Children's Books

BEATRIX POTTER DECOUPAGE
illustrations from Beatrix Potter. Adorable, as ever, Potter color illustrations. Condition: NEW 1999 F. Warne & Co. (UK), no printing given. No scraps. Content: This is more than just an arts and crafts activity book; it includes everything you need to create beautiful crafts in a lavish and practical package. Appropriate for both beginners and experienced decoupagers, the folder-style hardcover's left pocket holds a quality paperback with basic instructions for decoupage as well as over 20 project ideas for decorating with scenes from Beatrix Potter's Tales. In the opposite pocket, you'll find plenty of beautiful high quality reproductions of Beatrix Potter's watercolor artwork and space for your own notes and sketches. The package closes with a ribbon, so your work will be tidy and handy whenever it's needed. Perfect for both do-it-yourselfers and Beatrix Potter fans. Questions welcome. [1 copy available.]
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MEET THE AUTHORS AND ILLUSTRATORS VOLUME TWO: 60 Creators of Favorite Children's Books Talk About Their Work
by Deborah Kovacs and James Preller. B&W photos of the authors and illustrators with B&W photos of their books. Condition: UNREAD c. 2000 Scholastic large soft cover, third printing. Light edge wear. Content: More easy-to-read profiles of the authors and illustrators your students' love: Jack Prelutsky, Cynthia Voigt, Shonto Begay, Jerry Spinelli, Lulu Delacre, Betty Bao Lord, Russell Freeman, and many more. Includes writing activities, bibliographies, and a special birthday index. Although this is stated as for ages 9 - 12, this strikes me more as a parent's or teacher's reference book. Questions welcome. [1 copy available.]
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SECRETS OF THE GIANT TOMES REVEALED: Adventures in Your Dictionary, Thesarus, Atlas, Almanac [Middle School Edition]
by Chris Kensler. B&W "comics" illustrations. Condition: NEW 2002 Paper Airplane (Simon & Schuster) Trade Paperback, first printing. Content: MEET Tennessee Toledo, a daring young explorer, searching for fame and fortune in the Egyptian desert! UNCOVER the legendary Mia Pharaoh, a mummified Egyptian queen buried deep beneath the desert sands for thousands of years! DISCOVER Mia Pharaoh's Gauntlet of Giant Tomes, a series of challenges standing between Tennessee and the greatest archaeological discovery of all time all -- giant, jewel-encrusted statues of the queen's husbands, Phrank the Large and Woodrow the Small! LEARN how to use a dictionary, an atlas, an almanac, and a thesaurus while helping Tennessee solve Mia Pharaoh's Dangerous Puzzles of Pain! Learn to • Find information using a table of contents, index, and other research aids; • Interpret tables of statistics in an almanac; • Use latitude and longitude to identify locations on a map; • Trace a word's origins and explore word roots, prefixes, and suffixes; • Find synonyms using the index in a thesaurus - And everything else you need to know to get the most out of your reference books! Questions welcome. [1 copy available.]
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