Glass Sea.......2007-10-08
This was a very good book and a quick read. I loved everything about it, and it is one of those books that gives you chills after reading the last page. There is only one thing that I disagree with: the age says ages 9 and up. I would not recommend this book to anyone under the age of eleven. This is because of bad language, but it is not too severe.
great except the language.......2007-10-05
I loved the story, I loved 90% of the figurative language. I really disliked the unneccessary alcohol, smoking and profanity. All three of these are more characteristic of the 50's, 60's and "free to be" 70's, rather than the 1944 setting of the story. The author also used Girl Scouting to represent the mean girls. How truly tragic. All of this is inappropriate for a book that seems to be aimed at and encouraging young girls who are coming of age. I picked up this book looking forward to the story, knowing exactly what the green glass sea was and hoping to give my daughters a realistic fiction tie-in to the War with Japan. Parents beware, the book offers more than just a juvenile look at the secret environment of Los Alamos.
this one's for the girls.......2007-05-22
i've always loved stories about girls that were different, that didn't follow the crowd. dewey doesn't fit in anywhere, different in the way she looks, but more so in the way she thinks and the things she thinks about. suze tries to fit in with the girls but doesn't know why she bothers trying. two girls that seem so different are thrown together in an uncomfortable situation, while trying to adapt to life during WWII. a war is going on , their parents are working on a "gadget", and everything keeps changing. not all the questions are answered but the way the girls' characters grow and change is extremely satisfying.
the story is set in the 1940's but timeless. some of the phrases are dated and the kids might giggle at how strange it sounds but they'll quickly get lost in the events that are taking place. each section is marked by year. each chapter by the date. the story is fictional but the big names like Roosevelt and Fermi are real, giving a sense that maybe, just maybe, there were really girls like Dewey and Suze. highly recommended for historical fiction lovers.
The perfect blend of historical fiction and coming-of-age tale.......2007-03-06
A middle grade novel that adults will also love, The Green Glass Sea is an endearing tale set on the Los Alamos base during World War II. When ten-year-old Dewey Kerrigan is sent to New Mexico to join her father, a scientist working on the Manhattan Project, she doesn't realize that she is also joining a small community of families whose lives revolve around the development of the top secret "gadget". But Dewey adjusts quickly to her new world. She's thrilled to be near her father again and to be in an environment that provides her with unlimited resources for building her own mechanical projects, her favorite hobby. Brainy and small for her age, Dewey soon finds that she's a misfit even in the world in which she feels she so belongs. Yet she doesn't let this bother her. That is, until her father is sent away on an important mission and Dewey is forced to share a room - and some of her deepest secrets - with her biggest enemy.
Readers will fall in love with Dewey's sweet, unassuming nature and with Klages' splendid writing, which captures the innocence, vulnerability, and resilience of childhood. Klages creates a world that is extremely unique yet somehow very familiar, and she perfectly portrays this world through the perspective of a child. Her carefully chosen details are described in a simple, understated manner that expertly blends historical fiction and coming-of-age tale. Though quiet, Klages' story brings to life a setting and cast of characters that will stay with you long after you've finished her book.
The Green Glass Sea is a novel for young readers that is actually for a young audience yet will also be loved by adults. I highly recommend it to all readers over the age of nine.
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For girls of a certain age there's nothing as much fun as making things to share with friends, especially with their BFF (Best Friend Forever). And there's no author better qualified to inspire them with stylish crafts and projects than Laura Torres, whose previous tween craft books for Klutz--including Friendship Bracelets and Pipe Cleaners Gone Crazy--have sold over a million copies each.
Best Friends Forever! is Laura Torres at her most creative, most enthusiastic, most encouraging, most entertaining. Writing like the best big sister a girl could ever have, she presents over 90 two-of-a-kind crafts that one-of-a-kind friends can use, wear, and share. Here are Friendship Stack Rings, Hair Sticks, Scrapbookmarks, Fantastic Frames, Trading Laces, Pajama Pants Swap, Pocket Pillows, Fuzzy Dudes, Sweet and Fruity Lip Gloss--and on, and on. All the projects in the book are illustrated in full color, and are made using low-cost materials either from around the house or from stores like Target or Wal-Mart. Most require only minimal skill. A few projects will need to be sewn, but that's all part of the excitement of DIY that girls will discover--that, and the unabashed fun of using glitters, beads, paints, colored floss, and other decorative flourishes to make everything truly divalicious.
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Project Princess (The Princess Diaries, Vol. 4 1/2)
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Book Description
What on earth is that princess up to now?
Hammer in hand, Princess Mia embarks on an epic adventure for one so admittedly unhandy: Along with her cohorts from school, she's off to build houses for the less fortunate. It doesn't take Mia long to realize that helping others -- while an unimpeachably noble pastime -- is very hard work. Will her giving spirit prevail? Will the house collapse due to royally clumsy construction? And most importantly, will Michael stop working long enough to kiss her?
What comes between Volumes IV and V of The Princess Diaries? Volume IV and a Half, of course!
Customer Reviews:
Short, but Not So Sweet.......2007-06-28
Project Princess is a fun, short addition to the Princess Diaries series. This books details Mia's spring break spent building homes for the less fortunate. Project Princess goes by pretty fast that by the time you get into it, the book is over. Anyone who wants to read the entire series should just read it and then move on to the later installments.
Project Princess.......2006-09-02
This book was okay. Very short, easy to read. It covers what Mia is doing on her spring break and how she has a hard time adapting to the wilderness because she is a city girl.
But I think she's gotta get used to it, if she wants to save the whales or whatever.
But it's only fifty pages, and you should read it because after all you gotta take the good with the bad and if you loved her other novels you should try to keep up.
Project Princess.......2006-06-29
It was good but not as good as her other books. A very quick read but I should have only paid a couple of dollars for it not 5.00.
It was her same style but very short.
kinda disappointed.......2006-06-26
My daughter will love this book as she does all the Princess Diaries collection, but I am shocked I paid $5 for this book when the book comes with a *star* stating $2.99. I feel I may have gotten jipped!
As a side note, this is a great series for any young girl to read.
Lowest Rating I've Given Yet.......2006-05-19
No offense to Meg Cabot, but this book was dissapointing... I mean, I love knowing now what Mia was talking about in book five with Michael and the hammer in the overalls deal, but this book made me look at Mia in a whole different light. Thankfully I rushed onto the 5th book and Mia went back to being her normal self. In the 4 1/2 book, she portrays herself very selfishly and I was extremely appalled by her "I think it's easier to worry about the unidentified species that might be killing off as we speak when your inside, away from all of it."
I hear the shallow bell ringing... I mean through the whole series she talks about how she wants to save the baby seals, and join Greenpeace, and she can't handle a little bug? Where will she get in life? Oh yeah, she's a princess. As an activist in animal rights and the environment, I am extremely dissapointed that Meg Cabot portrayed an extremely influencing character so selfishly.
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- Have read this book a million times!
- She's done it again, another great kids book!
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Sally Jean, the Bicycle Queen
Cari Best , and
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ASIN: 0374363862
Release Date: 2006-04-18 |
Book Description
I can pop a wheelie, I can touch the sky,
I can pedal backwards, I can really fly!
Sally Jean was born to ride. And her bicycle, Flash, is just about
her best friend. But one day something terrible – and wonderful
– happens. Sally Jean grows. Suddenly she finds herself too big
for Flash. What’s a Bicycle Queen to do? Finally, by collecting
old bicycle parts to make a new bike – and giving Flash to a
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again!
With exuberant art that’s just the right match for Sally Jean’s
newfound freedom, this joyous text celebrates growing up,
learning new skills, and giving back to the community.
Customer Reviews:
Have read this book a million times!.......2006-07-11
This is my 3 year-old's current favorite - it's got it all: Bike riding action, singing (we made up tunes to the rhymes), construction, drama...sharing. Lots of fun; it's the most requested bedtime reading, by far. We originally got it from the library, but have decided to invest in a copy of our own. If your child is a bike-riding fan, this book is a must-have.
She's done it again, another great kids book!.......2006-04-25
My favorite children's book author, Cari Best captures the independence and creativity of children with her wonderful language. I'd been waiting for this book to be released and I certainly wasn't disappointed! My five year old declared -- I love this book!
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In an era when women set aside very little leisure time for themselves, let alone for their friends, Between Friends provides the perfect excuse to invite the girls over. Talented writer and designer Charlotte Lyons has brought together an imaginative array of craft projects that will help celebrate both your creativity and your most valued friendships.
Between Friends presents ideas for 40 handmade craft projects, and all of the projects are perfect for sharing with a close friend or a group of friends. These delightful endeavors allow you to experiment with papier-mâché, collage, découpage, knitting, needlework, painting, sewing, rug hooking, quilting, scrapbooking, and doll-making. All projects are easy to make and lovely enough to inspire a lifetime of creative pursuit. Most are excellent gift ideas; better still, the materials needed can often be found right inside the pantry or craft basket.
Projects are organized according to the amount of time they require: some (like the place card holders or frames) can be completed in an hour; others (like sachets, potato prints, and dressing room organizers) fill a leisurely afternoon. More complicated projects (such as scrapbooks, needlepoints, and friendship quilts) are to be savored over a weekend or longer.
Between Friends offers plenty of inspiration along the way. Overflowing with lavish full-color photography, the book also includes profiles of the author's friends and their crafts; there are even a few recipes to enjoy while you work. With its easy-to-follow format, Charlotte Lyons's Between Friends is ideal for any kind of casual gathering, even if the get-together consists only of you and your closest friend. So make your phone call -- and let the fun begin!
Customer Reviews:
Great fun!!.......2003-11-25
These are lots of fun and in many cases practical too :) One thing that's especially neat about this book isthat the crafts are broken down into chapters according to how long they'll likely take (e.g. Chapter 1: "in an hour" - these are crafts like seed packets, paper weights, quick frame, painted tea pot etc; Chapter 2: Half a day - these are crafts like note box, a book bag, flea market pillow, oatmeal cake, etc; Chapter 3: All Day -memo board, cachepots, postcard holder etc; Chapter 4: Over the weekend: these include a journal, topsy-turvey doll, wall clock, tea cozy; Chapter 5: As long as it takes - garden throw, craft cabinet, hooked rug, memory album, friendship quilt)
The end of the book has sources, glossary and patterns.
There are lots of pictures (color) throughout, great stories of friends doing things together, good instructions.
Super book - makes a great gift to a friend as well
Plan a leisurely project with friends.......2002-07-07
Plan a leisurely project with friends with the aid of Between Friends, which includes craft projects meant to be shared. From onehour to allday and longterm projects, these are organized first by time frame, making it easy for friends to pick projects that lend to easy scheduling. Sample ideas: a wall clock, doll, postcard holder, or memo board.
craft projects to share.......2002-05-24
I got a belated birthday present from a friend last week, Between Friends by Charlotte Lyons. What a wonderful surprise. Charlotte Lyons has made several craft books on different topics. This one is about projects you can share with friends. What about starting a craft group with some good friends or giving away a small hand made gift when you go for a visit or enclosing some fabric in a letter for a dear friend. The book gives alot of creative and great suggestions.
I have done all this, and still do. As a matter of fact, the friend who gave me the book and I have shared so many crafty projects over the years. There really are no limits in what you can do. And as it's said on the cover of the book - in an era when women set aside very little leisure time for themselves, let alone for their friends, Between Friends provides the perfect excuse to invite the girls over.
The great thing about this book is that Charlotte Lyons has collected so many different things you can do, and put them together in a charming and quite whimsical way. Don't start reading the book late in the night. You will never be able to go to bed then untill you have started a new project, phoned a friend to discuss some new yarn you saw in town earlier that day, or written a letter to a pinpal with pictures of some of your latest quilts.
The book will be a favorite of mine for years to come, and I know it will inspire me to make wonderful gifts for and with my friends from all over the world. And a little secret. MY Between Friends has a little handmade bookmark, embroidered with the words"If friends were flowers, I'd pick you" - made special for me by my special sharing friend.
Britt Arnhild Lindland
she's done it again!.......2002-05-22
Charlotte Lyons has a real gift for creating something wonderful out of basic odds and ends. And her newest book, Between Friends, offers inspiration galore. Whether you have friends to share the craft projects with or simply want to escape the daily routine by making something alone this book is a fabulous resource. The instructions are very clear and the projects are cleverly organized by the amount of time they take. A great gift idea too.
Great gift idea!.......2002-05-19
I received this book as a gift from a good friend. Even if you're not an experienced crafter but have a fun group of friends, get them together (add a little wine) and try some of these projects. You'll find some really good ideas for sharing your old photos, letters and treasures.
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