The Latest Miniatures, Craft & Fiction Books

 There have been a lot of new and interesting, crafts, dollhouse-related fiction, and miniatures books -   & BOOK NOOKS!  - come out lately.

 I'll add other books as I find them. (Links are to bookshop.org, where you can order via any bookshop. All are affiliate links which may offer a small compensation to the author.) * Keep reading to the end! There are several new dollhouse-related fiction releases marked with ***  

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NEW- see below! Added some miniature bookstore book nook kits!  PS- there are often sales at the sites! (** Click Photos for FULL SIZE.)

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Dollhouses/Miniatures:

*** NEW! These are so addicting and fun,  I had to include some miniature bookstore Book Nook kits. Saved you the searching!

Every bookshelf needs one (only one? haa!) of these!  Click links below to go to the sites.

Robotime Bookstore, Arcade Dating/Amazon

 

  *** Owl Bookstore, Fsolis Book Nook/Amazon -  *** Owl Bookstore by Cutefun/Amazon

*** Cutebee Green Life Bookshop/Amazon

*** Cutefun Green Life Bookshop/Amazon

*** Cutefun Corner Coffee Shop/Amazon

*** Cutefun The Scholar's Bookstore/Amazon

Bonus!: There are several categories (Cutefun/Amazon): Cooking Bookstore;  Muse Bookstore

This is cute! (Cutefun/Amazon) Literature Bookshop

(Cool stairs!) Macro-Trend Abby Library/Amazon

(Admired this one!) Macro-Trend Beyond Max Library/Amazon (Dinosaur!) - And the Deluxe version! Beyond Library Max

Quanquer Magic Bookstore/Amazon

DOLLHOUSE BOOKS:

50 Makes for Modern Miniatures, Chelsea Andersson -  A prop designer who was part of NBC TV's Making It craft-competition show offers her own take on modern minis. - Amazon

Collectively Speaking, My Passionate Pursuit of Miniatures Vol. 1, Kaye Savage Browning - A beautiful photographic account of Browning's decades long dedication to collecting and curating exquisite miniatures. - Amazon

Making Mini Food, Lynn Allingham - Make 30 assorted food items with polymer clay from realistic pancakes to pizza, burgers, ice cream and more. I still want to try these! - Amazon

 

Making Miniature Period Furniture for Dolls' Houses, Angela Law - Recreate an assortment of realistic Tudor and historical furnishings in 1:12th scale. - Amazon

Making Miniatures with 3D Printers, Frank Fisher and Angie Scarr - Scarr, known for her polymer clay foods, teams with her husband on a book to explain the in's and out's of 3D printing. - Amazon

 Miniature Food Masterclass, Angie Scarr - Great selection of miniature food how to's from eggs, to gray, sushi, and more from the Queen of Polymer Clay! - Amazon

The Dollhouse: Pop-Up and Lift the Flap Book, Grace West - Cute Idea that caught my eye. Something fun to get the little ones interested in dollhouses! - Amazon

Fiction:

A Dollhouse to Die For, Cate Price (eBook) - Deadly Notions Mystery Book 2 - At an estate auction, Daisy is delighted to find the perfect present for a young girl she knows—a charming dollhouse in need of restoration. But when local collector Harriet Kunes tries to strong-arm Daisy into selling it, she’s in for a shocking—and deadly—surprise when an intruder breaks in and steals the dollhouse. Daisy soon suspects the mini house holds the key to a second, unsolved murder. - Amazon (ebook and papeback) - Book 1: Going Through the Notions

 Death in the Details, Katie Titejien, Book 1 - Inspired by the real-life mother of forensic science, Frances Glessner Lee,  - Maple Bishop is ready to put WWII and the grief of losing her husband, Bill, behind her. But when she discovers that Bill left her penniless, Maple realizes she could lose her Vermont home next and sets out to make money the only way she knows how: by selling her intricately crafted dollhouses. Business is off to a good start—until Maple discovers her first customer dead, his body hanging precariously in his own barn. Something about the supposed suicide rubs Maple the wrong way, but local authorities brush off her concerns. Determined to help them see “what’s big in what’s small,” Maple turns to what she knows best, painstakingly recreating the gruesome scene in miniature: death in a nutshell. - Amazon

*** New - coming in Sept.!   Murder in Miniature, Katie Tietjen, (Pre-order: Publishes Sept. 23) - Second book in the Maple Bishop historical mysteries, inspired by the first miniature crime scenes of Frances Glessner Lee - In post-WWII Vermont, Maple Bishop has a thriving dollhouse business and a new career as a crime scene consultant for the local sheriff's office. when she discovers the body of a childhood friend in a burned cabin. Called in to help solve the crime, she also recreates the cabin in miniature as part of her investigation.  - Amazon

***Recently published! The Library of Lost Dollhouses, Elise Hooper - The head curator at a beautiful small library in San Francisco discovers a pair of beautifully-made dollhouses hidden in a secret back room. Her hunt for the history of the dollhouses turns her life in an unexpected direction when she learns of their personal connection to her. Great read! - Amazon

The Miniaturist, Jessie Burton - Was a PBS series. Set in seventeenth century Amsterdam, 18-year-old Nella Oortman arrives in Amsterdam to begin a new life as the wife of illustrious merchant trader Johannes Brandt. But her new home, while splendorous, is not welcoming. Johannes is kind yet distant, always locked in his study or at his warehouse office—leaving Nella alone with his sister, the sharp-tongued and forbidding Marin. Her world changes when Johannes presents her with an extraordinary wedding gift: a cabinet-sized replica of their home. To furnish her gift, Nella engages the services of a miniaturist—an elusive and enigmatic artist whose tiny creations mirror their real-life counterparts in eerie and unexpected ways .- Amazon . .

***Just released! 

The Miniaturist's Assistant, Katherine Scott Crawford - 2004: In historic Charleston, recently divorced art conservator Gamble Vance throws herself into her career restoring centuries-old miniature portraits. But one portrait haunts her: a woman in a fox stole, with familiar hazel eyes. When Gamble meets a girl in an alley, she's convinced it's the same woman-- and it's not the first time they've met. For help, Gamble turns to African American Studies scholar Tolliver Jackson-- a former foster kid with secrets of his own. But as Gamble's memories resurface, the pair discover a connection which may endanger more than one life... in more than one lifetime. Then there's a switch to a miniature portraitist in 1804. - Amazon

The Miniscule Mansion of Myra Malone, Audrey Burges - From her attic in the Arizona mountains, thirty-four-year-old Myra Malone blogs about a dollhouse mansion that captivates thousands of readers worldwide. Myra’s stories have created legions of fans who breathlessly await every blog post, trade photographs of Mansion-modeled rooms, and swap theories about the enigmatic and reclusive author. Myra herself is tethered to the Mansion by mysteries she can’t understand—rooms that appear and disappear overnight, music that plays in its corridors. - Amazon

Crafts: 

Creepy Crafts,  Ashley Voortman - Signed Copy/Etsy  - Amazon

Bring various chilling creations to life including a - One-Eyed Pumpkin - - Spider Teacup - Barbed Wire Frame - Severed Ear Chain - Bottle of Lost Souls - Tooth Fairy Stash - Pincushion of DOOM - Death Mushrooms Ring Holder

The Amigurumi Workshop: A Beginner's Guide to Crocheting Miniature Toys, James S. Ward - I don't crochet but these tiny animals are so cute! Would love to see if anyone makes something from this book.

Van Gogh Collage Paper - Assortment of 8x8 scrapbook paper sheets. Because I like Van Gogh! - Amazon

My Books:

 

Dollhouse Decor & More - Christine Verstraete and Joanna Campbell Slan -  My co-authored book - an assortment of over 50 projects, from simple accessories to slightly more complicated furnishings to fill your miniature home! - Amazon

Searching for a Starry Night, A Miniature Art Mystery, Christine Verstraete - In my oldie but goodie kid's mystery, two friends and their mischievous dachshund, Petey, search for a lost miniature painting. Ages 8 and up. - Amazon

* More to come when I find them, so check back periodically. Thanks for visiting!

 -- C. Verstraete, candidcanine.blogspot.com