The Let's Dance series gives readers an opportunity to explore popular forms of dance. From breaking to ballet, each book follows a young dancer through dance class, from warm up to cool down. Some of the key moves of this type of dancing are explained, and the reader is shown the clothing needed for each type of dance. Let's Dance shows young readers how much fun dance can be. Let's Dance is a…
Discover fascinating facts about the life of the Stone Age people - where they lived, what they ate, and what they looked like. Fifteen practical projects help to bring the past alive, from creating cave art, to preparing a Stone Age meal.
With her thoroughly researched, lively narrative and superbly detailed illustrations, Diane Stanley has captured the life of the artist Michelangelo, who towered above the late Renaissance—and whose brilliance in architecture, painting, and sculpture amazes and moves us to this day. Michelangelo had a turbulent, quarrelsome life. He was obsessed with perfection and felt that everyone--fro…
A Step 3 Step into Reading Biography Reader about our forty-fourth president, Barack Obama—revised to include an account of his reelection and new photographs! With clear and accessible language, independent readers can learn how the lessons and love from Obama’s mother and grandparents shaped him; how the places he lived influenced him; and how he turned his childhood feeling of being an o…
Abbeville Kids expands its award-winning series of interactive, inquiry-based books designed to teach children about the world by looking at art, and about art by looking at the world. In How Artists See the Elements children can see how Red Grooms created clumps of earth out of dabs and lines of paint; how Arthur Dove captured the beauty and destructiveness of fire at the same time; how N…
Readers will learn how to make a variety of cards, masks, and presents with this hands-on craft series. Crafty Kids was developed to help build reading confidence with sections to promote referencing skills and provide a model for children's own writing.
Readers will start their own band after they create these ten musical instruments for next to nothing. Readers learn how to make everything from maracas to a xylophone using inexpensive materials found at home or in the classroom. Make panpipes, a Colonial drum, or a ukulele.
Any child who can make a stick figure can learn to create funny cartoons—and this enjoyably illustrated guide tells them exactly how. Written by professional cartoonist Art Roche, it gives kids lots of hands-on opportunities to turn their creative ideas into delightfully drawn reality. Roche encourages budding artists to develop a personal vision, rather than trace or copy someone elses style…
Do you know how to paint a watercolor wash splatter paint print patterns with plastic wrap or create resist effects with oil pastels? Packed full of ideas for painting drawing printing and doing collages this inspiring book will help develop your art skills. It will also give you lots of exciting ways to use different art materials. Either follow the simple step-by-step instructions exactly or …
Clever illustrations and story lines, together with full-color reproductions of actual paintings, give children a light yet realistic overview of Leonardo DaVinci's life and style.