Your State in Cross-Stitch BY BETTY HADDAD SHELTON (Ballantine Books; 1987)
SURE ENOUGH: 51 designs (one for Washington, D.C.), each a geographical outline filled with the state name, bird, flower and motto. Do you know the California state bird? The California quail. The Rhode Island state bird is the Rhode Island Red chicken; seems only fair. Instructions for stitchery, plus background information on each state, make this book more useful fun than its title might imply. ($14.95)
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