The Gnomes Book of Christmas Crafts

By Carol Endler Sterbenz

Book Overview

Fans of true dog stories, Jack Russell terriers, and African wildlife will want to check out Bulu! Born on a crocodile farm in Zambia's untamed South Luangwa Valley, the puppy seemed different from his littermates. Too quiet. Unresponsive. Terriers are usually full of energy and bouncing off walls. But not this one. Nobody wanted him. Enter Anna and Steve Tolan--former police officers who had left behind their life in England to live in the African bush. People thought the Tolans were a bit different, too. The peculiar puppy suited them perfectly. They named him Bulu, or "wild dog" in the local Nyanja language. Living in the bush, Bulu not only found his voice, he also found his calling as a foster parent to the orphaned baby animals--including warthogs, monkeys, elephants, baboons, bushbucks, and buffalo--cared for by the Tolans. But Bulu's protective nature led him into terrifying situations in the wild. It's a miracle he survived! But survive he did, disarming people with his wacky ways and nurturing once-unwanted creatures like him until they too could be set free. Bulu's story is a joyful confirmation of dogs as unique spirits, capable of love, compassion, and bravery. Packed with vivid descriptions of encounters with crocodiles, lions, leopards, poisonous snakes, bull elephants, and more--and illustrated throughout with black-and-white photographs-- Bulu: African Wonder Dog will leave fans of dog stories begging for more! From the Hardcover edition.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0810909685
• ISBN13: 9780810909687
• Release Date: January 1980
• Publisher: H.N. Abrams
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 2.21 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Gorgeous

This book is absolutely adorable! I don't think I can make any of the crafts, but I don't care. Years ago when the first "Gnomes" book came out I fell in love with the drawings. The book was always wow expensive, and I never bought it. Now, who cares? This "Gnomes Book of Christmas Crafts" is wonderful. It starts out with carved gnomes. I can't carve, but I might try copying the design in clay. There are full-sized patterns, detailed instructions for sewing, and full color copyable pictures to work with. There are sewing projects (can't do it), painting projects (can't do it), and even ideas for baking and decorating cookies like gnomes (YES I CAN!). Lovely, lovely, lovely. I have to see if I can get our local supermarket to color copy the gnome figures onto edible paper to decorate the cookies. The little storyline about the author and her family is 'whatever,' but the pictures of the home (theirs?) are nice, and give a real Scandinavian look to all the projects. This book is definitely for people who like gnomes. (And little red mushrooms with white polka dots.) It's Christmas-y enough with an Advent calendar and stuff, but it's for year-round gnome lovers. And oh, wow, the lady-gnome tea cozy!