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Painting and Drawing Manuals

Pop-up Workshop for Kids Fold, Cut, Paint and Glue

von Stemm Antje

ISBN: PB: 9788417656225, Hoaki, September 2020
144 pp., 26x23.5 cm, fully illustrated in colour

It is difficult not to surrender to the magic of pop-up books. Whether we're little or grown up, we cannot fail to be amazed every time we turn a page and suddenly find something that has been built in three dimensions before our eyes. "It must be so...

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Delhi Thaatha A Great Grand Story

Viraraghavan Chitra

ISBN: HB: 9780857425492, Seagull Books, October 2018
48 pp., 21.6x21.6 cm, illustrated in colour throughout

Written for young children, "Delhi Thaatha" is a biography of Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, a much-loved teacher and world-renowned philosopher who served as the first vice president of the Republic of India, then, beginning in 1962, president of the...

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Trick of the Eye How Artists Fool Your Brain

Vry Silke

ISBN: PB: 9783791373218, Prestel Publishing, August 2017
96 pp., 24x19.3 cm, 115 colour illus.

If seeing is believing, then artists might be the biggest liars of all. Painters, sculptors and photographers often try to convince their audiences that the paint is wet; the fruit is real; the window is open; the figure's eyes are following you arou...

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Journey to the Centre of the Earth Barnes & Noble Leatherbound Children's Classics

Verne Jules

ISBN: HB: 9781435144736, GMC Group, Barnes & Noble, August 2017
384 pp., 21.6x15.3 cm, illus.

First published in England by Griffith and Farran in 1871, this edition is not a translation at all but a complete re-write of the novel, with portions added and omitted, and names changed. A better translation is "A Journey into the Interior of the...

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Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea Barnes & Noble Leatherbound Children's Classics

Verne Jules

ISBN: HB: 9781435162150, GMC Group, Barnes & Noble, August 2016
480 pp., 21.6x15.3 cm, illus.

A gorgeous edition of Jules Verne's landmark of science fiction and wonder, featuring full-colour art by Milo Winter. When Professor Pierre Aronnax and harpoonist Ned Land join an expedition to hunt a fierce 'whale' that has been sinking ships, they...

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Animal Alphabet

Vincent Kay

ISBN: HB: 9781908985651, GMC Group, Button Books, October 2015
56 pp., 21.7x16.5 cm, full colour throughout

What better way for a child to learn their ABCs than through the use of bright and appealing illustrations combined with amusing alliteration! In this beautifully presented hard back book each letter of the alphabet is represented by an animal beginn...

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Black Wolf of the Glacier Alaska's Romeo

Vanasse Deb

ISBN: PB: 9781602231979, University of Chicago Press, University of Alaska Press, March 2013
30 pp., 25.4x20.3 cm, 30 colour illus.

In 2003, Alaskans fell for a lolloping, dog-friendly wolf they named Romeo. Left without a pack, this lone wolf found a new family among Juneau's domestic dogs and their owners, who became enamored with his striking looks and friendly demeanor. For y...

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Lucy's Dance

Vanasse Deb

ISBN: PB: 9781602231269, ISBN: HB: 9781602231276, University of Chicago Press, University of Alaska Press, March 2013
29 pp., 28x21.6 cm, 18 colour illus.

A charming children's book about the return of traditional dancing to one Yup'ik village, "Lucy's Dance" tells the story of a little girl who is determined to help her grandfather demonstrate for the people of the town the beauty and complexity of ol...

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13 Art Illusions Children Should Know

Vry Silke

ISBN: HB: 9783791371108, Prestel Publishing, August 2012
48 pp., 28x24 cm, 60 colour illus.

This collection of masterpieces of the art of illusion will delight and entertain readers of all ages. Children love to be fooled – and artists are some of the greatest tricksters around. This collection features artworks that incorporate a variety...

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Around the World in 80 Days

Verne Jules

ISBN: HB: 9781402754272, GMC Group, Sterling, November 2008
224 pp., 20.3x15.6 cm, black&white illus.

Jules Verne – and his one-of-a-kind hero, Phileas Fogg – take children on an action-packed, whirlwind race around the world. For as long as anyone can remember, Foggs daily ritual has never varied by even a minute. Then, on a whim and a bet, he sets...

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