Our For The Love series highlight amazing products, tools and must-have items for anyone who knits or crochets. They are always evolving as we come across new products to add. Children’s storybooks with knitting, crochet and yarn themes are hard to find but we’ve found some amazing stories I know your little ones will adore.
One of my favorite things to do with my two children (age 4 and 7) is read. Without fail, we’ve always read before naptime and every single evening. If mama is too tired to read and I ask if we can skip it one evening, we have two unhappy campers over here and I end up keeping up with our tradition anyway. Over the years I’ve come across some really special children’s books related to yarn, knitting and crochet. These have become some of their most requested books. If you are a maker and want to share this love with the children in your life, be sure to check these out.
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Knit Together by Angela Dominguez
Knit Together by Angela Dominguez is a heart warming book is about a collaboration between a mother and daughter to make a beautiful knit blanket. My daughter and I have read this dozens of times.
From the author: Drawing is fun, but knitting is better—because you can wear it! Knitting isn’t easy, though, and can be a little frustrating. Maybe the best thing to do is combine talents. A trip to the beach offers plenty of inspiration. Soon mom and daughter are collaborating on a piece of art they can share together: a special drawing made into a knitted beach blanket. For every mom and daughter, this is an arts-and-crafts ode creative passion and working together. Check out the book here.
We came across Extra Yarn by Mac Burnett at the local library and my kids have checked it out several times. The girl in the book knits and knits until her whole town is wearing her handmade goodies.
From the author: From bestselling and award-winning author Mac Barnett and illustrator Jon Klassen comes Extra Yarn, a Caldecott Honor Book, Boston Globe-Horn Book Award winner, and a New York Times bestseller. A young girl and her box of magical yarn transform a community in this stunning picture book. With spare, gently humorous illustrations and a palette that moves from black-and-white to a range of color, this modern fairy tale has the feel of a new classic.
Check out the book here.
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From the Author of Crafty Llama: This is a story about crafting, friendship, and the very best gifts, perfect for fans of Extra Yarn.
Llama loves to make things. It doesn’t matter what, really–something special, something lovely.
Beaver loves to make things, too. But he likes things to be useful.
On this lovely day, Llama is inspired. She is having fun making things, like gifts for her friends. And soon many of her friends are inspired right along with her. But Beaver needs to think about what Llama and the other animals are making. What useful thing can he do with this day?
With lots of craftiness and fun, this is a delightful story about how something lovely can be useful, too, and how the best gifts are the ones that bring us together.
Check out the book here.
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Mistletoe: A Christmas Story by Tad Hills
I have Mistletoe: A Christmas Story by Tad Hills already added to my cart for the upcoming Christmas season! I am sure many of you can relate to Mistletoe the weeks leading up to Christmas.
From the author: Mistletoe loves everything about Christmas–the twinkling lights, the cookies for Santa, and, most of all, the gently falling snow. Her best friend, Norwell, is an elephant who likes sitting by the fire and watching the snow from the comfort of his cozy house. On one particularly snowy walk, Mistletoe stops to appreciate the beauty and peace of a snow-covered world. She knows Norwell would love it too… if he weren’t so afraid of the cold. Then she has an idea! Mistletoe knits from morning to night–when she’s reading, when she’s baking, and even in the bath (which isn’t easy). By the time Christmas morning arrives, she puts down her knitting needles. Her gift for Norwell is ready–and it is perfect.
Check out the book here.
Daisy’s Grandma Loves to Crochet by Daisy Farm Crafts
Daisy’s Grandma Loves to Crochet by Daisy Farm Crafts is a storybook children will love. Many of you are familiar with the gorgeous blanket patterns from Daisy Farm Crafts. Tiffany and her daughter recently released a sweet children’s book along with a blanket pattern to go along with the book.Â
From the author: Daisy’s Grandma loves to crochet…what will she make Daisy today? An easy to read picture book from Daisy Farm Crafts, perfect for children who have a grandma that loves to crochet!
Check out the book here.
A Hat for Mrs. Goldman: A Story About Knitting and Love by Michelle Edwards
A Hat for Mrs. Goldman: A Story About Knitting and Love by Michelle Edwards is another heartwarming story that combines knitting and kindness.Â
From the author: Mrs. Goldman always knits hats for everyone in the neighborhood, and Sophia, who thinks knitting is too hard, helps by making the pom-poms. But now winter is here, and Mrs. Goldman herself doesn’t have a hat-she’s too busy making hats for everyone else! It’s up to Sophia to buckle down and knit a hat for Mrs. Goldman. But try as Sophia might, the hat turns out lumpy, the stitches aren’t even, and there are holes where there shouldn’t be holes. Sophia is devastated until she gets an idea that will make Mrs. Goldman’s hat the most wonderful of all. Readers both young and old will relate to Sophia’s frustrations, as well as her delight in making something special for someone she loves.
Check it out here.
Leave Me Alone! by Vera Brosgol
When I first read the description of the book Leave Me Alone! by Vera Brosgol I felt I could relate to it on so many levels. This grandmother wants nothing more than to simply knit but keeps stumbling across obstacles along the way.Â
From the author: One day, a grandmother shouts, “LEAVE ME ALONE!” and leaves her tiny home and her very big family to journey to the moon and beyond to find peace and quiet to finish her knitting. Along the way, she encounters ravenous bears, obnoxious goats, and even hordes of aliens! But nothing stops grandma from accomplishing her goal―knitting sweaters for her many grandchildren to keep them warm and toasty for the coming winter.
Check it out here.
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The Truly Terribly Horrible Sweater.. That Grandma Knit by Debbie Macomber
From the author of this book: Cameron loves his grandmother. She knows just what makes him tick. That’s why he can’t figure out why Grandma would send him a sweater—a truly terribly horrible sweater—for his birthday.
Cameron pours mustard on his sweater. He puts it on his dog (in the rain). He even tries to send it to the thrift shop. But nothing works.
Now Grandma is coming for the holidays, and Cameron has to wear her gift to him. But what’s he going to say when she asks what he thinks about the sweater she made?
With a sure hand and a light touch, worldwide bestseller Debbie Macomber and her new writing partner, Mary Lou Carney, reveal that what Grandma knit into Cameron’s sweater is the greatest gift of all.
This heart warming book is available here.
Ned the Knitting Pirate by Diana Murray
In the book Ned the Knitting Pirate by Diana Murray, Ned is discouraged to knit from his crew. Then they come across trouble and the knitting saves the day.Â
From the author: The crew of the pirate ship the Rusty Heap are a fearsome bunch! They’re tougher than gristle and barnacle grit. They heave and they ho and they swab and they . . . knit? Well, one of them does, at least! Unfortunately for Ned, his knitting doesn’t go over well with the captain and crew. They urge him to hide his hobby and strive to be scurvier, like pirates should be. But when the briny ocean beast shows up to feast on the Rusty Heap and its crew, maybe Ned’s knitting is just the ticket to save the day!
Check it out here.
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