Kites For Everyone. - book review

Arts & Activities, May, 2002 by Ivan E. Johnson, Jerome J. Hausman

(2000; $15 $2 shipping), by Margaret Greger. Published by the author, Margaret Greger, 1425 Marshall, Richland, WA 99352.

This is a third edition, revised and updated. The author has been teaching kitemaking and kiteflying in schools since 1969. As she put it: "Kites provide inexpensive exciting leads into many areas--art, crafts, engineering, math and even history, since the development of kites is traced in both East and West. They are also simply fun--an activity to be shared by all ages. They are for poets, inventors and all of us who like to hold our work in our hands and watch it take off into the sky."

Kites for Everyone is written very directly and simply. Years of experience in conducting kitemaking workshops at all levels enabled the author to anticipate problems and guide kitemakers to successful solutions. There are instructions for making a wide range of kites: Vietnamese Kites; Snake Kites; Sled Kites; Square Kites; Box Kites; Flow Form Kites; and many others. Also included is an excellent bibliography and listing of sources for materials.--J.J.H. For information about this publication, circle No. 381 on the Reader Service Card.