Ocean State Libraries

Hallie likes everything about school except handwriting, but her new teacher and a project with butterflies helps her like that too. Includes tips for parents to help their children with learning.

When Philip Hensher realized that he didn't know what one of his closest friend's handwriting looked like, he felt that something essential was missing from their friendship. It dawned on him that, having abandoned fountain pens for keyboards, we have lost one of the ways by which we come to recognize and know another person."The Missing Ink "tells the story of this endangered art. Hensher reflects on what handwriting can tell us about personality...

Penmanship practice book, signed "Sally Ward's Book August 30th, 1817" nd next to it, "Sarah Ward's Book." Includes penmanship trials in many styles, letters, numerals, common words, and names of countries. At the end, five leaves are used as spreadsheets to record deaths, 1839-1870, mostly of friends, family, and neighbors, but also including the shooting, death and burial of Abraham Lincoln, and the death of Andrew Jackson.

"Abdul loves telling stories but thinks his messy handwriting and spelling mistakes will keep him from becoming an author, until Mr. Muhammad visits and encourages him to persist." --