Dress Like A Rockstar
Your child can rock any style as long as he/she has knowledge of color mixes, and of course, the right attitude too! Let's take care of the color understanding in this coloring book. A child can play around with colors and be super creative when coloring. Coloring is also a fun activity that will introduce the life skills of patience, and determination. Grab a copy today!
Doodle Manga Skills Made Easy
Recreate your favorite manga characters on the Doodle Manga Skills Madness! This 50-page book offers more than enough space to practice and perfect your character's huge anime eyes, wonderful outfit and cartoon hair. You might have a bright future in cartooning and all you need is a little more practice so here's the perfect paper canvass for you!
A Beginner’s Guide to Drawing Activity Book
As a beginner, you need to be able to hold your pencil in a way that is not tiring to the hand in order to encourage the smooth transition from imagining to drawing. In order to reach that level, you can practice with tracing first. When you trace, you perfect your lines and angles with guidance. Soon, you'll be drawing on your own.
Animals of the Seas and Oceans, a How to Draw Activity Book
How is your sea life knowledge? If it needs improvement, then this is the themed activity book to have! Composed of connect the dot and tracing activities, this book has been made extra special to include as many benefits as possible. The most important of which are improved handwriting skills and general thinking skills, too. Grab a copy now!
How to Teach Art to Children, Grades 1-6
You don't have to know a lot about art to teach your children or students using this helpful art book!How to Teach Art to Children has it all: background information, literature resources, and easy step-by-step directions for 96 art projects. Children learn about the seven elements of art and then use the elements in the styles of famous artists.This beautifully illustrated book is designed to increase children's awareness of different kinds of art and offer a wide range of activities to experience it. Included are downloadable PDFs of famous works of art that you can print and display in your classroom or home or use to create an art journal for children.How to Teach Art to Children is divided into two sections: Learning About the Elements of Art: The first section introduces the seven basic elements of art: line, shape, color, value, texture, form, and space. A series of art activities allow young artists to experiment with each element.Using the Elements of Art: The second section focuses on famous artists and art experiences. Literature resources and examples of the artists' work help children learn and appreciate the famous artists' techniques. Simple step-by-step directions help children apply similar techniques in their own art projects.This instructional art book includes: 96 art projects with step-by-step directionsFull-color fine art examplesDownloadable PDFs of the fine art examples to display in your classroom or homeLiterature references and background information on famous artists to enhance children's art educationA list of materials needed for easy referenceReproducible templates to help students understand the elements of artArt activities include: Using clay to learn about formCreating a collage to learn about warm and cool colorsUsing construction paper and tissue paper to create sunflowers in a vase to learn about Vincent van Gogh'sSunflowersCreating a paper "story quilt" in the art experience of Faith Ringgold's quilt paintingsAnd many more!This edition also includes: Additional support for teachers and parents--Pictures of cultural works of art and famous artists' works make it easy to talk about art forms and artists.Additional support for students--A downloadable PDF features full-page pictures of cultural works of art and famous artists' works of art. You simply print and display the art examples.Give children an art education that they will remember with the meaningful activities in How to Teach Art to Children. The art lessons and activities have simple directions for children learning at home or in the classroom. The art projects are easily adaptable to different ages.This resource contains teacher support pages and reproducible student pages. This is a reproducible resource (photocopying of lessons is permitted) for single classroom or individual home use only.About Evan-Moor A leader in PreK-8 educational publishing, Evan-Moor has been a trusted partner of teachers and parents for over 40 years. Our mission is helping children learn, and we do this by creating resources that motivate children to learn important skills and concepts across the curriculum while also inspiring a love of learning.
How to Draw Sea Creatures
Few artistic subjects can compete with the vibrant, colorful splendor of the ocean and its inhabitants. Now kids can learn to re-create their own underwater world with How to Draw Sea Creatures, where they'll find easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions for drawing 20 different aquatic creatures of all shapes and sizes. Starting with basic shapes and following through, step by step, to finished illustrations, kids will learn to draw a variety of ocean animals, including: OctopusSea horseDolphinSharkPuffer fishSea starHumpback WhaleSea otterClown fishand many more!Fascinating facts about the featured animals provide additional inspiration and learning opportunities along the way. With How to Draw Sea Creatures, kids will soon be rendering their own astounding aquatic world! Also available from the Learn to Draw series: How to Draw Cats & Kittens, How to Draw Dinosaurs, How to Draw Dogs & Puppies, How to Draw Horses & Ponies, How to Draw Animal Friends, and How to Draw Zoo Animals.
Collage Workshop for Kids
Be inspired and delighted by Collage Workshop for Kids, a colorful art instruction book on collage techniques for children--made in cooperation with The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art. Collage Workshop for Kids pairs essays by educators from The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art with instructions on collage technique. Chapters explore favorite art themes for kids and demonstrate how to work with colored tissue paper, newspaper, fabric and buttons, painted paper, torn paper, and more. In each chapter, Reggio-inspired author and teacher Shannon Merenstein explores each technique with original ideas. Members of the museum's education staff offer expert advice on creating art with children. Everything you need to know about collage is in this book, making it a great reference for teachers, librarians, and parents.
Isadora Moon y las manualidades m墔icas/ Isadora Moon and the Magic Crafts
癒El libro de manualidades de Isadora Moon!Isadora Moon es especial porque es diferente. 聶Quieres ser como ella?Con este libro de manualidades podr獺s transformarte en hada o en vampiro y crear los accesorios m獺s m獺gicos e incre穩bles. Dise簽a tu propia varita m獺gica, tu diario de vampiro, una espeluznante invitaci籀n de cumplea簽os o a tu propio murci矇lago-mascota.ENGLISH DESCRIPTIONIsadora Moon is special because she is different.Would you like to be like her? With this crafty book you can make yourself into a fairy or a vampire and make the most magical and sensational accessories. Design an awesome magic wand, make a vampire diary, come up with creative and exciting birthday invitations, or your very own pet bat.
My Art Book of Love
Selected as one of Oprah's Favorite Things 2023As Oprah says on OprahDaily.com - 'Created for kids, these little books pair famous artworks (Gauguin! Kerry James Marshall!) with read-aloud text ("Love is... soft snuggles... and tender nuzzles"). So special - adults will want them, too.'This keepsake children's book celebrates love in a new and accessible way: through artFeaturing a bright stylish cover and sturdy colorful pages, My Art Book of Love pairs 35 famous artworks with sweet read-aloud text to illustrate the many feelings love can inspire - from joy to strength to togetherness.A beautiful gift for babies, toddlers, and young children, as well as new and expecting parents, My Art Book of Love includes vibrant paintings, drawings, and sculptures by a diverse array of artists - from Mary Cassatt and Marc Chagall to Amy Sherald and Kerry James Marshall. With its elegant design and heartwarming descriptions, My Art Book of Love will be treasured by little ones and grown-ups alike.Part of the beloved My Art Books series of stunning board books, which explore big feelings through famous artworks.
A History of Pictures for Children
A History of Pictures for Children takes young readers on an adventure through art history. From cave paintings to video games, this book shows how and why pictures have been made, linking art to the human experience. David Hockney and Martin Gayford explain each piece of art in the book, helping young minds to grasp difficult concepts. The book tracks the many twists and turns toward artistic invention, allowing readers to fully appreciate how and why art has changed and includes an illustrated timeline of inventions. Original illustrations by Rose Blake add a personal perspective on a wide variety of images. A History of Pictures for Children will inspire creative minds and help them to understand the legacy of the pictures we see today. The book also includes a bibliography and index. "A brilliant, knockout collaboration--one that will continue to excite, provoke, and engage kids and their grown-ups." --Kirkus Reviews (Starred Review)
The Swimmers
In the later part of his life, wheelchair-bound and unable to fully take care of himself, Henri Matisse began to experiment with collage and paper cutouts as a way of continuing to make art. Sometimes representational and sometimes abstract, his bold, simple shapes became iconic of his style, and his collages remain some of his best-loved work. In Ana Bianchi's latest children's book - part biographical vignette, part activity guide - kids will read first of Matisse's life and the circumstances that led to his paper cut-outs, then get a step-by-step guide to creating their own Matisse-style collages. Bianchi's versatile illustrations capture the fierce color and compositional nuances of Matisse's work, and her simple, engaging text teaches useful art terms like composition, palette, crop and sketch while outlining the artist's methods in a way that's sure to inspire young artists to create their own collage masterpieces.
How to Draw a Unicorn and Other Cute Animals With Simple Shapes in 5 Steps
Popular artist of the hit Million coloring book series, Lulu Mayo, shows how anyone can learn to draw adorable unicorns and other cute creatures using simple shapes in 5 easy steps. Learn how to draw quirky, kawaii (super cute) animals in a wonderfully easy and inspiring way. Step by step, popular illustrator Lulu Mayo will explain how to draw various creatures by using simple shapes, such as circles, ovals, rectangles, and triangles, and how to personalize them by adding your own, adorable details. The book contains 30 of these doodling exercises, featuring critters such as rabbits, owls, foxes, sloths, llamas--and especially unicorns! Its easiness, simplicity, and quirkiness will resonate with animal lovers, artists, and doodle enthusiasts of all skill levels and ages. Absorbing and fun, it will ignite a doodler's curiosity and inspire them to experiment creatively. Lulu Mayo's Drawing with Simple Shapes series also includes How to Draw a Mermaid and How to Draw a Bunny.
Star Wars Complete Visual Dictionary
This comprehensive visual dictionary is the perfect Star Wars(TM) book for getting to know the galaxy far, far away. Packed with more than 1,500 stunning images, it showcases major and minor characters (such as Princess Leia and Luke Skywalker), creatures, vehicles, weapons, props, and items of tech in unparalleled detail. Beautiful photography and engaging text written by Star Wars experts examines the finer points of Padm矇 Amidala's costumes, displays Boba Fett's array of weaponry, studies Darth Vader's armor, and reveals the lesser-known background stories to many of the characters. Find out who Poe Dameron's idol is, discover the tech behind BB-8's rolling motion, and much, much more! Fully updated to include the latest installments of the Skywalker saga--Star Wars The Force Awakens and Star Wars The Last Jedi--this invaluable reference guide incorporates all the latest stories and characters. The definitive companion to the Star Wars movies, Star Wars The Complete Visual Dictionary is a must-buy for the beginner and the die-hard StarWars fan alike. (c) & TM 2018 LUCASFILM LTD. Used Under Authorization.
Sensational Bird Crafts
Birds are fun animals to watch play. Why not try making toys for a favorite feathered friend at home? Crafts especially for bird lovers fill this colorful volume, including easy instructions for making a stacking toy, a mirror, and more to entertain pet birds. A felt bird, bird journal, and other bird-themed crafts draw in readers who simply enjoy birds but may not own one. Age-appropriate guidance through each fun craft makes this book a great addition to any children's library collection.
How to Draw Almost Everything for Kids
In this book from the best-selling Almost Everything series, kids will find hours of fun, independent drawing practice with tracing and easy steps to learn how to draw almost everything under the sun. From soccer balls to panda bears and rainbows to racing cars, this book not only makes kids feel successful at drawing, but is fun for all ages. With space to trace then try it freehand right in the pages, learn to draw all types of sweet: People, including faces, bodies, and with instructions to make a flip bookAnimals, including pets and wild animalsPlants, including flowers, leaves, trees, and even insectsFood, from fruits and vegetables to sweetsEveryday objects, from kitchen tools to toys and gamesIcons, for special days, special places, and even astrological signsHolidays and special occasionsAll kids, both young and grown, will enjoy improving their drawing skills with this step-by-step approach. Each book in the Almost Everything series offers readers a fun, comprehensive, and charmingly illustrated visual directory of ideas to inspire skill building in their creative endeavors.
Drawing Fantastic Dragons
If you can dream it, this book will show you how to bring it to life in distinct and dramatic color. With easy-to-follow, step- by-step instructions, Drawing Fantastic Dragons teaches the tricks and techniques to create your own amazing art. Start with a sketch of the dragon's body form. Then add the head, tail, arms and legs. Next customize it with one of the many styles of horns, scales, claws and wings detailed in this guide. You will even learn how to add age, personality and animal attributes to your dragon. Lastly, author Sandra Staple shows how to finish your dragon drawing with amazing color effects. Packed with example after example, this hands-on guide features dragons of all shapes and sizes, and includes a special section on how to draw unique beasts like earth, air, and fire dragons, wyverns, hydras, and more.
A Guide to becoming an Actor
Children often wonder how their favorite television star became an actor. Olivia Lauren, child actor, shares steps that she took to become an actor. Through these ten steps, detailed description, and illustrative pictures, show business is no longer a mystery for children and their parents.
Wisdom for Singers and Philosophers
We live in a mysterious world. Just as philosophy strives to unravel this mystery by employing logical thinking, the arts explore the wonder of existence with heart, feeling, and beauty. Wisdom for Singers and Philosophers invites us on an aphoristic journey of discovery and insight through the world of singing, the arts generally, and philosophy. Each aphorism offers us a space and a time for reflection, where its meaning can be revealed to us in ever more personal ways. By opening yourself to recording your own thoughts, observations, intuitions, and even objections to these compelling aphorisms, you too can be opened to new levels of understanding of singing, the arts, and philosophy. Allow Wisdom for Singers and Philosophers to be your personal guide to artistic and philosophical living. It will provide to those devoted seekers of beauty and truth a path for honest intellectual, emotional, and spiritual reflection.
Play With Art
With more than 40 fun ideas to try out, this book is the perfect starting point for little ones who want to discover all types of art. A child will love getting to grips with the basics of painting (using non-toxic food-safe paint), print making, drawing, paper crafting, and more. For each different creative media, there are 6+ easy projects to try - so you don't have to keep putting things away and getting out something new! All the projects feed a child's imagination and encourage creative play. From vegetable printing, to making shadow puppets and a unicorn hobbyhorse, Play with Art is packed with exciting ideas for a little learner starting on their art journey.
Stem Starters for Kids Activity Book
The acronym "STEM" stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math becomes STEAM when Art is added. This full-color activity book filled with marvelous mazes, spot the difference, drawing puzzles, pattern identifying, testing quizzes, and more, will introduce boys and girls to the beautiful world of art and might even, one day, inspire them to contribute a masterpiece of their own. These subjects are closely related to one another and are sometimes overlooked as critical subjects in education, often dismissed by students and teachers after primary education is completed. However, the need for these subjects in our society is crucial. The books in this series aim to pique the interest of children in these areas of study, stress the importance of these subjects, and help encourage children who are interested to continue within these fields as they grow and learn.
How to Draw Cool Ships and Boats
Build confidence, encourage creativity, and expand artistic skills with this amazing collection of easy, step-by-step instructions for drawing the coolest ships and boats! The perfect Valentine's Day gift for young boat enthusiasts.Encourage kids to broaden their artistic horizons and set them smooth sailing towards tackling the decks, sails, oars, and more for tons of waterway traveling. The impressive variety from canoes and Viking longships, to lifeboats and brigantine pirate ships in this learn to draw provides hours of independent, artistic fun for kids to enjoy and gain confidence as their skills improve.Whether they love exploring the high seas or sailing off into the sunset, this collection is a hit for fans of all things that go on water--so grab some colored pencils and get creative this Valentine's Day!This guide features: 100+ boat and ship drawing projectsEasy to follow directionsHours of creative, screen-free fun
Faedorables Minis - Pocket Sized Cute Fantasy Coloring Book
Color anywhere, anytime, with these Faedorable fantasy art coloring designs by bestselling coloring designer, Selina Fenech - in Pocket Size!You'll love spending hours of peace and calm bringing these artworks to life with color. Leave your worries behind, grab your favorite pencils and markers, and escape into a world of magic, relaxation, and the joy of creativity. Perfect for anyone who loves things cute and magical, Faedorables Minis by Selina Fenech is filled with inspiring designs of fairies, angels, unicorns, dragons, witches, vampires, ghosts, gothic beauties, sweet monsters, and many more fantasy creatures, all in a super cute style that will make your heart happy. Sweet, simple, totally adorable, easy to color designs for all ages. Selina Fenech's coloring titles have 1500+ 5-star Amazon Reviews and sold over 100,000 copies. A favorite among the adult coloring community, discover the elegant design, inspiring scenes, and sense of magic that makes Selina Fenech's books so popular. Be calm, be content, and awaken your inner magic. Coloring has become famous for its calming power and benefits for mental and emotional health, in adults and children. Relieve anxiety while you release your inner artist, and amaze yourself with the masterpieces you can create adding color to these magical designs. 50 designs to color, anywhere, anytime. Contains all pictures from bestselling large format coloring books Faedorables Sweet and Simple and Faedorables Cute and Creepy, in a pocket size edition! This 5 x 7.8 inch book is perfectly transportable, fits into bags and purses to take your coloring wherever you go. Images on one side only. Coloring for all ages, beginner to advanced. With a balance of intricate design and simpler elements, these images will satisfy adults and experienced colorists without being overwhelming to beginner artists. Explore the complete 'Fantasy Coloring by Selina' collection to find your next artistic adventure. You'll find a whole world of magic with 20+ coloring books in fantasy themes from mermaids to fairies, dragons to unicorns, goddesses to gothic witches, and the totally cute Faedorables books. Selina Fenech has been a world renown fantasy artist for over fifteen years, and has carefully illustrated these coloring designs herself based on her original fantasy paintings. Buy Now, and experience peace through the childlike wonder and magic of coloring. Scroll to the top of the page and click the Add to Cart button.
Merry Christmas
Get in the mood for Winter Holidays! "Merry Christmas" Coloring book was specifically designed for young children ages 2-5. It contains large and simple illustrations of all things we associate with Christmas. Inside you will find decorated Christmas trees, beautiful snowflakes, dashing reindeer, smiling snowman, Santa Claus, candles lit for Christmas Eve, festive decorations, bells, wrapped Christmas gifts, candy canes, cookies and milk, gingerbread man, and more! Let your child color and bring all those images to life. The size of this book is 8.5 x 11 inches which provides plenty of coloring room. There are 30 images to color, and each picture is printed on its own page. The interior is printed on high-quality white paper, and the cover has a glossy finish. Merry Christmas and happy coloring!
Look! What Do You See?
A puzzle, a work of art, and a collection of classic American songs, all in an innovative book by one of the world's foremost contemporary artists. Every page of this book is filled with secret code. It seems like Chinese calligraphy, but it's not. It seems like you can't read it, but you can. Once the pieces of the puzzle start falling into place, you will understand it all. And some of it may even strike you as strangely familiar . . . Twelve traditional American songs, such as "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" and "Yankee Doodle," as well as five classic songs from Chinese culture, are written here in artist Xu Bing's unique "square word calligraphy," which uses one-block words made of English letters. From a distance, these pieces are beautiful but unintelligible art. Up close, they are a mystery just waiting to be solved--like the fine art version of "Magic Eye." For readers ages 7 and up, Look! What Do You See? is perfect for long car rides or coded notes to friends. Incredibly intricate and visually engaging, this is a book that children and adults will return to again and again.
A Day at the National Museum of Dance
A Day at the National Museum of Dance is a children's book celebrating the performing art of dance. The Museum is located in Saratoga Springs, New York. The book is filled with colorful illustrations and text to inspire a young dancer.
Slime Sorcery
With over 100 creative, borax-free slime recipes, Slime Sorcery is packed with color photos and step-by-step instructions for making slime out of anything and everything.Will it slime? Find out by create every type of slime imaginable, including: - Fun Glow-in-the Dark- Fluffy Jiggly- Out-of-This-World Galaxy- Awesome Avalanche- Colorful Rainbow- Crunchy Coal Miner
Fallingwater
In Bear Run, Pennsylvania, a home unlike any other perches atop a waterfall. The water's tune plays differently in each of its sunlight-dappled rooms; the structure itself blends effortlessly into the rock and forest behind it. This is Fallingwater, a masterpiece equally informed by meticulous research and unbounded imagination, designed by the lauded American architect Frank Lloyd Wright. This book guides young readers through Wright's process designing Fallingwater, from his initial inspirations to the home's breathtaking culmination. It is a exploration of a man, of dreams, and of the creative process; a celebration of potential. Graceful prose and rich, dynamic illustrations breathe life into the story of Frank and Fallingwater, a man and home utterly unlike any other. A Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books 2017 Blue Ribbon BookA National Council for the Social Studies Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People
My Ballet Music Book
Start your child on the road to a deep appreciation of ballet with this beautiful book of story summaries and music. There are gorgeous illustrations and sound buttons to push, so even the smallest dancer will be entranced.Includes eight of the most beloved ballets: Swan LakeNutcrackerAfternoon of a FaunDon QuixoteCoppeliaSleeping BeautyGiselleRomeo and Juliet
Kit and Willy’s Guide to Art
Author and Illustrator Zebedee Helm takes more than a dozen of the world's major art movements and casts his delightful take on each through the wit of his brilliant characters Kit, the Montana cowboy and his sausage dog, Willy. Our intrepid heroes guide children through the maze of these art movements, each prompting a pithy summary and some 'important advice.' You'll find out for instance that "Cubism was invented by artists who wanted to do lots of pictures but were short of paper. " Parents will laugh and children will learn as they take a virtual tour together through rooms in a museum representing Impressionism, Futurism, Abstract Art, Pop and Performance art and nine other riotous movements. Zebedee Helms is a UK based illustrator and cartoonist whose credits include The Telegraph, The Times, The Economist, House and Garden and World of Interiors.
Pop-up Shakespeare
Learn about all of Shakespeare's plays in one book! Read about William Shakespeare's plays, sonnets, and poems as you never have before in an entertaining pop-up book collaboration between the internationally known comedy troupe the Reduced Shakespeare Company and best-selling illustrator Jennie Maizels. Featuring five interactive spreads filled with dramatic pop-ups, fun foldouts, hilarious summaries, and fascinating commentaries, this is the perfect introduction to one of the world's greatest playwrights and his enduring works.
Drawing Zentangle Birds
From swooping owls to floating swans, birds are elegant creatures. This gorgeous guide teaches readers how to create Zentangle(R) birds of all shapes and sizes. Readers will love doodling in the beautiful outlines for penguins, hummingbirds, and other beloved birds. Step-by-step instructions help readers divide outlines into smaller shapes. They'll learn basic Zentangle(R) patterns they can mix and match to fill their birds with unique designs. Up-close visuals break down complex patterns into easy parts. This relaxing art form will leave readers feeling peaceful, and they'll love the intricate results.
Make Your Own Bath Bombs
It's time to transform your bath with fizzy bubbles, fun color, and a fantastic fragrance. With this kit, you'll learn the science behind creating the perfect fizz and make up to 12 colorful bath bombs in five different shapes-right in your own kitchen. Then dunk them in a bathtub full of water to release the sensational strawberry kiwi scent. So sit back, relax, and settle in for a good soak! Comes With: Baking soda in 3 colors Citric acid 5 molds Glycerin Strawberry kiwi scent
Kids Cooking
This classic collection of parent-approved meals includes a rainbow whisk and the perfect mix of tried-and-true recipes (like French Toast with Strawberry Butter) and totally modern flavors (like the Aloha Sushi Burrito). All 30 recipes include step-by-step photos so that young chefs can follow along and learn basic kitchen skills. Finally . . . a cookbook for kids and their grown-up assistants! Comes With: Rainbow whisk Decorative stickers
Musical Tales
Three Books in One! In MUSICAL TALES you get three Music Fantasy Adventures from the imagination of Alice Cotton! Alice's illustrative art leads the way as you experience these whimsical stories centered in 'Sound City' - the place where her characters live and thrive. Readers learn music concepts as they enjoy these brilliant tales. Largo and the Lost Key - Adventure with Largo the half-note through Bongo Drum Park and 'the Home for lost keys' as he searches for his lost key Aria. Allegro and the Spring Concert - Allegro, a music note, is desperately trying to reach his place at the end of Muzio Clemente's Sonatina which a young girl is playing in her recital! Does he get there in time? Hilo's Birthday - Sound City Springs to life as Hilo the treble clef's birthday is celebrated! Alice Cotton is a teacher, artist, author and musician. Most of her works revolve around sharing her love and passion for music with young people.
John Ronald's Dragons
A captivating picture book biography of a boy who imagined a world full of dragons and grew up to be beloved author J. R. R. Tolkien. John Ronald loved dragons. He liked to imagine dragons when he was alone, and with his friends, and especially when life got hard or sad. After his mother died and he had to live with a cold-hearted aunt, he looked for dragons. He searched for them at his boarding school. And when he fought in a Great War, he felt as if terrible, destructive dragons were everywhere. But he never actually found one, until one day, when he was a grown man but still very much a boy at heart, when he decided to create one of his own. John Ronald's Dragons, a picture book biography by Caroline McAlister and illustrated by Eliza Wheeler, introduces the beloved creator of Middle Earth and author of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings to a new generation of children who see magic in the world around them.
Make Woodworking for Young Makers
Learning to be a maker has never been more fun. Full-color cartoons and drawings lead you through the steps needed for making a wizard wand, a sanding block, a charging station for your phone or tablet, and a sturdy box with a hidden compartment. You'll learn how to choose and use the right tools, measure and cut properly, sand, glue, and finish your woodworking projects to make them look great. This is the perfect guide for young people who want to do woodworking at home, at school, or at a local makerspace. It teaches fundamental skills and unlocks creativity. No prior experience or knowledge of tools is required. Everything you need to know is explained in the text and cartoons. This easy-to-follow guide is suitable for all ages. It features: Lavish cartoons and line art Step-by-step instructions with full-color art Projects that are fun and useful Basic skills, handy tips, and safety precautions Woodworking is the most universally useful of crafts. In this book, young adults will learn to work successfully with standard hand tools found in any garage or basement workshop and in any school shop class. The skills learned here will unlock a lifetime of useful skills and satisfying accomplishments.
How to Draw
A children's step-by-step guide to drawing that is practical, inspirational, educational, and fun. Beginning with simple skill instruction and building to more challenging projects, it is packed with practical activities and techniques, including how to draw lines, shade, sketch, and trace. A cutout jacket even lets kids draw their own cover so the book really is their own unique piece of art.Once they've learned the basics, kids can follow the step-by-step instructions to draw their surroundings, people, animals, and more. With 16 pages of blank drawing space included, kids can try different approaches, such as illustrating stories and creating comic-book characters, and be inspired to explore and experiment with different styles.Supporting STEAM education initiatives, How to Draw encourages kids to pick up a pencil, crayon, or pen, use their imagination, and learn how to draw the things they love.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Meet Composer Johann Sebastian Bach!Getting to Know the World's Greatest Composers series combines a delightful mix of full-color historical reproductions, photos, and hilarious cartoon-style illustrations that bring to life the works of renowned composers, combining poignant anecdotes with important factual information for readers (Ages 8-9).
Where Is the Taj Mahal?
Learn about the love story behind the creation of one of the most beautiful and famous buildings in the world. The Taj Mahal may look like a palace, but it's actually a tomb and a lasting testament to one of the world's great love stories. In 1612, Mogul emperor Shah Jahan married Mumtaz Mahal. It had been love at first sight and for nineteen years they were so inseparable that Mumtaz even accompanied Shah Jahan to battlefields. When she died suddenly giving birth to their fourteenth child, the emperor set about building a magnificent memorial to his wife. Everything about the Taj was perfectly planned, from the white marble walls that shimmer in the sunlight and sparkle by moonlight, to the countless decorative flowers made from precious gems that still astound visitors today. Recent discoveries at the site make this a timely account of a timeless monument.
The Lego Animation Book
Have you ever wondered what your LEGO creations would look like on the big screen? The LEGO Animation Book will show you how to bring your models to life with stop-motion animation--no experience required! Follow step-by-step instructions to make your first animation, and then explore the entire filmmaking process, from storyboards to post-production. Along the way, you'll learn how to: -Create special effects like explosions and flying minifigures-Convey action and emotion with your minifigure actors-Design sets for animation--make three buildings look like an entire city!-Light, frame, and capture consistent photos-Add detail and scope to your films by building in different scales-Build camera dollies and rigs out of LEGO bricks-Choose cameras, software, and other essential animation tools Dive into the world of animation and discover a whole new way to play! For ages 10+
Heroes for My Daughter
#1 New York Times bestselling author Brad Meltzer brings together a remarkable group of heroes with one thing in common: they were ordinary people who became extraordinary. A perfect companion to girl power collections like Goodnight Stories for Rebel Girls, Rachel Ignotofsky's Women in Science: 50 Fearless Pioneers Who Changed the World, and Vashti Harrison's Little Leaders, Heroes for My Daughter is a necessary addition for children, parents, teachers, and anyone looking for inspiration. The sixty featured figures represent the spectacular potential we all have within us to change the world.The dynamic pages full of photos, quotes, and brief biographies are perfect for reading aloud and allow every reader to explore at their own pace. Not limited to female role models, the wonderfully diverse heroes included in the book are men, women, historical, contemporary, athletes, actors, inventors, politicians, and so much more. Heroes for My Daughter is a book to be read again and again, as the simple question of what makes a hero remains a vital part of today's conversation.
Radiant Child
Winner of the Randolph Caldecott Medal and the Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award! Jean-Michel Basquiat and his unique, collage-style paintings rocketed to fame in the 1980s as a cultural phenomenon unlike anything the art world had ever seen. But before that, he was a little boy who saw art everywhere: in poetry books and museums, in games and in the words that we speak, and in the pulsing energy of New York City. Now, award-winning illustrator Javaka Steptoe's vivid text and bold artwork echoing Basquiat's own introduce young readers to the powerful message that art doesn't always have to be neat or clean--and definitely not inside the lines!--to be beautiful. A Spanish edition, El ni簽o radiante, is also available for purchase.
Tasting the Sky
"When a war ends it does not go away," my mother says."It hides inside us . . . Just forget!" But I do not want to do what Mother says . . . I want to remember. In this groundbreaking memoir set in Ramallah during the aftermath of the 1967 Six-Day War, Ibtisam Barakat captures what it is like to be a child whose world is shattered by war. With candor and courage, she stitches together memories of her childhood: fear and confusion as bombs explode near her home and she is separated from her family; the harshness of life in the Middle East as a Palestinian refugee; her unexpected joy when she discovers Alef, the first letter of the Arabic alphabet. This is the beginning of her passionate connection to words, and as language becomes her refuge, allowing her to piece together the fragments of her world, it becomes her true home. Transcending the particulars of politics, Tasting the Sky: A Palestinian Childhood is an illuminating and timely book that provides a telling glimpse into a part of the Middle East that has become an increasingly important part of the puzzle of world peace. Winner of the Arab American National Museum Book Award for Children's/YA Literature "In vivid, beautiful prose, Ibtisam Barakat transports readers into a place few Westerners have ever seen--the interior life of a young girl and her family in the occupied West Bank. This book, appropriate for readers young and old, holds literature's great power: the power to humanize the 'other, ' and to therefore change the way we understand our world." --Sandy Tolan, author of The Lemon Tree: An Arab, a Jew, and the Heart of the Middle East
Four Perfect Pebbles
The twentieth-anniversary edition of Marion Blumenthal Lazan's acclaimed Holocaust memoir features new material by the author, a reading group guide, a map, and additional photographs. "The writing is direct, devastating, with no rhetoric or exploitation. The truth is in what's said and in what is left out."--ALA Booklist (starred review) Marion Blumenthal Lazan's unforgettable and acclaimed memoir recalls the devastating years that shaped her childhood. Following Hitler's rise to power, the Blumenthal family--father, mother, Marion, and her brother, Albert--were trapped in Nazi Germany. They managed eventually to get to Holland, but soon thereafter it was occupied by the Nazis. For the next six and a half years the Blumenthals were forced to live in refugee, transit, and prison camps, including Westerbork in Holland and Bergen-Belsen in Germany, before finally making it to the United States. Their story is one of horror and hardship, but it is also a story of courage, hope, and the will to survive.Four Perfect Pebbles features forty archival photographs, including several new to this edition, an epilogue, a bibliography, a map, a reading group guide, an index, and a new afterword by the author. First published in 1996, the book was an ALA Notable Book, an ALA Quick Pick for Reluctant Readers, and IRA Young Adults' Choice, and a Notable Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies, and the recipient of many other honors. "A harrowing and often moving account."--School Library Journal
Who Is Stevie Wonder?
Discover more about Stevie Wonder, the music prodigy whose awards include 25 Grammy Awards and the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Stevie Wonder is one of the most successful singer-songwriter-musicians of our time. Signing his first record deal when he was only eleven, he had his first No.1 hit when he was thirteen. Since then he has had thirty US top ten hits, won a range of awards for his music and his civil rights work, and created such iconic songs as "Isn't She Lovely" and "I Just Called to Say I Love You." Stevie Wonder is a beloved entertainer who continues to tour and perform around the world.
Modeling Clay With 3 Basic Shapes
Unlock Creative Confidence--One Simple Shape at a Time!Modeling Clay with 3 Basic Shapes reveals the secret that's helped thousands of young artists succeed: every project begins with just a ball, a worm, or a teardrop. No guesswork, no complicated steps -- just pure, screen-free fun.Why Families and Classrooms Choose This Book: Effortless Success: This proven method turns three simple shapes into over 40 delightful animals and critters. Step-by-Step Clarity: Crystal-clear photos, numbered illustrations, and straightforward instructions make each project foolproof, even for first-timers ages 5 and up.Playful & Engaging: Lively, kid-friendly text keeps young sculptors smiling and motivated as they work, while learning essential art skills and fine motor coordination.Classroom-Ready Support: Includes a dedicated guide for teachers and parents, making group art lessons easy and enjoyable.Loved by parents, praised by teachers, and designed for kids -- Modeling Clay with 3 Basic Shapes is the only clay modeling book you need to spark creativity, build confidence, and turn everyday moments into art.
Who Was Alexander the Great?
Alexander the Great conquers the New York Times best-selling Who Was...? series! When Alexander was a boy in ancient Macedon, he already had grand ambitions. He complained that his father, the great king of Macedon, wasn't leaving anything for him to conquer! This, of course, was not the case. King Alexander went on to control most of the known world of the time. His victories won him many supporters, but they also earned him enemies. This easy-to-read biography offers a fascinating look at the life of Alexander and the world he lived in.
