This week, Dear Reader, I won’t be posting, as I’m doing research for my next book. I’m staying in the empty apartment of a New York City friend and will be spending all my time here, at the New York… Read More
Last Thursday, I went to New York to meet with my publishers, and I stopped in at the New York Public Library’s exhibit called “The ABC of It: Why Children’s Books Matter.”
Here are some personal highlights:
A book from… Read More
People first started using needles about 10,000 BC. The needles were made from woolly-mammoth tusks, bird bones, fish bones, or bamboo. Thread was made from animal guts or hair.