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I recently purchased these
twobooks online and they arrived last week.
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My eleven year old son Daniel
was immediately smitten by them
& got inspired to do some hand carving himself,
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and as his big brother told him:
"You're a natural!".
He turned out to be really good at it :)
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I love all the little details.
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And after the pirate ship,
he decided to make a Star Wars starfighter.