Welcome to our 12 Days of Holiday Gifts. As we mentioned in episode 17 of the podcast, for the 12 days leading up to Thanksgiving, we'll be giving you our picks for great gifts. Then, on Thanksgiving night, we'll have a Gift Guide available for you to download. The guide will include the 12 books featured on the blog, plus many other gift ideas, several under $20!
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Magic Books & Paper Toys by Esther K. Smith
Esther K. Smith, author of How to Make Books, is back with a new instructional guide to all things fun and paper, including cootie catchers, pop-ups, magic wallets, and flip books.
Esther is one of the owners of Purgatory Pie Press, a letterpress and book arts studio in NYC, and this book is illustrated with great vintage typography and full-color photos of projects from the studio.
The instructions are easy to follow and all have explanatory diagrams. The thing I like so much about this book it that many of the projects are extremely simple and suitable for kids, but there are also more elaborate creations to satisfy crafty adults too. If this were an infomercial, I'd be shouting, "Fun for the whole family!" And I wouldn't be lying.
Magic Books & Paper Toys by Esther K. Smith
ISBN: 978-0-307-40709-2, $21.95
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