Clay Nichols

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Virginia

Art, music, drama/theater

Pulling off Your Shorts

With over 20 hours of video being uploaded to YouTube every minute, how can a young filmmaker possibly stand out? By reading and applying the tools of Filmmaking for Teens

Filmmaking for Teens

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Gene Franks

Learn How to Draw Realistic Subjects with Pencil

The Collector?s Series books offer a selection of popular projects form best-selling titles in the How to Draw and Paint series. The Collectors Series books cover fundamentals and explore the techniques of featured artists. Each title provides in-depth instruction and numerous illustrations. All are perfect for the coffee table or reference library.

The Art of Pencil Drawing (Collector's Series)

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Christopher Hart

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

The Ultimate Drawing Guide for the Beginning Artist

The enduring Figure It Out! series turns its focus to drawing the face and facial expressions! Christopher Hart's bestselling Figure It Out! books have taught thousands of artists to draw the human figure. His clear step-by-step illustrations and instructions make drawing people accessible, easy, and fun! In Figure It Out! Faces & Expressions, he uses the same approach to demystify the head and facial features. Topics include the basic head types and shapes, facial features, facial hair, hairstyles, and eyeglasses. Hart then shows how to draw more than 25 different common facial expressions, which will bring portraits to life.

Figure It Out! Faces and Expressions

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Maury Aaseng

Bob Berry

Jim Campbell

Dana Muise

Joe Oesterle

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More Than 100 Drawing and Illustration Techniques for Rendering Comic Book Characters and Storyboards

Wham! Pow! Bam! Kaboom! Learn everything you need to make your own comic books, superheroes, and story lines with The Art of Comic Book Drawing. Featuring step-by-step tutorials, helpful tips, and dozens of drawing and illustration techniques, aspiring cartoonists, graphic illustrators, and comic book artists will discover all of the basics, from creating characters to mastering features and expressions to bringing it all together with unique and interesting story lines. Veteran comic book artists teach you to draw basic cartoon characters, superheroes, villains, and more using simple, step-by-step drawing lessons. Once you get the hang of illustrating your favorite characters, you’ll learn to draw action scenes, set up panels, add speech bubbles, and even learn the basics of cartoon and comic book word treatments. With approachable exercises and projects to guide you, The Art of Comic Book Drawing allows beginning artists to create their own comic books, step by step. This helpful guide also includes practice pages to put your newfound skills to immediate use.

The Art of Comic Book Drawing

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Scott McCloud

Storytelling Secrets of Comics, Manga and Graphic Novels

Presents instructions for aspiring cartoonists on the art form's key techniques, sharing concise and accessible guidelines on such principles as capturing the human condition through words and images in a minimalist style.

Making Comics

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Christina Katz

How to Raise a Writing Career Alongside Your Kids

Children change your life, but they don't necessarily have to end your career! &break;&break;As a mom, you want to spend as much time with your children as possible. But you'd also like to make some money doing something you enjoy. How do you get the best of both worlds? Writer Mama by experienced freelancer Christina Katz tells you how. You can start a stay-at-home freelance writing career tailored to fit your family and lifestyle. &break;&break;Writer Mama will answer all your questions about how to get started, in realistic, easy-to-follow steps. While conversational and easy-to-read, this book also does a lot of hard work for you. It gives you practical advice and exercises that help you get started in a matter of weeks. You'll get tips on how to: &break;&break; begin with the easiest routes to publication for moms&break; network with other writer mamas, editors, and agents&break; write cover letters and queries&break; choose your own writing specialty&break; create a web presence&break; set up a home office&break; make time for yourself, your kids, and your writing &break;&break;You'll love the short chapters, sidebars, and exercises that let you get the information you need in small doses that fit into your busy schedule. Plus this book was written to grow with you. Once you master the skills of being an article writer, it teaches you how to pitch a nonfiction book idea and explore other areas of writing. &break;&break;So if you want to get started writing for publication, let writer mama Christina Katz help. If she and countless other moms can do it, so can you!

Writer Mama

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Lacey Dailey

Alma Underwood is NOT a kleptomaniac.But she does take things that don't belong to her.The best part about working as a maid in her parent's motel is pocketing all the random objects people leave behind. From old ticket stubs to the glue that comes with a toupee, Alma has discovered it all and stored it in a tub beneath her bed.Her greatest treasure isn't what she found in room six at Great Lakes Motel, but it's who she discovered in an old, abandoned train car behind her house.His name is Rumor, and he certainly won't fit under her bed.After a quick scan of Rumor's surroundings, it becomes crystal clear that he's not just hanging out in the train car for a place to escape. He's living in it.With determination heavy inside her, she does the only thing that makes sense to her...She brings him home.Turns out, he's looking for a treasure of his own, and who better to help him find it than her?

Alma Underwood Is Not a Kleptomaniac

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Eoin Colfer

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

For use in schools and libraries only. In his second adventure, Artemis is at boarding school in Ireland, when he suddenly receives an urgent video e-mail from Russia. In it is a plea from a man who has been kidnapped by the Russian mafia, a man Artemis had thought he would see never again, his beloved father.

The Arctic Incident

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Janet Taylor Lisle

A Newbery Honor Book An American Library Association Notable Children’s Book A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year Janet Taylor Lisle’s captivating Newbery Honor book explores how, like friendship, magic can emerge when you least expect it—and when you need it most. All you have to do is look deep. Anything might happen in Sara-Kate’s backyard. For that matter, anything was happening. For nine-year-old Hillary Lenox, being friends with Sara-Kate Connolly is a complicated business. Sara-Kate’s clothes don’t match, her hair’s a mess, and she’s known to spit at people when they make her mad. But when Sara-Kate shows Hillary the tiny elf village in her overgrown backyard, Hillary decides she can’t be as awful as all that. Hillary is amazed by the delicate houses, the miniature well, even an intricate Ferris wheel made of bicycle wheels and popsicle sticks. But the more time she spends in Sara-Kate’s yard, the more questions she has. How come they never go inside Sara-Kate’s house? Why is Sara-Kate sometimes missing from school? And why hasn’t Hillary ever seen Sara-Kate’s mom? If Hillary can just look deep enough, she hopes, she will uncover the secrets of the elves—and of her new friend.

Afternoon of the Elves

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Katherine Applegate

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

In her first novel since winning the Newbery Medal, Katherine Applegate delivers an unforgettable and magical story about family, friendship, and resilience. Jackson and his family have fallen on hard times. There's no more money for rent. And not much for food, either. His parents, his little sister, and their dog may have to live in their minivan. Again. Crenshaw is a cat. He's large, he's outspoken, and he's imaginary. He has come back into Jackson's life to help him. But is an imaginary friend enough to save this family from losing everything? Beloved author Katherine Applegate proves in unexpected ways that friends matter, whether real or imaginary.

Crenshaw

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Amy Ehrlich

Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

A lush treasury of 19 fairy tales that generations of children have grown up on, lushly illustrated by Diane Goode.

The Random House Book of Fairy Tales

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Donna Jo Napoli

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

A mother and daughter spend a sunny day at the beach together where they swim, dance, build sandcastles, and, most importantly, communicate. But their communication is not spoken; rather, it is created by loving hands that use American Sign Language. Readers will learn how to sign 15 words using American Sign Language with the help of sidebars that are both instructive and playful. And the beautifully illustrated beach scenes will appeal both to the deaf community and to hearing parents and children, who will enjoy this gentle introduction to some basic words in ASL.áHands & Heartsáis a picture book unlike any other, revealing the special bond between mother and child.

Hands and Hearts

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Jennifer Chambliss Bertman

Just after twelve-year-old Emily and her family move to San Francisco, she teams up with new friend James to follow clues in an odd book they find, hoping to figure out its secrets before the men who attacked Emily's hero, publisher Garrison Griswold, solve the mystery or come after the friends.

Book Scavenger

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Sean Connolly

Science

33 Thrilling Experiments Based on History's Greatest Blunders

It’s hands-on science with a capital “E”—for engineering. Beginning with the toppling of the Colossus of Rhodes, one of the seven wonders of the ancient world, to the destructive, laserlike sunbeams bouncing off London’s infamous “Fryscraper” in 2013, here is an illustrated tour of the greatest engineering disasters in history, from the bestselling author of The Book of Totally Irresponsible Science. Each engineering disaster includes a simple, exciting experiment or two using everyday household items to explain the underlying science and put learning into action. Understand the Titanic’s demise by sinking an ice-cube-tray ocean liner in the bathtub. Stomp on a tube of toothpaste to demonstrate what happens to non-Newtonian fluids under pressure—and how a ruptured tank sent a tsunami of molasses through the streets of Boston in 1919. From why the Leaning Tower of Pisa leans to the fatal design flaw in the Sherman tank, here’s a book of science at its most riveting.

The Book of Massively Epic Engineering Disasters

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Kathleen Karr

Yeeeeeee-haw! Git along, little . . . turkeys?

Big, brawny Simon Green, who's just completed third grade (for the fourth time), may not be book smart, but he's nobody's fool. When it's time to be done with school and make his way in the world, Simon hatches a plan that could earn him a bundle. He intends to herd a huge flock of bronze turkeysall the way from his home in eastern Missouri to the boomtown of Denver, where they'll fetch a mighty price. In the year 1860, the hazards of such a trek are many - how does one shepherd the birdsacross a river, for instance? - but Simon is undaunted. Accompanied by a faithful drover, and eventually to be joined by two boon companions, he undertakes the biggest journey of his young life, in this high-spirited Wild Wild West adventure by an acclaimed author of historical fiction.

The Great Turkey Walk

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Adam Gidwitz

Or, the Three Magical Children and Their Holy Dog

A peasant girl and her holy greyhound, an oblate on a mission from his monastery, and a young Jewish boy travel across medieval France to escape persecution and save holy texts from being burned.

The Inquisitor's Tale

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John Tiner

The Journey of Discovery from Early Civilization to Future Exploration

Discusses how scientists and explorers throughout history uncovered various facts about the size, composition, geography, and place in space of the planet Earth.

Exploring Planet Earth

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Matthew Needler

Phil Southam

An Official Mojang Book

Revised edition with the most up to date stats, info, and sixteen pages of brand-new material! You can make theme parks with incredible waterslide rides, or entire pirate coves complete with galleons! Is there nothing that can't be achieved in Minecraft? Here the experts talk you through amazing constructs which range from awe-inspiring cathedrals to wacky inventions--like the hilarious animal cannon that catapults cows out to sea! Find out which are Notch's personal favorites and get step-by-step instructions to fuel your own creative genius. Be ORE-some! This updated edition includes sixteen additional pages of brand-new content!

Minecraft: Construction Handbook (Updated Edition)

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MaryAnn F. Kohl

Kim Solga

Hands-On Art for Children in the Styles of the Great Masters

Featuring more than 150 activities, this guide teaches the styles, works, and techniques of the great masters--Van Gogh, Michelangelo, Rembrandt, and more.


Discovering Great Artists

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Stephen Hawking

Lucy Hawking

Follows the adventures of a young boy and his neighbor friend as they travel through a computer portal into outer space, where they explore such mysteries as black holes and the origins of the universe, while trying to evade an evil scientist.

George's Secret Key to the Universe

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Caleb Huett

These elves are off the shelves. Ollie and Celia think they know what the life of an elf is supposed to be like: Make toys. Help Santa. Make more toys. Help Santa. Try out a new ice-cream flavor. Help Santa. But then Santa rocks the North Pole with a surprise announcement He's decided this is going to be his last year in the Big Red Suit--and instead of letting his oldest son, the unfortunately named Klaus Claus, take over, he's opening up the job to any kid who wants to apply--Claus or elf. The Santa Trials have begun Ollie and Celia enter the contest, having no idea whatsoever that they'll soon have to squeeze through impossible chimneys, race runaway sleighs, sweet-talk a squad of rowdy reindeer, and consume cruel amounts of cookies and milk. It's both an adventure and a survival test, far beyond what any elf or Claus has been asked to do before. But whoever rises to the top will get a reward even bigger than Christmas . . .

Top Elf

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Susan Wise Bauer

Early Modern Times -- from Elizabeth the First to the Forty-Niners

Now more than ever, other cultures are affecting our everyday lives--and our children need to learn about the other countries of the world and their history. Susan Wise Bauer has provided a captivating guide to the history of other lands. Written in an engaging, straightforward manner, The Story of the World: History for the Classical Child; Volume 3: Early Modern Times weaves world history into a story book format. Who was the Sun King? Why did the Luddites go around England smashing machines? And how did samurai become sumo wrestlers? The Story of the World covers the sweep of human history from ancient times until the present. Africa, China, Europe, the Americas--find out what happened all around the world in long-ago times. Designed as a read-aloud project for parents and children to share together, The Story of the World includes each continent and major people group. Volume 3: Early Modern Times is the third of a four volume series and covers the major historical events in the years 1600 to 1850, as well as including maps, illustrations, and tales from each culture. Each Story of the World volume provides a full year of history study when combined with the Activity Book, Audiobook, and Tests--each available separately to accompany each volume of The Story of the World Text Book. Volume 3 Grade Recommendation: Grades 3-8.

The Story of the World: History for the Classical Child, Volume 3

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Kate Milford

A rambling old inn, a strange map, an attic packed with treasures, squabbling guests, theft, friendship, and an unusual haunting mark this smart middle grade mystery in the tradition of the Mysterious Benedict Society books and "The Westing Game."

Greenglass House

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