The Creative Family: How to Encourage Imagination and Nurture Family Connections

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The Creative Family: How to Encourage Imagination and Nurture Family Connections
by Amanda Blake Soule
from Trumpeter

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0

• Everyday reading
  I've been reading Amanda's blog since the beginning but the book is full of beautiful photographs, her beautiful kids and her craft ideas for beginners as I am were really helpful and I can read it from time to time and find encouragement from her warm words.

• learning to create
  I didn't think I would like this book then bought it I don't know why. At first I thought it would be too far out there to do myself but it is great. I'm not the most creative person. So this book had great simple ideas to help my children mold in to more creative people when they age I hope.
  I'm not an expert in this feild so I don't know if it recycled, but I say if your just dipping in this book is great.

• Uncreative and environmentalist world view agenda
  I checked out this book from the library. I am so happy that I did not spend good money on it. We all want to live a simpler life and have creative children. This book had no original ideas. I have seen many of the same projects and activities elsewhere. I grew tired of her earth worship that seems to be her world view. i.e. Her table blessing thanking the earth, quotes from Rachel Carson, etc. I gave the book one star because it was a compilation of ideas from Martha Stewart. I also was not able to give it... more info

• Inspires calm and creativity
  I am skeptical of all blogs-turned-book-deals these days, after wasting my money several times on inferior writing and recycled ideas. This book is different. Reading it lowers my blood pressure every time, and inspires me to be a better, more calm, patient, and creative parent. Yes, much of the content was already available on her blog (which is the best mama-blog out there, in my opinion), but seeing it in book form - the cohesiveness and flow of the project... it's just beautiful. This book makes a... more info

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