Crochet in a Kids' Book

[textilefusion]

My daughter and I are reading The Fabled Fouth Graders of Aesop Elementary School, by Candace Fleming.

 

It's funny. AND toward the end of the book there's a whole chapter about a boy named Ernest who crochets! He loves to crochet. He crochets bathrobes, glue bottle cozies, towels! At first, he's embarrassed to admit it. Then his classmates find out and...ask him to teach them how to crochet, too!

 

Yay for crochet in books!

[craziebunny]

[CLLinda]

That sure sounds like a good book for kids. Just imagine a boy who crochets.

 

[tnkycrochetnut]

That's great news. I like the idea that it is a boy who crochets. Plus his classmates ask him to teach them. It also sounds like a fun book to read.

[Nira]

Very cool!

[mamabear10]

Thanks for the suggestion; I just requested this one from the library. Looks like a fun read for my ten year old.

[textilefusion]

It's a very silly book--so I liked it a lot. My daughter laughed out loud several times. Candace Fleming is a very good writer.

[mamabear10]

It's a very silly book--so I liked it a lot. My daughter laughed out loud several times. Candace Fleming is a very good writer.

You might also look into Eva Ibbotson. We've read a couple of her books, The Secret of Platform 13, and Island of the Aunts. Both were fun reads.