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Let's Quilt Wisconsin and Stuff It Topographically

Carole Marsh Β· 1994
93/100
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Carole Marsh's 1994 Wisconsin title pairs geography facts about the state's topography with a quilting craft activity, following the formula of Gallopade International's large state-activity series. That formula β€” hands-on making combined with geographic content β€” has made the broader series a staple of school libraries and homeschool curricula for decades. The caveat here is real: this specific title has almost no formal critical coverage in indexed sources, the geographic data is over thirty years old, and the activity-book format is closer to a workbook than a story or reference book. For a Wisconsin classroom or a homeschool family studying state geography, it may serve a useful supplementary role. As a standalone read, it is modest in scope and ambition.

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