Grandmother's Hope Chest : The Running Rooster

This story revolves around a 7 year old little girl named Lucie. When Grandmother comes to live with Lucie's family, she brings her hope chest with her. With a child's intense curiosity, Lucie is drawn to the hope chest. As Grandmother and Lucie go through the hope chest together, Grandmother explains what each item in the hope chest is and why it is important to her. Together Grandmother and Lucie are building a family legacy of memories and special treasures that will be passed down to Lucie someday. As well as a wealth of "living legacies" in the hope chest, Grandmother also teaches Lucie how to sew by hand as they recreate items found in the hope chest! This book contains a special project that is beautiful, simple, useful and builds hand sewing skills to last a lifetime.Written specifically for girls ages 3-10 years of age in a sweet storyform with directions for a simple, pretty, useful project. If you, as a mother or grandmother, have never learned to sew by hand or have a little one who wants to learn, this children's series is an easy and gentle introduction for the whole family.Wilson, Rebekah is the author of 'Grandmother's Hope Chest : The Running Rooster', published 2004 under ISBN 9781595650023 and ISBN 1595650024.