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Ricki Carroll, best-selling author known world wide as the Cheese Queen, and her daughter, Sarah Carrroll, takes kids ages 8 and up on a cheese adventure! Beginning at the source--the cow--Say Cheese! tells the story of how milk becomes cheese and the many different styles made around the world, weaving in cheese science, fun facts, and a game to learn how to 'say cheese' in 30 languages. Part cooking project and part kitchen science, the core of the book teaches kids and their families the fascinating process of making 12 different cheeses and related dairy products from scratch- including ricotta, feta, mozzarella, yogurt, and creme fraiche - in just a couple hours. An additional 10 kid-friendly recipes for Mini Lasagnas, Cheesy Pizza, Birthday Cheesecake, and more round out this celebration of everything cheese.
In just five simple steps, children can make fun, memorable crafts out of plastic, including an octopus, a hairy bug, a puppet theater, and gifts for friends. Fourteen projects make clever use of plastic items we find in our everyday lives, such as cups, plates, hair curlers, and drinking straws. Children five years and older will develop fine motor skills, feed their creativity, and be encouraged to find new uses for items we often see as disposable.
The Olobobs are having a party for Gurdy, but one thing is missing...a present! Join Tib, Lalloo, and Bobble on their trip to Norbet's shop to find the perfect gift for Gurdy's important and exciting day! Based on the hit CBeebies series, Olobob Top. Lift the flaps and uncover yummy cakes, balloons,hats, and the many wonders of Norbet's shop! Olobob Top is the exciting CBeebies animated pre-school TV series that follows Tib, Lalloo and Bobble, which has already received an overwhelmingly positive response. There are lots of adventures to be had, but there are often some problems to face along the way. Don't worry,the Olobobs know that the right amount of imagination, inventiveness and creativity can solve anything - from building a new house for a friend, to planning a party to finding something lost. Bloomsbury's Olobob Top series allows children to extend and explore their own creativity, just like the Olobobs,whether it's by learning new shapes and numbers or creating their own imaginative world.
Millions of young people want to be more plant-based - and this is the first ever young person's guide to the whole vegan year. It's filled with helpful advice and inspiration about how to cut down on (or cut out) meat and dairy, as well as the latest nutritional information to make sure young readers have the all-important facts at their fingertips, free from disinformation and waffle. Starting in spring, the book shows you how to make amazing vegan food in every season. As well as over 50 fun, simple and delicious recipes that anyone can try, it's also filled with great tips for every season - from how to grow your own veg to the ultimate vegan finger food for the party season. It's a fantastic handbook that's the perfect plant-based companion for 365 days of being vegan!
Everything you need to embroider, frame and hang a beautiful owl, including a piece of cotton fabric printed with an owl design, a needle, embroidery hoop and green, yellow and orange thread. There's also a 16-page book with simple, step-by-step instructions showing you exactly what to do, and links to video clips of embroidery skills.
What is an adverb? Its hard to explain but easy to showand thats just what this book does, in rhyming, comical verse that will have readers giggling as they learn. Cartoon cats guide readers through the tricks of describing when, how, where, how often, and how much in this lighthearted celebration of language.
Bake your way through Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry! Inspired by the films, this is the ONE and ONLY official Harry Potter cookbook! Packed with 45 recipes and gorgeous, eye-catching photography, this baking cookbook inspired by the films is a must-have for every Harry Potter fan. From Pumpkin Patch Pies to Owl Muffins, Luna's Spectrespecs Cookies to Hogwarts Gingerbread, these 45 mouthwatering recipes that will, dare we say ... ensnare the senses! Host a Great Hall-inspired feast for your friends or delight in a portion for one. This baking cookbook is great for everyone Includes a multitude of gluten-free, nut-free and vegan recipes! All 45 recipes are inspired by the Harry Potter films.
"Look What I Did with a Leaf " will show young art and craft lovers how to use nature's bounty to create fanciful animals and natural scenes. Readers will develop their artistic eye and soon learn to see the artistic possibilities that surround them. Morteza E. Sohi gives careful directions on how to choose leaves for shape and color, how to arrange them in an animal form, and how to preserve the finished work of art. A field guide helps young leaf artists learn more about the tools of their craft.
From shopping to chopping, this recipe book is packed full of ideas and tips to get kids cooking in the kitchen. This family cook book is a celebration of all things food - and the joy of eating. From global recipes, to tips on sourcing fresh ingredients, and how different foods can be prepared and enjoyed, this beautifully illustrated cook book is a visual feast and delight to the senses. Learn how to make dumplings, shakshouka and other delicious dishes from around the world, whether on a budget or blowout, with fun and encouraging text by award-winning cook Lizzie Mabbott.
Breakfast varies from country to country, but it's how all children begin their day. Explore the meals of twelve countries in this playful approach to the world! From Australia to India to the USA, come travel around the world at dawn. Children everywhere are waking up to breakfast. In Japan, students eat soured soybeans called natto. In Brazil, even kids drink coffee--with lots of milk! With rhythm and rhymes and bold, graphic art, Pancakes to Parathas invites young readers to explore the world through the most important meal of the day.
A colossal cheat sheet for your post-college years, answering all the needs of the modern woman--from mastering money to placating overly anxious parents, from social media etiquette to the pleasure and pain of dating (and why it's not a cliche to love yourself first). A perfect combination of tried-and-true advice and been-there tips, it's a one-stop resource that includes how to clean up your digital reputation, info on finding an apartment you can afford and actually want to live in, and why you should exercise the delicate art of defriending. Plus the fundamentals, from health (mental and physical) to spirituality to ethics to fashion, all delivered in Melissa Kirsch's fresh, personal, funny voice--as if your best friend were giving you the best and smartest advice in the world.
?You?re either a cat person or a dog person, ? the saying goes. With this craft book, though, children don?t have to choose one or the other. All they have to do is have fun cutting, pasting and assembling their own personal pet (potty training not required). Ages 6 and up.
Two very distinctive dinosaurs pair up in this book to offer hours of craft-making glee. Parents will jump at the opportunity to give their children a gift that kids will love, and that actually develops valuable reasoning and motor control skills. Ages 6 and up.
Cook around the country with this geographical collection of authentic recipes from each of the USA's 50 states, plus three territories, and the nation's capital Following the success of America: The Cookbook, author (and mother) Gabrielle Langholtz has curated 54 child-friendly recipes - one for each state, plus Washington D.C. and three U.S. territories (Guam, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands). From Pennsylvania Dutch pretzels to Louisiana gumbo, Oklahoma fry bread to Virginia peanut soup, each recipe is made simple by a step-by-step format and a full-color photograph of the finished dish. A full-spread introduction to each state/territory features background about its culinary culture, brought to life with illustrated food facts and maps. Informative and delicious for kids and their families! Ages 7 - 10
This title introduces readers to the many foods that families eat. Simple text, fun pictures, and a photo glossary make this title the perfect introduction to food and family.
The books in this series encourage children to use everyday materials in a series of exciting art projects, whether as entertaining ideas for rainy days at home, or for early school classrooms. In "Make it with Fabric", kids use both cloth and yarns of many colours to make animal faces, a rag doll, a hand puppet, a pen and pencil case and more! The 12 projects are presented in photo-illustrated spreads which feature easy-to-follow steps. Useful notes for parents and teachers appear at the end of the book, which give guidance on how the projects can be adapted to suit children of different ages.
With this book, kids (and tweens) can learn to crochet accessories and toys all by themselves.Simple, easy-to-follow step-by-step instructions and photos show basic crochet techniques and the challenging parts of each projectThe patterns start very simple, with chains used as shoelaces, and build to relatively advanced projects such as afghans and stuffed toysFun, colorful projects will appeal to boys and girls aged 7 to 1329 projects (12 beginner, 11 intermediate, and 6 advanced) include friendship bracelets, berets and caps, embellishments for shirts and scarves, fingerless mitts, messenger bags, and more
If you can keep your head, when all about you are losing theirs; if you can meet triumph and disaster and treat those two impostors just the same (and even if you can't), then this is the perfect book for you. It's time to take control and be a hero! From how to survive a tornado, carry someone to safety and read an orienteering compass, to how to make a catapult, build an igloo, survive a snakebite or avalanche, and much more. Survival explains all the skills you'll need to get through the toughest day. This book is part of the Buster Know-How series, a collection of books that teaches adventurous and imaginative kids everything they will ever need to know about getting by in this wide, whacky world.
Instructions on how to make all Different kinds of squishies-one of the most popular anti-stress toys around. Here are fun crafts anyone can make! They squish and squirm in your hand! They are the most fun things that kids are playing with today! They're squishies, and you can find all the ways to make them here. With the instructions in this book, you can create amazingly fun and fantastic squishies that look like: Magical Unicorn Donuts Cute Cats Pandas Rainbow Ice Cream Pastel Rainbows Green Apples Cookies Pieces of Cake Kawaii Hearts And More! Whether it is with foam, duct tape, or other means, this book provides innovative and safe ways to create fun, kawaii creatures and objects.
Set against the backdrop of well-known works by the artist, Vincent Van Gogh, rhyming text tells a story from the artwork.
Meet the Artist: The Pre-Raphaelites is packed with make-and-dos and inspiring activities for budding young artists. Paint portraits inspired by medieval legends, design your own wallpaper using potato printing, and create photocollages influenced by the beauty of nature. Bursting with inspiring activities, the revised and expanded Meet the Artist series of activity books introduces children to internationally renowned artists in a fun and engaging way. Every book includes a brief introduction to the artist's life or the movement followed by a series of activities that explore prominent themes and ideas in the movement's body of work. Featuring beautiful reproductions of key artworks, and illustrated by a leading contemporary illustrator, every book in the Meet the Artist series encourages children to use art as an avenue for exploring ideas and expressing their own experiences through art-making. |
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