How Artists See is designed to teach children the art of observation and increase their visual literacy. These interactive, inquiry-based books - great for both home and classroom - invite young readers to compare and contrast the ways in which different artists treat similar themes. They are an ideal way to introduce kids to art. This new edition of How Artists See Play is revised and redesigned from cover to cover. More than two-thirds of the featured artworks are newly selected, and they are even more stylistically and culturally diverse - ranging from an ancient Egyptian sculpture to a Persian miniature to a woodcarving by a contemporary Hispanic artist. Also available in the series: How Artists See Work ISBN 9780789213594 How Artists See Families ISBN 9780789213495 How Artists See Animals ISBN 9780789213488

Each summer, millions of children complain, "There's nothing to do." Originally published in 1888, The American Boy's Handy Book resoundingly challenges this age-old dilemma by providing a huge number of ideas for fun and instructional projects for young boys. Everything from camping and kite building to raising dogs and building boats is detailed for the would-be adventurer and do-it your-selfer.

Look up, up high and see all the trees! Who lives in the tree and what wonderful fruit can you pick? What do trees look like as the year goes by? Lift the flaps to discover red autumn trees, leafless wintry trees and even lots of things that can fall from trees! With bright illustrations and simple, accessible and interactive text, this is the perfect first introduction to trees for preschoolers. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew is a world famous centre for botanical and mycological knowledge. With two inspiring gardens at Kew in London, and Wakehurst in Sussex, visitors are enchanted with the wonder of plant diversity. Over the past 250 years Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew has made innumerable contributions to increasing the understanding of plants and fungi, with many benefits for humankind. Bloomsbury's Lift and Look board books are packed full of large cut-out flaps, specially designed for little hands. They also feature bright and beautiful illustrations and fun, engaging text, which children will adore. Available in a range of young children's favourite topics, including Bugs, Garden, School, Dinosaurs and Space.

This title is suitable for children aged 8 to 12 years old. "The Byzantine Mosaic Kit" was inspired by The Personification of Ktisis (Foundation), a floor mosaic in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art dating back about 1500 years. This all-inclusive kit includes a pre-printed mosaic backing card, six sheets of different-coloured foam tiles with adhesive backing and a museum label, plus a 16-page brochure of detailed, step-by-step instructions, photographs and cultural and artistic information about the design.

Kids Learn Spanish with Crossword Puzzles for Kids A fun new take on crossword puzzles where kids can build their vocabulary, learn a new language, and have fun all in one! Kids Learn Spanish with games. Introduce your child to learning a new language through the power of Woo! Jr.'s crossword puzzles for kids. Packed with more than 80 bilingual activities to encourage your child's love of Spanish, this crossword puzzles workbook is the essential guide to strengthening your child's dual language learning skills. An ESL workbook for any age. The dual language word puzzles are developed so that either Spanish or English-speaking readers can play within their native languages. Develop familiarity with simple everyday words with these Spanish for kids games that can help Spanish speakers practice English as a second language. English and Spanish Crossword Puzzles for Kids is a resource for classroom and homeschool use and is packed with: Vocabulary word lists in both languages Daily puzzles to keep your child engaged and educated Crosswords with kid-friendly themes such as technology, holidays, sports, hobbies, and more If you liked fun and educational crossword puzzle books for your child such as 101 Fun Crossword Puzzles for Kids, Crossword Puzzles for Kids, or 101 Fun Word Search Puzzles for Clever Kids 4-8, then you'll love Woo! Jr.'s English and Spanish Crossword Puzzles for Kids.

A refreshing source of ideas to help your children learn to grow their own patch of earth, Gardening Lab for Kids encourages children to get outside and enjoy nature. This fun and creative book features 52 plant-related activities set into weekly lessons, beginning with learning to read maps to find your heat zone, moving through seeds, soil, composting, and then creating garden art and appreciating your natural surroundings. Author Renata Fossen Brown guides your family through fun activities that are also lessons about botany, ecology, the seasons, food, patience, insects, eating, and cooking. Have fun exploring: pollinators by making a pollinator palace out of bricks, sticks, twigs, bamboo, and pegboard. the basic elements of soil-sand, silt, and clay-by testing how well your soil drains with just a shovel, water, ruler, and timer. color theory by creating a table top color wheel from different colored annuals. native birds by making a bird feeder from an old picture frame and piece of screen. Garden Lab for Kids is the perfect book for creative families, friends, and community groups and works as lesson plans for both experienced and new gardeners. Children of all ages and experience levels can be guided by adults and will enjoy these engaging exercises. So, slip on your muddy clothes, and get out and grow! The popular Lab for Kids series features a growing list of books that share hands-on activities and projects on a wide host of topics, including art, astronomy, clay, geology, math, and even how to create your own circus-all authored by established experts in their fields. Each lab contains a complete materials list, clear step-by-step photographs of the process, as well as finished samples. The labs can be used as singular projects or as part of a yearlong curriculum of experiential learning. The activities are open-ended, designed to be explored over and over, often with different results. Geared toward being taught or guided by adults, they are enriching for a range of ages and skill levels. Gain firsthand knowledge on your favorite topic with Lab for Kids.

Transform your look again and again with Glitter Face Painting. A follow up title to Klutz: Face Painting, this sequel shows you heaps more tips and tricks to up your face-painting skills and really stand out. Comes with everything you need to get imaginative, including detailed instructions, five shimmery fact paints, a face painting brush and eye-catching body stickers (including rhinestones).

Create super-cute toppers and grips for the top of pencils with Make Your Own Mini Erasers. Decide on your design, then bake the magical Klutz clay with the speciality baking tool to transform it into a slightly squishy eraser! With heaps of colours of clay and 35 all-new exclusive designs, there are loads of ways to create a creature to suit you. Comes with six colours of eraser clay, a custom clay moulding tool, a custom oven-proof baking tool and pencils.

There are times when keeping your young children occupied and entertained can be a real challenge, no matter how super-organised or imaginative you're parenting skills. This bumper book of boredom-busting craft activities is all you need to be inspired. Dip in and discover the eight handy sections: Nature lovers, Messy makes, Rainy day, Sunny day, little laboratory, Paint and print, Playing and performing and Dressing-up. Each one is packed with things to do that range from spur-of-the-moment creative play, involving little or no preparation, to mini projects with step-by-step instructions.

Featuring basic cooking techniques and tips, simple first recipes, and tasty, nutritious meal ideas, this new cookbook is perfect for children who want to help their parents prepare a yummy array of favorite foods.

Make Mother's Day extra special with this lively book, filled with crafts, activities and all you need to know about Mother's Day. Find out how the first Mother's Day came about and how it is celebrated around the world. Then get creative and have a go at one of the many craft activities and recipes. Follow the simple step-by-step guides and you'll be able to create a card and gifts for your mum to make her day really special. Activities include a scrummy no-cook breakfast, your own mother's day poem, a creative herb garden and decorated cupcakes.

Packed with all-new designs, glitter clay and plenty of glitter, Make Glitter Clay Charms is the perfect product for children for want to make charms that sparkle! Using the clay-shaping tool, children can easily sculpt and add detail to create awesome, one-of-a-kind charms to treasure forever. Comes with everything you need to get creative, including six colours of clay (including two of glitter clay), a separate packet of glitter dust to add shimmer to specific areas, a clay-shaping tool and a charm bracelet.

Stitch and stuff your favorite pretend foods with Sew Mini Treats! Make your own felted play food with fabulous faces. Includes instructions, patterns and materials for 18 cheerful, itty-bitty food items as well as tips and tricks to customize your own designs. It's an instant recipe for fun! With super-clear instructions and no sewing experience required, Sew Mini Treats provides hours of endless entertainment.

25 of the world's leading designers contribute one object each for kids to make themselves

For the young makers in the family, this beautifully designed handbook offers 25 unique and practical objects for kids to make and use. Each project features fully-illustrated step-by-step instructions, a photographic list of materials, the approximate cost, timing, and a photograph of the finished product. The 25 contributors range from lauded graphic designers to successful industrial designers, all of whom considered this young audience in the creation of their projects. This unusual and engaging book of activities grants children access to world-class design in their very own homes, and may even inspire a few to become designers themselves!

With a brand-new cover design, this new edition of Nail Art is loaded with ideas, patterns and detailed instructions to keep children busy for hours on end. With six new water-based non-toxic nail polishes and a detailing nail brush, girls can decorate their nails with any design imaginable - bumblebees, berries, butterflies, bears, and baseballs... and that's just the beginning. From apples to zigzags, there's something here to please even the most finicky fingertips. This edition features all new photography, layout and design and will help make a clear distinction between the younger Klutz readership of Nail Art and the older Klutz reader of Nail Style Studio.

Looking for an outdoor hobby to engage your children and encourage them to be crafty and creative? Wood carving is not only easy to learn and fun to do, but almost everything you need to get started can be found for free -- right outside your door! Together you can craft a tumbling tower game, a racing car toy, a dolphin necklace or even a handy coat hook! With more than fifty activities at levels for beginners and up, children can create something useful, beautiful or fun (often all three!) out of wood. Learning wood carving not only helps to improve children's concentration, creativity and dexterity, it's also invaluable in teaching them how to handle knives safely. Adventurous children will be thrilled to learn woodland skills, while nature-loving parents will enjoy rediscovering the lost art of whittling with their kids.

Be inspired by Football Legend, Tammy Abraham! Discover the inspirational story of this top player's journey, from his early life growing up in London, to his success at Chelsea FC football academy and his journey towards playing on the England team - this football legend is an inspiration to kids everywhere. Football Legends: Young readers will love finding out all about the lives of their favourite players in this great new biography series. Packed with footie facts and match stats plus Tammy's career highlights. Amazing cover artwork ilustrated by Manchester-based artist, Stanley Chow, whose iconic work has found worldwide acclaim.

Take an inspirational journey through nature with this beautifully illustrated RHS gift book treasury. Created with the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS), the UK's leading gardening charity, this amazing book is perfect for inspiring a love of the natural world. Discover amazing moments in nature and watch the seasons unfold before your eyes as you leaf through each enchanting page. Then step outside and explore on your very own journey through nature. Each page introduces a magical moment in nature with a welcoming poem and stunning illustrations. Meanwhile, fascinating facts and horticultural history help you discover more about the wonderful world around you, from a beautiful starling murmuration to a stunning close-up of snowflakes. A perfect gift to treasure and explore, with sumptuous shiny foil finishes on the cover Beautiful illustrations and original nature poems take you on a magical journey This fascinating book will inspire children (and grown-ups!) The perfect book to help you connect with nature.

You can learn all about the inhabitants of the frozen north, with 15 step-by-step projects and over 350 exciting pictures. You can discover the origins of the different people who live in the most northerly reaches of the Earth - including the Inuit, Nenet, Saami and Chukchi races - and how they have managed to survive in such harsh conditions. It includes 15 step-by-step projects: build a model igloo, make a Nenet tent, create a shaman's drum, fashion some warming mittens and a traditional Saami hat, and construct your very own Inuit hunting boat. Fact boxes provide extra insights and highlight links with the present day. It includes more than 350 photographs and illustrations include cross-sections, historical maps and a pictorial timeline. It is perfect for home or school use for 8- to 12-year-olds. In one of the world's most extreme environments, mankind has developed unique methods of survival. This fact-filled book examines Arctic habitation through the ages. Find out about the amazing ways in which humans have learned to hunt, herd and farm in harmony with nature, using the wildlife around them for food, fur, transport and even racing! Read of their centuries-long struggles against freezing winter winds and whalers from Europe. Marvel at their beautiful carvings and hand-crafted tools - many of which you can make yourself!

Take a look at a burger, peer at a pizza and sniff at your sandwich. Do you what know what's inside? Do you know what your food is made of and where it comes from? Let's deconstruct dishes, break them down and slice them up to find out what they're made of and if they're good for us!

One thing that unites us all – across time, nations and peoples – is food. From chocolate, rice pudding and sandwiches to breakfast in bed, banana phones and the fruit of a mythical jelabi tree, A.F. Harrold has brought together a wonderful and diverse collection of poems on the topic of food.

Beautifully illustrated in full colour by rising star Katy Riddell (daughter of former Children's Laureate, Chris Riddell), this rich and delicious anthology brings together work from a broad range of poets, including the magically observant William Carlos Williams, award-winning Joseph Coelho and the inspiring Sabrina Mahfouz. Whether you're in the mood for a perfect bowl of yoghurt or a pomegranate omelette, these poems will satisfy any food craving. The perfect gift for any poetry or food lover!