Page content

Recently published books

Cover Colonial Williamsburg announces

DOWN ON THE FARM:
A STICKER ADVENTURE WITH PRINCE

By Jan Gilliam and Christina Westenberger
Illustrations by Kathleen Tobin

Available in Colonial Williamsburg bookstores and online at www.williamsburgmarketplace.com.

A companion to the popular exhibition at the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum

Down on the Farm follows the adventures of Prince, a dog who explores the countryside and along the way meets various friends who, like Prince himself, are based on works of art at the museum. Rooster weather vanes roost on walls, toy sheep graze, and duck decoys swim in the pages of this book. Kids will enjoy not only the story and the pictures but also 34 colorful stickers, all based on art at the museum.

Paperback, 40 pages plus four pages of stickers
7-1/8 x 8-1/2
ISBN-13: 978-0-87935-237-0
SKU: 43362
$12.95

Available in Colonial Williamsburg bookstores
and online at www.williamsburgmarketplace.com.

Cover Colonial Williamsburg announces

FLOWERS AND HERBS OF EARLY AMERICA

By Lawrence D. Griffith
Photography by Barbara Temple Lombardi

Available in Colonial Williamsburg bookstores and online at Williamsburg Marketplace.

Hounds-tongue. Ragged robin. Costmary. Pennyroyal. All-heal. These plants, whose very names conjure up a bygone world, were among the great variety of flowers and herbs grown in America’s colonial and early Federal gardens. In this sumptuously illustrated book, a leading historic plant expert brings this botanical heritage back to life.

page from book Drawing on years of archival research and field trials in Colonial Williamsburg’s gardens, Lawrence Griffith documents fifty-six species of flowers and herbs and provides details on how they were cultivated and used. For each plant, an elegant period hand-colored engraving, watercolor, or woodcut is presented along with glorious new photographs by Barbara Temple Lombardi.

This book is a dazzling treat for armchair gardeners. It is also an invaluable companion for twenty-first-century gardeners who will appreciate the advice of a master gardener on how to plan, choose appropriate species for, and maintain a beautiful, historic flower and herb garden.

Hardcover with jacket, 304 pages
9-1/4 x 10-1/2, 265 color
ISBN-13: 978-0-87935-238-7
ISBN-10: 0-87935-238-8
$45.00

Available in Colonial Williamsburg bookstores and online at Williamsburg Marketplace.

Cover Colonial Williamsburg announces

WE HOLD THESE TRUTHS . . .
And Other Words That Made America

By Paul Aron

Available in Colonial Williamsburg bookstores and online at www.williamsburgmarketplace.com.

“An entertaining and educational romp through Revolutionary history. Paul Aron uses words and phrases as starting points for the telling of dozens of interesting and delightful stories, and in the process he creates a colorful tapestry of life in the Founding era of America.” Gordon Wood, author of Revolutionary Characters and The American Revolution

page from book In We Hold These Truths . . ., you’ll discover:

Why Patrick Henry may never have said “If this be treason, make the most of it” and Paul Revere never said “the British are coming”
Where Benjamin Franklin found his “Poor Richard” proverbs and Thomas Jefferson his “self-evident” truths
Who changed the Preamble of the Constitution from “We the States” to “We the People”
How James Otis’s declaration that “taxation without representation is tyranny” led to his going insane
How George Washington’s “I can’t tell a lie” spread throughout the land

Hardcover with jacket, 256 pages
ISBN-13: 978-0-7425-6272-1
ISBN-10: 0-7425-6272-7
$18.95

Co-published by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation and Rowman and Littlefield Publishers

Available in Colonial Williamsburg bookstores
and online at www.williamsburgmarketplace.com.

Colonial Williamsburg announces
A HORSE’S TALE: A Colonial Williamsburg Adventure
By Susan Lubner
Illustrated by Margie Moore

Available in Colonial Williamsburg bookstores and online at www.williamsburgmarketplace.com.

Cover

A new book for children, featuring characters based on Colonial Williamsburg’s beloved dolls – Margaret the Milliner, Garrick the Gardener, Ben the Blacksmith, and the popularhorses, Lancer and Mary.

When Garrick’s horse starts acting sad, the entire town of Williamsburg tries to lift his spirits. Margaret sews a counterpane for his back, and checks the horseshoes to make sure they’re not too tight. Nothing soothes Lancer – until he finds his friend Mary. Young readers will themselves find new friends in this book while also taking a tour of the Historic Area.

Susan Lubner is the coauthor of Noises at Night, which was featured on The Today Show, and the author of Ruthie Bon Bair: Do Not Go to Bed with Wringing Wet Hair. Margie Moore illustrated Bartholomew’s Blessing, Count the Ways, Little Brown Bear, and Colors of Spring. School Library Journal called her work “splendid.”