Produce your own produce with a fuzzy felted apricot.
Space is limited and registration is required. This workshop is intended for teens 12-18 years of age.
Your new craft hobby is here! Needle felting is the technique of taking wool fibers and matting them together with a special needle to create hand-crafted designs. This workshop teaches you the art of 3D needle felting in order to create a fun little apricot inspired by the love of apricot orchards in the Youth Novel selection, Hope in the Valley.
Tova Opatrny is the creator behind the YouTube channel Professor Pincushion, making high-quality video tutorials for beginners. Tova's work has appeared in HuffPost, Good Housekeeping, and Cosmopolitan, among others. She's written the book Professor Pincushion's Beginner Guide to Sewing: Garment Making for Nervous Newbies.
2026 A Novel Idea Youth Edition:
Hope in the Valley is a middle-grade novel exploring grief, friendship, family, and growing up in a community facing a housing crisis.
Twelve-year-old Indian-American Pandita Paul doesn't like change. She's not ready to start middle school and leave the comforts of childhood behind. Most of all, Pandita doesn't want to feel like she's leaving her mother, who died a few years ago, behind. After a falling out with her best friend, Pandita is planning to spend most of her summer break reading and writing in her favorite secret space: the abandoned but majestic mansion across the street. But then the unthinkable happens. The town announces that the old home will be bulldozed in favor of new—maybe affordable—housing. With her family on opposing sides of the issue, Pandita must find her voice—and the strength to move on—in order to give her community hope.
About the Author:
Mitali Perkins has written many books for young readers, all of which explore crossing different kinds of borders. Her goal is to make readers laugh or cry, preferably both, as long as their hearts are widening. She lives and writes in the East Bay.
Learn more about A Novel Idea
Questions? Contact: jennym@deschuteslibrary.org
AGE GROUP: | Middle School Age | High School Age |
EVENT TYPE: | Teen Program | High School Aged Program |
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