Hands

Lois Ehlert

Harcourt Brace, Aug 18, 1997 - Juvenile Nonfiction - 20 pages

When a child works alongside her parents doing carpentry, sewing, and gardening, she thinks of being an artist as well when she grows up.

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User Review  - kryoung1 - LibraryThing

This was a really cool story about different types of art and things that we do with our hands. The pages are filled with vibrant colors and pictures. With different shapes and fold outs, this book is a fun and interactive look at art.

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User Review  - raizel - LibraryThing

This book's cover is in the shape of work gloves. Inside there are pages of different shapes, some unfold. While her father uses tools to make things out of wood and her mother sews, they all work ...

About the author

LOIS EHLERT has created many celebrated picture books inspired by the world around her. She lives in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Hands
• Author: Lois Ehlert
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Harcourt Brace, 1997
• Original from: the University of Michigan
• Digitized: Dec 14, 2010
• Length: 20 pages
• Subjects: Creative ability; Creative ability - Fiction; Creative ability/ Fiction; Creativity; Handicraft; Handicraft - Fiction; Handicraft/ Fiction; Juvenile Fiction / Sports & Recreation / General; Juvenile Nonfiction / Concepts / Body; Parent and child; Parent and child - Fiction; Psychology / Creative Ability; Toy and movable books; Toy and movable books - Specimens; Toy and movable books/ Specimens