Melita reviews two more books in her collection--Father B's and SharonG's.
Father B's book comes in various editions. Suzanne Howren (you know her as one of the authors of the Stitches for Effects series) has taken some of his best stitches and rediagrammed them for modern stitchers.
SharonG's one of my stitching heroes. Her SENSE book is small but fabulous and full of good information.
Neither book is large but both are worth having.
UPDATE: Melita picks up Ruth Dilts' Needlepoint 101 and 202. Both are good books, especially for a beginner at embellishing canvases.
UPDATE: Melita has three of Carole Lake and Michael Boren's very useful books.
UPDATE: Melita also owns a fascinating book from 1980, Edith Anderson Feisner's Needlepoint and Beyond: 27 Lessons in Advanced Canvas Work.
UPDATE: Making Needlepoint Landscapes looks interesting! I have a copy of dede Odgen's That's Not Needlepoint and it's quite interesting for those stitching underwater ocean scenes.
UPDATE: Melita owns a copy of Kathleen Whyte's Design in Embroidery. I've seen it but it is mostly about embroidery design. If that's a topic that interests you, you may be able to find a copy in a used book store.
UPDATE: Anna Griffith's An Introduction to Embroidery sounds interesting.
UPDATE: Melita owns several of the A to Z series of books. They are really good, especially the silk ribbon embroidery book to help you create flowers from ribbon.
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