Pop-up house of inventions
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A tour of a garage and of the different rooms in a house reveals facts about the invention of numerous items found there.
Pop-up house of inventions
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A tour of a garage and of the different rooms in a house reveals facts about the invention of numerous items found there.
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The museum book
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What is a museum? Why would anyone amass shells, words, clocks, teeth, trains, dinosaurs, mummies . . . or two-headed sheep? Find out where the word "museum" comes from and what unusual items some early museums placed on view. Jan Mark’s humorous and conversational insights take readers through museums’ multifaceted history, while Richard Holland’s eye-catching(...)
The museum book
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What is a museum? Why would anyone amass shells, words, clocks, teeth, trains, dinosaurs, mummies . . . or two-headed sheep? Find out where the word "museum" comes from and what unusual items some early museums placed on view. Jan Mark’s humorous and conversational insights take readers through museums’ multifaceted history, while Richard Holland’s eye-catching mixed-media illustrations lend their own quirky flair.
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The story of Olmsted who designed some of North America’s most famous public spaces
The man who made parks: the story of parkbuilder Frederick Law Olmsted
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The story of Olmsted who designed some of North America’s most famous public spaces
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Building America
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This book offers a vast survey of 400 years of architecture, from the structures of 17th-century settlers to current trends in postmodernism. In chronological order, the 22 two-page chapters each consist of a brief introductory narrative supported by numerous fully captioned illustrations. An eclectic assortment of topics is presented, including periods ("The Jazz Age"),(...)
Building America
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This book offers a vast survey of 400 years of architecture, from the structures of 17th-century settlers to current trends in postmodernism. In chronological order, the 22 two-page chapters each consist of a brief introductory narrative supported by numerous fully captioned illustrations. An eclectic assortment of topics is presented, including periods ("The Jazz Age"), places ("The White City"), styles ("The International Style"), and building types ("Houses of Worship").
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This book allows children to explore and respond to the world's greatest masterpieces everyday of the year through games, puzzles, coloring and other activities.
A year in art : the activity book
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This book allows children to explore and respond to the world's greatest masterpieces everyday of the year through games, puzzles, coloring and other activities.
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Filled with vibrant illustrations, search-and-find challenges, and 46 reusable stickers, this oversized book is a spectacular play space for future world travelers. And Mouk is the perfect tour guide! His journey takes him all around the world, and at every stop along the way his animal friends share fascinating tidbits about local customs. Young adventure-seekers will be(...)
Around the world with Mouk, a trail of adventure
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Filled with vibrant illustrations, search-and-find challenges, and 46 reusable stickers, this oversized book is a spectacular play space for future world travelers. And Mouk is the perfect tour guide! His journey takes him all around the world, and at every stop along the way his animal friends share fascinating tidbits about local customs. Young adventure-seekers will be amazed and amused by something new with every reading.
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The rest is up to you
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Like many kids, third grader Cohen Morano likes to watercolor. What's different about Cohen's paintings is that his father, Aye Jay, sends them out into the world to be embellished and altered by a stellar roster of artists and illustrators. The resulting collaborations between Cohen and a host of hip partners including Gary Baseman, Shepard Fairey, Paul Frank, Barry(...)
The rest is up to you
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Like many kids, third grader Cohen Morano likes to watercolor. What's different about Cohen's paintings is that his father, Aye Jay, sends them out into the world to be embellished and altered by a stellar roster of artists and illustrators. The resulting collaborations between Cohen and a host of hip partners including Gary Baseman, Shepard Fairey, Paul Frank, Barry McGee, Chris Ware, and Mark Ryden form a striking and playful body of work. The Rest Is Up To You conveys a sincere message about the importance of making art with children.
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Noisy city night
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This oversized board book traces a city across the span of a night -- filled with the people, traffic, parks, streets, stores, and buildings that make up the town. The breadth of the urban experience may all be found here: from the bicyclist lazily gliding through the park to the raucous swooshhhhh of traffic; from the clanging crash of construction work to the quiet of a(...)
Noisy city night
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This oversized board book traces a city across the span of a night -- filled with the people, traffic, parks, streets, stores, and buildings that make up the town. The breadth of the urban experience may all be found here: from the bicyclist lazily gliding through the park to the raucous swooshhhhh of traffic; from the clanging crash of construction work to the quiet of a sweeping streetscape as seen from a high-floor apartment building. Vibrant colors that zing with the heat rising from a steaming sidewalk are perfectly matched to a syncopated, sound-filled, chant-again-and-again text.
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Has modern life got in the way of the vital spirit of play? Do we know what to do with ourselves on a wet Sunday afternoon unless it’s downloaded, multi-player, user friendly? ‘The Play Box’ contains a magical Russian children’s book of hidden images from 1928, published here for the first time; a 40 page booklet with word games; nonsense poems and stories; 3 flip books;(...)
Play Box
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Has modern life got in the way of the vital spirit of play? Do we know what to do with ourselves on a wet Sunday afternoon unless it’s downloaded, multi-player, user friendly? ‘The Play Box’ contains a magical Russian children’s book of hidden images from 1928, published here for the first time; a 40 page booklet with word games; nonsense poems and stories; 3 flip books; 16 full-colour cards with puzzle pictures, tricks and illusions, and much more.
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This is the way to the moon
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First published in 1963, Sasek rockets readers to Cape Canaveral—the space capital of the world, a science-fiction-turned-fact spot on the Florida coast—with a nostalgic look at the electronic brains that put our man up into space and brought him down again. Also included are the updated statistics about the lunar landing and a mini history of NASA’s space program.
This is the way to the moon
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First published in 1963, Sasek rockets readers to Cape Canaveral—the space capital of the world, a science-fiction-turned-fact spot on the Florida coast—with a nostalgic look at the electronic brains that put our man up into space and brought him down again. Also included are the updated statistics about the lunar landing and a mini history of NASA’s space program.
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