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The Handbook of Forgotten Skills: Timeless Fun for a New Generation (Forgotten Skills)
The Handbook of Forgotten Skills: Timeless Fun for a New Generation (Forgotten Skills)
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Handbook of Forgotten Skills is an illustrated step-by-step guide to classic fun and handy skills for a new generation.
Elaine Batiste and Natalie Crowley invite readers to turn the clock back to a simpler time and unlock hours of fun as they discover how to:
- Tie knots
- Make a bird feeder
- Write a thank-you note
- Make a pie
- Build a campfire
- Use a compass
- Wrap a gift with brown paper and string
- Sew by hand
- Grow tomatoes
- Fix a flat bicycle tire
- Make refrigerator pickles
- Sew buttons
- Make lemonade
- Grow and dry herbs
- Mend a sock
- Make natural dyes
- Skip stones
- Start quilting
- Perform coin tricks
- Make an omelet
- Fold paper airplanes
- Explore photography
Featuring art by Chris Duriez, each chapter includes clear, illustrated step-by-step instructions as well as information about the history of that skill. For example, did you know that lemonade is credited with helping fight the plague in Paris? Or that paper airplanes became popular during World War II because traditional toys weren’t available?
With so many activities to explore, Handbook of Forgotten Skills: Timeless Fun for a New Generation is a perfect gift book that kids will turn to again and again.
Natalie Crowley is a California-based teacher, consultant, and coach. She is the creator of the Nature Natalie blog for outdoor educators, and she enjoys getting outside with her dog and family as often as possible. Crowley is the author of Teaching Outside: 20 Quick & Easy Outdoor Education Activities for Children.
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 toward an MA in children’s book illustration at the Cambridge School of Art.
