Adventurous Max Flax - Wilson, Kathleen Curtis
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Follow along with Max Flax as he is transformed from a plant growing in the Irish countryside to become a linen shirt worn by a coffee plantation owner in South America. Linen has been used for thousands of years by everyone, rich and poor, old and young. Before manmade fabrics, all clothing was made of silk, cotton, wool, and flax. Join Max on his adventure from Ireland to South America. Brilliant Books

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Follow along with Max Flax as he is transformed from a plant growing in the Irish countryside to become a linen shirt worn by a coffee plantation owner in South America. Linen has been used for thousands of years by everyone, rich and poor, old and young. Before manmade fabrics, all clothing was made of silk, cotton, wool, and flax. Join Max on his adventure from Ireland to South America. Brilliant Books
Autorenporträt
Kathleen Curtis Wilson is a textile historian, researcher, and international exhibitions curator. She is the author of Irish People, Irish Linen; Textile Art from Southern Appalachia: the quiet work of women; Uplifting the South: Mary Mildred Sullivan's Legacy for Appalachia; and Dancing at the Warm Springs Hotel. Kathleen and her husband, David Leonard, live in Blacksburg, Virginia.Few children know how their clothing is made or how natural fibers are used to make cloth. During her Fellowship at the University of Ulster, Northern Ireland, Wilson was inspired to tell children about turning the flax plant into linen cloth.