Have a blast learning about our amazing world through fascinating trivia, puzzles, dot-to-dot drawings, and other activities that reveal fun facts about various countries around the globe! This on-the-go activity book features dozens of crazy cool world trivia facts for you to learn and share to impress your family and friends. Author and former teacher, Vicki Whiting, is the founder of Kid Scoop, an award-winning weekly activity page that promotes standards-based learning. Parents and teachers around the world use Vicki's fun activities to stimulate academic success and a joy of learning. With this expansive collection of educational activities and trivia for kids ages 5-10, they'll spend hours learning tons of exciting information about other countries all over the world!

Pages: 80

Dimensions: 133 x 210 mm

Publication Date: 30-05-2023

Dive deep down into the ocean and have a blast solving tons of fun sea-themed puzzles and learning activities! This on-the-go activity book features dozens of crazy cool secret codes, puzzles, patterns, word searches, and so much more that will keep kids engaged as they play and learn. Author and former teacher, Vicki Whiting, is the founder of Kid Scoop, an award-winning weekly activity page that promotes standards-based learning. Parents and teachers around the world use Vicki's fun activities to stimulate academic success and a joy of learning. With this expansive collection of exercises, kids aged 5-10 will spend hours learning as they complete hundreds of exciting under-the-sea activities!

Bind: paperback

Pages: 80

Dimensions: 133 x 210 mm

Publication Date: 30-05-2023

This big collection of 500 original patterns depicts all of today's most popular tattoo subjects. From best selling artist, author and designer Lora Irish comes the Great Book of Tattoo Designs, Revised Edition, an appealing and high quality collection of over 500 original tattoo patterns. Featuring an extensive variety of popular subjects including floral, fantasy, Celtic, pagan, gothic, sacred, oriental and mythical, this book provides any artist or individual searching for the right tattoo with an unlimited resource of designs. Each pattern can be used individually, in combination with others in the book, or as inspiration for creating new original art. This new edition of a classic resource provides limitless inspiration for personal expression. From dancing dragons and Aztec Indians to fairies and flowers, it makes the perfect companion for anyone with an interest in tattoos.

Bind: paperback

Pages: 512

Dimensions: 140 x 184 mm

The kawaii art style is the Japanese artistic and cultural style that emphasizes the quality of cuteness, often featuring bright colors and characters with a child-like appearance. Kawaii drawings are generally identified as simple black-line characters with minimal features, rounded edges, and youthful appearances like Hello Kitty and Pikachu that illicit warm, happy, calm thoughts. Inside this kawaii mandala coloring book, you'll enjoy endless hours of relaxing fun with 32 intricate patterns and designs featuring hundreds of little objects, animals, symbols, plants, and people that are guaranteed to make you smile! The toothy, acid-free paper is perforated for easy removal, so you can work on a different surface, display your finished art, or gift it to a friend. Enter the world of intricate yet super cute and simple designs that you'll love to color, with Kawaii Mandala Coloring Book!

Bind: paperback

Pages: 80

Dimensions: 216 x 203 mm

Publication Date: 19-03-2024

This fun and adorable crafting book will guide you in creating little outdoor wonderlands for visiting mythical creatures! Authors Anna-Marie and Andrew Fahmy combine their two passions, the outdoors and crafts, providing step-by-step instructions on how to create one-of-a-kind fairy garden crafts. These projects are beginner friendly with only one requirement: bring your imagination! Projects include: Door with Steps Hanging Door Hobbit Door Gnome Planter House Small Lighted House Secret Staircase House Fairy Lamp Fairy Desk Table for Two Garden Swing Gnome Ladder Fairy Mailbox Gnome Frame Garden Wishing Well And more! Inside this 128-page book, you'll learn about different techniques and materials like working with twigs and sticks, unpolished rocks, types of moss, acorn caps, pinecones, glue guns, square pegs, and other accessories easily found at your local craft or hobby store. The projects include small and large houses for fairies, pixies, or gnomes, with the home accessories they will need to live comfortably, including doors, window, chairs, tables, bookshelves, and more, plus tips for lighting your creations so your fairy friends will feel warm and welcome. Also included is a stunning inspirational gallery of fairy gardens, houses, and hand-made accessories showing different styles, materials, and display ideas. The authors provide professional crafting tips so your fairy garden will meet your own and your fairy friends' expectations, but they also champion imperfections, encouraging you to go with the flow so every accessory you create is unique! Create an oasis in any outdoor space — or even a container — for your visiting mythical friends to enjoy when you're not looking, with Making Fairy Garden Accessories!

Bind: paperback

Pages: 128

Dimensions: 203 x 254 mm

Publication Date: 19-03-2024

Learn what happens when a wall separates a once thriving kingdom. When a king realizes that people in his kingdom are different from him, he banishes everyone to the other side of a wall! However, he soon realizes that his kingdom isn’t what it used to be. The realm was once flourishing with singers and sculptors, dancers and astronomers, and everyone in between. Now they are all gone. The king tries different fixes until, bit by bit, he develops an enthusiastic appreciation for his original, diverse kingdom. Whose idea was it to build that silly wall, anyway?

Bind: hardback

Pages: 40

Dimensions: 217 x 305 mm

Publication Date: 08-07-2019

Endless woodburning inspiration! Filled with 25 step-by-step woodburning projects for artists of any skill level, Pyrography is sure to inspire! Also included are technique lessons, practice exercises for beginners, full-size pyrography patterns, astonishing artist profiles, product reviews, safety and cleaning tips, and so much more. From burning a dynamic steam engine train and personalized pet photos to making a dream catcher clock, realistic mountain lion portrait, and several other exciting projects, this jam-packed guide – written by pyrography experts Lora S. Irish, Simon Easton, Michele Y. Parsons, and many others – is sure to turn up the heat on your pyrography skillset! 25 skill-building projects for pyrographers of any skill level Step-by-step instructions, coordinating photography, and helpful tips Full-size patterns for a castle cookie jar, a dreamcatcher clock, realistic mountain lion portrait, and more Lessons from the masters, craftsmen, and contributors to Woodcarving Illustrated Whether you've been woodburning for years or are picking up a pyrography kit for the first time, Pyrography will provide endless inspiration to keep you burning!

Bind: paperback

Pages: 112

Dimensions: 216 x 279 mm

Publication Date: 02-02-2021

The ultimate guide to woodturning useful items! Build your turning skills as you create functional and attractive woodturning projects. Featuring 14 project sections - most of which contain multiple variations for an endless array of inspiration - you'll turn everything from frames, funnels, and spinning tops to both antique and modern chess sets, a pepper grinder, backscratcher, and so much more. Also included are step-by-step instructions, helpful photography and diagrams, dimensioned scale drawings for over 20 woodturning projects, a detailed introduction to woodturning, and an informative section on various small tools. Author, instructor, and professional turner Mike Darlow has written seven other woodturning books, as well as hundreds of magazine articles for Fine Woodworking, The Woodworker, and Woodturning Design, making him a leading voice in the world of woodturning.

Bind: paperback

Pages: 208

Dimensions: 216 x 279 mm

Publication Date: 19-01-2021

A comprehensive, visual handbook for welding in the farm, home workshop, school workshop, blacksmith shop, or auto shop. Almost anyone can weld, cut, or shape metal. That's the starting point for this supremely practical book which helps the beginner to improve and the intermediate operator to broaden their technique. Its 10 sections describe all the major types of welds before progressing into trickier methods. With this comprehensive guide, you'll understand everything you need to know, from arc, TIG, MIG, and gas welding to plasma cutting, soldering, welding plastic, and more. Beyond welding metals and plastics, advice extends into the wider workshop with chapters on drills, cutting threads, and basic blacksmithing. Filled with helpful visuals and photography, detailed explanations, expert suggestions, and step-by-step directions, author and experienced welding instructor Andrew Pearce also lays out common pitfalls and mistakes, and how to avoid or correct them. New, updated edition will include two brand new chapters on general welding skills, plus several new step-by-step projects featuring welding and metal shop accessories being created.

Bind: paperback

Pages: 192

Dimensions: 216 x 279 mm

Publication Date: 02-02-2021

Turn a block of wood into an elegant (and functional) heirloom-to-be! A complete compilation of woodcarving projects from the acclaimed magazine, Woodcarving Illustrated, 12 Spoons, 2 Bowls, and a Knife features 15 step-by-step, beginner-friendly projects ranging from rustic coffee scoops and simple love spoons to salad servers, cereal spoons, bread bowls, jam knives, and more. Showcasing the beautiful work from an array of talented wood artists, craftsmen, and Woodcarving Illustrated contributors, this guide is a must-have for every carver of every skill level to learn the basic tools and techniques for carving wooden spoons, bowls, and knives!

Bind: paperback

Pages: 96

Dimensions: 216 x 279 mm

Publication Date: 08-09-2020