![Ralph Masiello's Dragon Drawing Book](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1570915318.jpg?itok=axupz8zD)
Dragons are beautiful, powerful creatures that have immense appeal to the budding artist. This book not only gives drawing advice but also background information on a wide variety of dragons.
Ralph Masiello’s Dragon Drawing Book
![Another Book about Design: Complicated Doesn't Make It Bad](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0805075763.jpg?itok=-o7kaFPg)
Seemingly simple shapes and primary colors are presented to illustrate, intrigue, and introduce how design elements come together to create images. This is as engaging and illuminating as Gonyea’s earlier Book About Design.
Another Book about Design: Complicated Doesn’t Make It Bad
![Tutankhamen's Gift](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0689817304.jpg?itok=irYA1GMO)
Ancient Egypt is established before the boy king, who has fascinated so many, begins his reign. Carefully crafted illustrations evoke the time and the place in which King Tutankhamen lived and ruled in traditional two-dimensional illustrations.
Tutankhamen’s Gift
![Turkeys, Pilgrims, and Indian Corn: The Story of the Thanksgiving Symbols](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/061806785X.jpg?itok=rrbIrQ11)
Ever wonder why Thanksgiving is celebrated or how certain foods came to be traditional? This and more is explained in lively language — carefully researched — and presented in an attractive package with hands-on activities for children.
Turkeys, Pilgrims, and Indian Corn: The Story of the Thanksgiving Symbols
![The First Thanksgiving Feast](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0395518865.jpg?itok=YPPu9Qdu)
What might the first Thanksgiving been like? Visit a recreation in photographs taken at the living museum, Plymouth Plantation (Massachusetts), accompanied by an informative narration in this attractive dramatization.
The First Thanksgiving Feast
![Tracking Trash: Flotsam, Jetsam and the Science of Ocean Motion](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0618581316.jpg?itok=pEmI2Xry)
Aided by an army of beachcombers, oceanographer Dr. Curtis Ebbesmeyer tracks trash in the name of science. From sneakers to hockey gloves, Curt monitors the watery fate of human-made cargo that has spilled into the ocean. The information he collects is much more than casual news; it is important scientific data that is used to understand and protect our ocean.
Tracking Trash: Flotsam, Jetsam and the Science of Ocean Motion
![Secrets, Lies, Gizmos, and Spies: A History of Spies and Espionage](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/081098573X.jpg?itok=B9CbbF4i)
This spy history features cool gadgets and the stories of famous spies, as well as the fictional spies we know through movies and books.
Secrets, Lies, Gizmos, and Spies: A History of Spies and Espionage
![Greatest Stars of the NBA Series](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1595321810.jpg?itok=Dg40yDRA)
In comic-book format, biographical and statistical information is presented about some of today’s hottest basketball stars, including Allen Iverson, Kevin Garnett, and Tim Duncan. The comic format conveys the action, while also making this series highly appealing to reluctant readers.
Greatest Stars of the NBA Series
![Handtalk Zoo](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0689803923_1.jpg?itok=hsLTpXU4)
Ancona’s thoughtful color photographs capture the spirit, movement, and the form of basic finger spelling used by the deaf (and by hearing children) as a group of kids go on an adventure to the zoo.
Handtalk Zoo
![We Gather Together](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0525476695.jpg?itok=jbeXTBRF)
Animals and people prepare for fall in different ways and at different times around the world. The season is often celebrated by harvests, introduced and illuminated in lyrical prose and restrained illustrations.
We Gather Together
![The Vegetables We Eat](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0823420019.jpg?itok=0_cp4LPh)
Some are perennials, others are annuals, but one thing is for sure: vegetables are grown to be eaten! This introduction to edible plants will inform and may lead to discussions of where vegetables grow, how we eat them, and when they are harvested.
The Vegetables We Eat
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With a paper bag and a few other supplies, kids can make history come to life, travel to far-off places and try on other roles. Full color photographs of children in hats and head-dresses from around the world with easy-to-follow directions make these crafts that can lead to creative drama and more.
What Can You Do With a Paper Bag?
![Look! Body Language in Art](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1845070348_0.jpg?itok=j0f17BTv)
How does classical art relate to contemporary children? By recognizing that there are universal ways to convey emotion through body language and facial expressions. Handsome reproductions, challenging questions, and activities are presented to encourage children and adults to examine art in a fresh way.
Look! Body Language in Art
![The Klutz Book of Paper Airplanes](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1570548307.jpg?itok=QvtF-3jp)
From very easy to more challenging, paper airplane folding is a craft that soars! Clear instructions along with crisp photographs make these airplanes sure-fire hits to fold, fly, and decorate.
The Klutz Book of Paper Airplanes
![Let's Make It Pop-Up](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0689865082.jpg?itok=HbeQHa6x)
All of the supplies are provided, along with explicit directions to make a variety of pop-ups — everything from a big mouth frog to a gingerbread house. Building on the basic ideas, variations are suggested to make more pop-ups. You can write a story or make a card with this colorful paper art.
Let’s Make It Pop-Up
![Creative Crafts for Kids: Over 100 Projects for Two to Ten Year Olds](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0600615901.jpg?itok=Rm63cRiZ)
Crisp color photographs with numbered instructions and recommended ages make this extensive collection of nifty ideas for everyday and special holiday crafts useful. Older children will be able to follow the ideas independently, while adults will likely work with younger children.
Creative Crafts for Kids: Over 100 Projects for Two to Ten Year Olds
![Hand Art](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1591741637.jpg?itok=p8ErqLFT)
Create bugs, birds, and more, starting with a pattern of your hand. Easy directions provide jumpstarts for creative activities. An open format provides the helping hand while encouraging creativity.
Hand Art
![Funny Face](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1582347107.jpg?itok=uOEn_t4J)
A bald little boy loves playing with his dog and his ball (and the bears he meets), showing a range of emotions through changing faces. Young readers are encouraged to make the same faces — and to look at their face on the last mirrored page. They’re sure to enjoy this introduction to the art of acting!
Funny Face
![My First French Book: A Bilingual Introduction to Words, Numbers, Shapes, and Colors](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0753459981.jpg?itok=ZyZn59nW)
Prepare for a visit to a French-speaking country as you count from one (1) to ten (10) or les nombres de un/une (1) a dix (10) in this brightly colored “first” book. Intended to build vocabulary, concrete objects or shapes accompany the word in both languages with a pronunciation guide to accompany the words introduced. Trying to learn Spanish? You’ll be interested in My First Spanish Book!
My First French Book: A Bilingual Introduction to Words, Numbers, Shapes, and Colors
![Penguins, Penguins, Everywhere!](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/081185664X.jpg?itok=2iFsIZbY)
Meet penguins that live in icy places and in the heat as they cuddle and huddle, swim and waddle, honk, and more. Lively language and bold, bouncy illustrations bring these appealing creatures to life for young readers, while slightly older kids and adults can get even more penguin tidbits from the Penguin Puzzler and Penguin Parade at the book’s end.
Penguins, Penguins, Everywhere!
![Jump into Science: Coral Reefs](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0792269535.jpg?itok=_h0sG6l-)
Readers explore a coral reef with a snorkeling young swimmer and see what she sees as she views a tropical reef. Inviting language and crisp, full color illustrations depict coral reefs and the plants and animals that live in and around them.
Jump into Science: Coral Reefs
![Capoeira: Game! Dance! Martial Art!](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1584302682.jpg?itok=cIJx9s2l)
A trip to Brazil inspired this look at a unique sport called “capoeira.” The result is a compelling journey into capoeira’s history and its popularity around the world. The book begins with students at an academy in Oakland, California. Well-placed and -paced, full-color photographs chronicle this amazing activity.
Capoeira: Game! Dance! Martial Art!
![Dia’s Story Cloth: The Hmong People’s Journey to Freedom](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1880000636_0.jpg?itok=IK7YOAXH)
Through a quiet text and a series of stunning images created from embroidered cloth, the author relates her family’s often harrowing journey from China to Laos to Thailand, ultimately settling in the United States. An afterward provides additional history and ethnology.
Dia’s Story Cloth: The Hmong People’s Journey to Freedom
![You Can, Toucan, Math: Word Problem-Solving Fun](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0823419193.jpg?itok=liNFVo7A)
Various birds appear with riddles asking readers to use addition, subtraction, multiplication and division to find the solutions. Rhymes engage readers while introducing word problems and are extended by the colorful illustrations.