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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 3
Formats
Description
"In one morning, Rob Horton discovers a tiger in a cage and a girl who speaks her mind. It's then that he begins to understand that some things - like memories, and heartache, and tigers - can't be locked up forever" -- back cover.
Author
Series
Hagenheim volume 11
Description
Frederick, a peasant farmer's son who dreams of earning a living using his God-given talent as a woodcarver, falls in love with Adela, a duke's daughter who yearns to prove herself as an artist. Includes discussion questions.
Adela, youngest daughter of Duke Wilhelm of Hagenheim, is never allowed outside of the castle walls. She sneaks away one day to the market disguised as a peasant, and meets a poor farmer with a kind heart. Frederick earns the...
Author
Series
Amish mail order grooms volume 1
Pub. Date
c2020.
Description
"Everyone in Blackberry Falls knows that Tabitha Stolfus is heir to her dad's wood carving company. To find a man who values more than her purse, Tabitha creates an ad and sends it far from home. But from her first meeting with handsome would-be groom Matthew King, Tabitha realizes this may not be the uncomplicated arrangement she expected. Matthew's true desire is an apprenticeship, not a frau. A talented woodworker, he longs to study with the great...
6) Plain Kate
Author
Pub. Date
2010.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 9
Description
Plain Kate's odd appearance and expertise as a woodcarver cause some to think her a witch, but friendship with a talking cat and, later, with humans help her to survive and even thrive in a world of magic, charms, and fear.
8) Best of all
Author
Pub. Date
2003.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Description
In a village where everyone has been carved from wood, an uppity Miss Bess Stovall claims her maple "ancestree" is superior until the day a shunned willow fellow saves her life.
11) Wooden bones
Author
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 6
Description
Pino and his father, Gepetto, face grave danger when they are forced to go on the run after villagers learn that a puppet made by Pino to represent Gepetto's dead wife can move as Pino, himself, did before becoming a real boy.
Author
Pub. Date
2015
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Description
The Art of Whittling has provided readers with a wonderful introduction to the enjoyable hobby of whittling for decades. First published in 1930, Walter L. Faurot's guide was one of the first manuals on the subject. This book contains a wealth of traditional whittling project that are not found in many other books today.
Rediscover such classics as:
Interlocking wooden puzzles
Rings and dumbbells
Continuous wooden ...
Rediscover such classics as:
Author
Pub. Date
c2004
Description
With Christmas only days away, it snows so heavily that Jacobo the wood carver and his visiting grandson are afraid the roads will not be cleared in time for the rest of the family to come from the city, and that a sick neighbor will not get the help he needs. Presented in English and Spanish.
14) Family reminders
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
In 1890s Cripple Creek, Colorado, when young Mary McHugh's father loses his leg in a mining accident, she tries to help, both by earning money and by encouraging her father to go back to carving wooden figurines and playing piano
15) THE tiger rising
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Description
"Walking through the misty Florida woods one morning, twelve-year-old Rob Horton is stunned to encounter a tiger--a real-life, very large tiger--pacing back and forth in a cage. What's more, on the same extraordinary day, he meets Sistine Bailey, a girl who shows her feelings as readily as Rob hides his. As they learn to trust each other, and ultimately, to be friends, Rob and Sistine prove that some things--like memories, and heartache, and tigers--can't...
Author
Pub. Date
2017
Description
The ultimate primer to carving modern objects using just a tool or two. Carve modernizes a mindful hobby that people have turned to for generations to help them slow down, relax, and connect with the outdoors. Choose from a dozen projects with bespoke details, all are designed to be useful at home or while camping.
Author
Pub. Date
2018
Description
Discover the practical and rewarding craft of hand wood carving. Itis the easy-to-follow guide for anyone wanting to try this ancient craft and experience. Learn about the tools of the trade, how to use them, the right wood, and the step by step guide to creating some-thing from wood.