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Hardback. Condizione: Good. The easy way to draw all your favorite animals By combining simple shapes and following the step-by-step diagrams, children can create delightful drawings of a bushy-tailed squirrel, a smiling chimpanzee, a prickly porcupine, and 27 other popular animals. This fun-filled little book also teaches kids the basics of developing shapes and proportions. Blank practice pages are included.…

Condizione: Good. Travel back in time to the days of mythical beasts and legendary heroes. The eight awesome dragons in this little stained glass coloring book will help young time travelers on their way. The fire-breathing monsters are as daunting as ever -- and there's a whimsically rendered fellow added just for fun. Use crayons, paints, or felt-tip pens to color the astonishing creatures, then place them near a source of bright light to create a bit of medieval magic.…

Paperback. Condizione: Fair. Black Beauty is the autobiography of a horse. This gentle book follows the life a well bred horse from his early childhood in a pleasant meadow through a myriad of owners-some kind and some cruel-until fate returns him to the meadow in which he was born. A wonderful story that will remain with you and your child.…

Paperback. Condizione: Good. If you like the challenge of word games (and also want to improve your knowledge of the United States), this is just the book for you! In it you'll find an entertaining treasury of puzzles focusing on each of the 50 states plus the nation's capital. Each search-a-word features a grid filled with letters of the alphabet. Above the grid is a list of names of state birds and flowers, geographical features such as mountains and rivers, the state capital and other cities, famous residents, as well as products, crops, and other natural resources. Your job is to circle groups of letters that spell the names and words listed above the grid. To make it even more interesting, answers appear vertically, horizontally, and diagonally, and can also be spelled forwards and backwards. These puzzles will not only provide you with hours of fun and entertainment, they'll help you learn all about the fifty states and the District of Columbia. You'll be a fact expert on your country.…

Paperback. Condizione: Good. Coloring book fans and admirers of those lonely sentinels by the sea will treasure this ready-to-color collection of 30 authentic lighthouses -- from ancient days to the present. Included are accurate depictions of the ancient Pharos light in Alexandria, Egypt (one of the Seven Wonders of the World); a 2,000-year-old Roman lighthouse in England; the Bugio light off the Portuguese coast -- built in 1775; an early 18th-century pillared construction in Riga, Latvia; and 26 other sturdy structures, among them: Cloch Point, Scotland (1797); Green Point in Cape Town, South Africa (1824); Biscayne Bay, United States (1825); Europa Point, Gibraltar (1841); Farewell Spit on Golden Bay, New Zealand (1897); Fastnet Rock in West Cork, Ireland (1906); and Brockton Point in Vancouver, Canada (1915). Extensive captions accompany the detailed drawings, citing location, and historical data for each lighthouse.…

Hardback. Condizione: Good. Muravski, Marie (illustratore).

Paperback. Condizione: Good. The easy way to draw all your favorite animals! By combining simple shapes and following the step-by-step diagrams, children can create delightful drawings of a bushy-tailed squirrel, a smiling chimpanzee, a prickly porcupine, and 27 other popular animals. This fun-filled little book also teaches kids the basics of developing shapes and proportions. Blank practice pages are included.…

Paperback. Condizione: Good. Whether you're off to an island paradise or a visit to Grandma's, don't forget to pack this big book of entertainment -- it's the perfect travel companion for families on the go Kids will love globe-trotting with 38 vacation-themed activities that include: - Riddles- Mazes- Search-a-word puzzles- Crossword puzzles- Spot-the-difference pictures- Dot-to-dots- Color-by-numbersSpecial Bonus: A Picture Journal with handy frames and a fill-in-the-blanks Travel Journal to help children preserve and treasure their adventures. …

Hardback. Condizione: Fair. The easy way to draw all your favorite animals By combining simple shapes and following the step-by-step diagrams, children can create delightful drawings of a bushy-tailed squirrel, a smiling chimpanzee, a prickly porcupine, and 27 other popular animals. This fun-filled little book also teaches kids the basics of developing shapes and proportions. Blank practice pages are included.…

Paperback. Condizione: Good. Black Beauty is the autobiography of a horse. This gentle book follows the life a well bred horse from his early childhood in a pleasant meadow through a myriad of owners-some kind and some cruel-until fate returns him to the meadow in which he was born. A wonderful story that will remain with you and your child.…

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. In the years shortly before the Civil War, many Southern plantation owners and their families summered in the cooler climate of the northern states, often along the New England coast. These journeys frequently included side trips to New York, Boston, or Philadelphia to replenish the family's wardrobes with the latest fashions. The particularly wealthy occasionally went to Europe, returning home with stylish apparel from London or Paris.Clothing worn during this period by members of antebellum society conveyed a distinct glamor and elegance. Tom Tierney captures the fine details of authentic garments in 29 ready-to-color illustrations. Included are walking costumes, evening gowns, morning and afternoon dresses, and wedding apparel for women, as well as suits, vests, trousers, and handsome military uniforms for the men.Descriptive captions accompany illustrations in an attractive coloring book that will not only please coloring book fans, but will also be of use to costume historians and designers.…

Paperback. Condizione: Good. Young puzzle fans are asked to identify the differences between two anatosauruses having lunch, a pair of busy raptors, a couple of triceratops taking a walk, and 24 other dinosaur duos. The fun doesn't end when the last puzzle is solved, because each whimsical illustration is also colorable. 27 double-page puzzles plus solutions.…

Condizione: Good. Twenty-four specially designed puzzles invite children to find words hidden in a matrix of letters. The words correspond to illustrations for each puzzle: cakes, flowers, fire engines, tiger, horse, dog, clown, and more. To help young solvers, complete solutions are included at the back of the book.…

Paperback. Condizione: Good. All hands on deck This fine fleet of accurately detailed ships includes twenty-eight vessels deployed in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans during World War I. Included -- among others -- are line drawings of the ill-fated PT-109, commanded by a young John F. Kennedy; one of the many German U-boats that sunk tons of American shipping during the conflict; the US Hornet, best remembered for launching Lt. Colonel James Doolittle's air raids on Tokyo; and the US Missouri, the battleship on which the Japanese surrendered. Identifying captions provide information on ship size, firepower, length of service, and other details.…

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. Coloring book fans and admirers of those lonely sentinels by the sea will treasure this ready-to-color collection of 30 authentic lighthouses -- from ancient days to the present. Included are accurate depictions of the ancient Pharos light in Alexandria, Egypt (one of the Seven Wonders of the World); a 2,000-year-old Roman lighthouse in England; the Bugio light off the Portuguese coast -- built in 1775; an early 18th-century pillared construction in Riga, Latvia; and 26 other sturdy structures, among them: Cloch Point, Scotland (1797); Green Point in Cape Town, South Africa (1824); Biscayne Bay, United States (1825); Europa Point, Gibraltar (1841); Farewell Spit on Golden Bay, New Zealand (1897); Fastnet Rock in West Cork, Ireland (1906); and Brockton Point in Vancouver, Canada (1915). Extensive captions accompany the detailed drawings, citing location, and historical data for each lighthouse.…

Paperback. Condizione: Good. HCI's hit self-help book The Velveteen Principles uses the lessons in Margery Williams' The Velveteen Rabbit, the classic story of a toy bunny that learns what it means to be real, to show today's adults how becoming real and embracing their true selves can make them wiser, healthier and best of all happier. This new edition of The Velveteen Rabbit is designed to compliment The Velveteen Principles. It uses the same cover design and interior design iconography. The text uses an airy layout to highlight the wisdom and beauty of Margery Williams' words. Additional features include the original 1922 illustrations by William Nicholson and a new introduction by Toni Raiten-D'Antonio, author of The Velveteen Principles. Key Features Intimate hardcover package. Full-color throughout. Elegant margin designs. Features the original 1922 illustrations New introduction by the author of The Velveteen Principles. Nicholson, William (illustratore).…

Paperback. Condizione: Good. In the years shortly before the Civil War, many Southern plantation owners and their families summered in the cooler climate of the northern states, often along the New England coast. These journeys frequently included side trips to New York, Boston, or Philadelphia to replenish the family's wardrobes with the latest fashions. The particularly wealthy occasionally went to Europe, returning home with stylish apparel from London or Paris.Clothing worn during this period by members of antebellum society conveyed a distinct glamor and elegance. Tom Tierney captures the fine details of authentic garments in 29 ready-to-color illustrations. Included are walking costumes, evening gowns, morning and afternoon dresses, and wedding apparel for women, as well as suits, vests, trousers, and handsome military uniforms for the men.Descriptive captions accompany illustrations in an attractive coloring book that will not only please coloring book fans, but will also be of use to costume historians and designers.…

Paperback. Condizione: Good. This collection of finely detailed, accurately rendered illustrations depicts 29 species of lepidoptera, among them the sheep moth, the painted lady, blue morpho butterflies, the malachite butterfly, the rare birdwing butterfly found only in southeast Asia and the western tiger swallowtail. Captions provide information on areas inhabited by these winged beauties.…

Condizione: Good. Often large and impressive, cathedrals are churches in which bishops have their official seats or thrones. Many are hundreds of years old; some are regarded as architectural masterpieces. This fascinating volume invites colorists of all ages to color illustrations of 40 great churches from around the world: St. Paul's (London); St. John the Divine (New York); Chartres (France); St. Peter's (Rome); Notre Dame (Paris); St. Patrick's (New York); Hagia Sophia (Istanbul); St. Mark's (Venice); Sagrada Familia (Barcelona); Westminster (London); Coventry (England); St. Louis (New Orleans); Cologne (Germany); St. Stephen's (Vienna); St. Mary's (Sydney); Washington Cathedral (U.S.A.); St. Basil's (Moscow); Pisa, with leaning tower (Italy); Reims (France); Canterbury (England); and 20 other magnificent buildings. Crisp, beautifully detailed illustrations include interior and exterior views, floor plans, elevations and drawings of structural elements. Carefully researched and skillfully rendered, this coloring book offers a rich survey of the varied architectural styles of these extraordinary structures. Descriptive captions are included.…

Paperback. Condizione: Good. With this pocket-sized puzzle book, little beachcombers can enjoy dozens of activities about the seashore and sea life. Crosswords, mazes, connect-the-dots, hidden pictures, and more will introduce children to shells, lobsters, seals, waves, boats, sand castles, dolphins, and dozen of other objects. …

Paperback. Condizione: Good. This book provides a welcome departure from the more traditional coloring books available today. But beware, the designs herein may boggle your mind, and confound your eyes; they are all visual illusions. Does the cube go in or out . . . is the line straight or curved? You'll have fun deciding which while coloring them at the same time. Almost any medium can be used, crayon, watercolors, felt tip pens, tempera, for results that may be more confusing than the original. …

Paperback. Condizione: Good. Which adaptable reptile occurs in a wide variety of habitats, including empty urban lots and parks? Which of these creatures likes to prey on other snakes which it kills by constriction? You'll find the answers to these questions and many more in this easy-to-read activity book. There's a full page of information about each of twelve different kinds of snakes, including the coral snake, anaconda, cottonmouth, rattlesnake, copperhead, cobra, and six other reptiles. Each page also includes space for applying an accurate, full-color sticker illustration of the subject. A great book to use at home or in class, this mini-guide to some of nature's most fascinating animals will also appeal to parents and teachers looking for inexpensive learning aids.…

Paperback. Condizione: Good. Kliros, Thea (illustratore).

Paperback. Condizione: Good. A whole herd of spot-the-difference picture puzzles will have youngsters enjoying a variety of animal scenes. Eagle-eyed puzzle fans can visually compare two images starring their favorite creatures to find differences. Whether at home or on the go, these 27 challenges will entertain children for hours. Solutions provided.…

Condizione: Good. This world-famous series of neoclassical illustrations depicts a bountiful array of apparel, sculpture, military gear, and everyday objects found in ancient Greece and Rome. Robed priestesses, emperors crowned with laurels, warriors and chariots, shields and spears, helmets of every kind, ornate lamps and candelabra, sculpted vases and sarcophagi, musical instruments, and more, rendered with meticulous detail. Mythological figures such as Hercules, Diana, and Apollo are also represented in this spectacular array of royalty-free art to please artists and designers 380 black-and-white illustrations.…

Paperback. Condizione: Good.

Condizione: Very Good. What happens when some of the lowest-performing high schools in the state of California make a commitment to reform themselves? This book goes inside the reform efforts of 28 high schools where educators collaborated to fundamentally change expectations for students a in effect, to prepare all students for postsecondary education. By challenging the status quo, teachers and administrators set out to strengthen their delivery of services so that all students, especially those traditionally denied access to college, would leave their care with more options for college and for life. Reported here are the conclusions from formal evaluations over the past ten years of high school reform shepherded by the California Academic Partnership Program (CAPP). CAPP schools are each funded for three to five years, with grants of about $100,000 a year, to make fundamental changes for their students. As these schools discovered, not all changes are equally valuable, but some are simply essential. In the words of the educators themselves and through the perspectives of CAPP advisors who monitored the programs, Inside High School Reform lays out some of the apparently universal lessons of making the reform changes that matter.…

Condizione: Good. Here's a wonderful opportunity to take a trip back in time and discover the awesome array of prehistoric mammals that roamed the Earth millions of years ago. This book contains 41 detailed, ready-to-color illustrations (including four double-page drawings) depicting giant bears, saber-toothed cats, tiny rodents, and dozens of other creatures now known only by their fossil remains. Award-winning artist Jan Sovak has meticulously rendered -- in roughly chronological order -- over 40 species as they might have appeared in their natural habitats. Included are the Basilosaurus, a slim, snake-like whale; the Megistotherium, twice as large as a polar bear and probably the largest flesh-eating mammal that ever lived; the Borophagus, a large dog that preyed on small primitive horses in North America six million years ago; Ursus spelaeus, the great cave bear; the giraffe-like Indricotherium, and ancestor of the rhinoceros that browsed on the tops of trees; Mammuthus primigenius, the legendary woolly mammoth, and many more. Carefully researched captions describe the animals, providing names, where found, size, diet, habitat, and more. Thirteen full-color illustrations appear on the book's covers and suggest possible colorations. This coloring book will intrigue young students of prehistory and evolution; artists and craftspeople will find the volume an inexpensive source of royalty-free illustrations. …

Paperback. Condizione: Good. A Visit from St. Nicholas first appeared as an anonymous holiday poem in a New York newspaper in 1823. Since then, it hasbecome better known by its first line and it hasdefined the image of Santa Claus and his most familiar traits, from his snowy beard and chubby cheeks to the names of his reindeer.Ready to delight a whole new generation, this luminous facsimile of a sought-after 1917 edition abounds in nostalgic charm. Its fourteen enchanting illustrations by a beloved artist appear in a faithful, large-format reproduction with heavy pages that will last for many holiday seasons. An ideal holiday gift, this volume will be treasured by collectors of antique books and vintage Christmas memorabilia. Price, Margaret Evans (illustratore).…

Paperback. Condizione: Good. Unleash your creativity and escape from the stresses of everyday life as you color these stunning illustrations. The imaginative designs feature serene nature scenes, inspirational imagery, and beautiful patterns, all encouraging self-expression and feelings of contentment. Explore your creative side, and let this book guide you toward your artistic dreams.…