The universal appeal of "The Green Coat" is due to Mrs. McDunn's mastery of historical events, excellent dialogue, rich characters, and her tribute to the human spirit. Young readers are captivated by the harrowing events in which Tressa and older brother Will find themselves while adults are...  more

The universal appeal of "The Green Coat" is due to Mrs. McDunn's mastery of historical events, excellent dialogue, rich characters, and her tribute to the human spirit. Young readers are captivated by the harrowing events in which Tressa and older brother Will find themselves while adults are drawn to the emphasis of such traits as perseverance and loyalty. "The Green Coat" is a wonderful family book as well as a great classroom book.

The late Eileen Power, a noted medievalist, wrote: "For history, after all, is valuable only insofar as it lives." Julian's Cell is history brought to life through the storyteller's art. It takes place in fourteenth-century England and is an earthy tale of "Katherine"--daughter of a stern and...  more

The late Eileen Power, a noted medievalist, wrote: "For history, after all, is valuable only insofar as it lives." Julian's Cell is history brought to life through the storyteller's art. It takes place in fourteenth-century England and is an earthy tale of "Katherine"--daughter of a stern and bitter mother--who is married at age sixteen to a man named Walter, but loses her husband and two children during the great plagues. She has visions of the passion of Christ and becomes an anchorite, "buried alive" in a cell attached to St. Julian's church. Ultimately she becomes known as Mother Julian or Julian of Norwich, the first woman to write in the English language and one of the greatest Christian theologians and mystics of all time. This is a book of historical fiction about a woman who struggled to know and serve God, told by a 20th-century man who is struggling to know and serve God, and it is intended to help readers do the same. Most books on Julian tend to be academic studies of her writing--noted for its optimism and sensuality--and the times in which she lived, or translations of her work. This is a unique attempt to imagine her life as it could have been and revive her still-relevant spiritual odyssey.

Beautifully designed and illustrated book offering countless ideas for using fabric for designing scrapbook pages of all kinds. A must-have for the serious scrapbooker!!

A stitch in time…makes memorable scrapbook pages, and other paper crafts too! The second entry in the Scrapbooking Techniques series continues to provide marvelously innovative design ideas. Award-winning watercolor artist Catherine Matthews Scanlon reveals the secrets of using hand...  more

A stitch in time…makes memorable scrapbook pages, and other paper crafts too! The second entry in the Scrapbooking Techniques series continues to provide marvelously innovative design ideas. Award-winning watercolor artist Catherine Matthews Scanlon reveals the secrets of using hand sewing, embroidery, and machine stitching to enhance scrapbooks, greeting cards, tags, and memory books. It’s a fun, easy way to create interesting elements and textures, and all the basics for completing colorful projects are beautifully explained: which tools to use, what fibers and threads work best, and how to master the various stitching techniques. The breathtaking items include a Fly Shadowbox Card.