Great Colonial America Projects by Kris Bordessa

Great Colonial America Projects by Kris Bordessa

Great Colonial America Projects You Can Build Yourself introduces readers ages 9-12 to colonial America through hands-on building projects. From dyeing and spinning yarn to weaving cloth, from creating tin plates and lanterns to learning wattle and daub construction. Great Colonial America Projects You Can Build Yourself gives readers a chance to experience how colonial Americans lived, cooked, entertained themselves, and interacted with their neighbors. Furthermore, this title meets common core state standards in language arts for reading informational text and literary nonfiction. Guided Reading Levels and Lexile measurements indicate grade level and text complexity.

KRIS BORDESSA founded the popular blog Attainable Sustainable in 2011 with the goal of creating a community dedicated to more self-sufficient living. She encourages readers to take one actionable step toward a DIY lifestyle each day to embrace simpler living. Bordessa is a second-generation 4-H member who grew up on a tiny apple farm in Northern California. She now resides in Hawai'i with her family, where she cultivates an abundant vegetable garden and keeps a thriving--and frequently amusing--chicken colony.