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42 |  | BOATBUILDING Carving in Soap: North American Animals. Howard K. Suzuki. Advanced methods of making bar soap carvings of selected North American mammals. Beautiful color photos and text move step-by-step through the carving of eight animals: a bear and cub, wolf, cougar, prairie dog, harp seal, killer whale, and otter. Art, natural history, and environmental issues are integrated into the instructions. • 81/2"x11" (215 x 279 mm) • 262 color photos, 8 patterns • 64 pp. • 978-0-7643-1292-2 • PB • $12.95 / £11.99 / 17.95 CAD CHILDREN’S CRAFTS & ACTIVITIES Making a Rattan Bow. Linda Schilling & Michael Wlotzka. Using rattan, or a combination of rattan and wood, this book guides you through the making of seven bow designs with illustrated, step-by-step instructions. Sections include creating the bow profile, tillering, leather grips, shaping the handle, making wood overlays for the tips, and much more. Perfect for archers, woodworkers, and crafters of all skill level. • 8 1/2" x 11" (215 x 279mm) • 328 color images, 8 graphs •112 pp. •978-0-7643-4546-3• PB•$24.99 / £22.99 / 35.99 CAD Making Bows with Children. Wulf Hein. If you want to build yourself a real bow, here is where the adventure begins! Learn how to build 2 different bows, arrows, bowstrings, and a quiver with step-by-step instruction. This well-illustrated book also takes you on a brief excursion through the history of this ancient implement. • 11" x 8 1/2" (279 x 215 mm) • 265 photos & drawings • 208 pp. • 978- 0-7643-4442-8 • HC • $34.99 / £31.99 / 48.99 CAD Teaching the Bow to Bend: Making a Longbow. Linda Schilling and Michael Wlotzka. Making a longbow in only two days? No sweat! In their two-day workshops, the bowmakers team of Kunst–Griff introduced many enthusiastic beginners to the basics of making a wood- en longbow—demonstrating each action step by step in a comprehensible and clear way • 6" x 9" (152 x 228 mm) •183 color images •80pp. •978-0-7643-4595-1•PB • $19.99 / £18.99 / 28.99 CAD Preliminary Design of Boats and Ships. Cyrus Hamlin. Written by an experienced naval architect, intelligent amateurs are prepared to create conceptual vessel designs ready for a naval architect’s finishing touches. Covers a variety of watercraft, so it can be useful for envisioning a cruising yacht or a sixty-foot fishing boat • 7" x 10" (177 x 254mm) • 116 illustrations • 316 pp. • 978-0-87033-621-8 • HC • $34.99 / £31.99 / 48.99 CAD How to Build a Flatiron Skiff: Simple Steps Using Basic Tools. K. D. Jones. Using economical materials, simple techniques, and hand-powered tools, you can start building a flatiron skiff in spring and be on the water by summer. The author presents recommended tools and accessories, design variations, in- structional photographs and drawings, and a history of this underappreciated boat type. • 91/8"x81/8" (231x206mm) •105color photos &11drawings •88pp. •978-0-7643-4885-3•PB•$19.99 / £18.99 / 28.99CAD BOATBUILDING Illustrated Guide to Wood Strip Canoe Building. Susan Van Leuven. Make your own custom-built canoe. This comprehensive, de- tailed guide to the process of constructing a high quality wood strip canoe is written espe- cially for the novice boat builder. All phases of construction are extensively illustrated with color photos and line drawings • 11" x 8 1/2" (279 x 215mm) • 490 color photos, 67 line draw- ings • 160 pp. • 978-0-7643-0537-5 • HC • $39.95 / £36.99 / 56.95 CAD Woodstrip Rowing Craft. Susan Van Leuven. More than 835 clear color photos cover every step required to create two wood strip rowing craft for both sport fishing and sculling. The wooden parts are made with ordinary wood shop tools, materials, and standard working techniques. Fiberglass and epoxy can be applied successfully by the first-time user • 8 1/2" x 11" (215 x 279 mm) • 837 color & 51 b/w photos • 288 pp. •978-0-7643-2553-3•HC•$49.95 / £45.99 / 72.00 CAD Bow Accessories. Volkmar Hübschmann. Fourteen archers provide detailed, step-by-step instructions to completely equip archers with personal equipment, accessories from tension spring to string holder, ten types of quivers, bowstrings, targets, and making arrows. Over 600 color photos illustrate the instruc- tions. 14 experienced archers have developed this instructive text from their own practice and testing. • 8 1/2" x 11" (215 x 279mm) • 653 color photos • 208 pp. •978-0-7643-3035-3•HC•$34.99 / £31.99 / 48.99 CAD BOW MAKING The Bow Builder’s Book: European Bow Build- ing from the Stone Age to Today, 2nd Edition. Flemming Alrune, Wulf Hein, Jürgen Junkmanns, Boris Pantel, Holger Riesch, Achim Stegmeyer, Ulrich Stehli, Konrad Vögele, & Jorge Zschieschang. The history, evolution, and construction of European style longbows. For the beginner, clear, uncomplicated instructions are offered. More advanced bowyers will find tips on choosing wood and adhesive, and detailed info on replicating historic bow types. • 8 1/2" x 11" (215 x 279mm) • 232 illustrations • 226 pp. • 978-0-7643-4153-3 •HC• $34.99 / £31.99 / 48.99 CAD Soap Carving for Children of All Ages. Howard K. Suzuki. Bar soap provides a wonderful carving medium for children or adults to learn and teach basic carving techniques. Starting with directions for making safe and simple wooden carving tools, basic soap-carving techniques are shown with step-by-step color photos. • 81/2" x 11" (215 x 279mm) •195 color photos • 48 pp. • 978-0-7643-0859-8 • PB • $12.99 / £11.99 / 17.99 CAD Victorian Doll House. Schiffer Publishing, Ltd. It is easily assembled and measures 13 1/3" tall, 6 3/4" × 9 1/2". Create your own beautiful color scheme for both its interior and exterior. Made of sturdy board, this dollhouse folds flat back into its own box and can be used again and again. Grades 3 & up. • 12" x 9" x 1 3/4" (304 x 228 mm) • 0 • 0 pp. • 978-0- 7643-2956-2 • Box • $14.95 / £13.99 / 19.95 CAD Soap Carving Ocean and Coral Reef Creatures. Dr. Howard K. Suzuki. Over 270 color photos and 53 patterns show how to carve twelve sea creatures, including the clownfish, starfish, octopus, seahorse, penguin, orca, sperm whale, sea otter, manatee, queen angelfish, sea lion, and beluga. Carvers will produce soap carvings in low and high relief and from fused raw material. • 8 1/2" x 11" (215 x 279 mm) • 273 color &53 b/w images • 64 pp. • 978-0-7643-2754- 4 • PB • $12.95 / £11.99 / 17.95 CAD Cut It!: 15 Fun Papercutting Projects for Kids. Patricia Moffett. Teaches kids how to enjoy the craft traditions of paper, by cutting “flat” into an imagination-rich new idea. Patricia Moffett offers her expertise in professional design and crafting to kids in a way that they love. • 8 1/4" x 10 3/4" (209 x 273 mm) • 125 color photos • 80 pp. • 978-0-7643-6066-4 • HC • $22.99 / £20.99 / 29.99 CAD Weave It!: 15 Fun Weaving Projects for Kids. Maria Sigma. Featuring 15 projects with clear step-by- step instructions and colorful photography, teaches kids one of the oldest worldwide craft traditions. Using natural and recycled materials, Maria Sigma, a professional tapestry weaver, helps you share the joy of creating beautiful woven items with a new generation of young crafters. • 81/4" x 103/4" (209 x 273 mm) • 125 color photos • 80 pp. • 978-0-7643- 6065-7 • HC • $22.99 / £20.99 / 29.99 CAD Print It!: 15 Fun Printing Projects for Kids. Amy Appleyard. Featuring 15 projects with clear step-by-step instructions and colorful photography, Print It! teaches kids how to enjoy the craft traditions of printing. Amy Appleyard offers her expertise in professional design and crafting to kids in a way that they love, and helps you share the joy of cre- ating beautiful prints of all kinds with a new gen- eration of young crafters. • 8 1/4" x 10 3/4" (209 x 273 mm) • 125 color photos • 80 pp. • 978-0-7643- 6067-1 • HC • $22.99 / £20.99 / 29.99 CAD Pilgrim Village: A Thanksgiving Diorama. Kevin Ludgate. Enjoy hours of fun with your children coloring and cutting out these Thanksgiving charac- ters and buildings. With easy, step-by-step instructions, you will be transported to another time as you create your own village with both Native Americans and Pilgrims. A fun and educational activity that adults and children of all ages can enjoy. Early reader–ages 5–8 • 8 1/2" x 11" (215 x 279 mm) • 16 b/w images • 32pp. •978-0-7643-3563-1•PB•$9.99 / £9.99 / 13.99 CAD Saltbox House: Color ’n Build Activity Playset. Schiffer Publishing, Ltd. The house measures approximately 7 1/2" wide × 9 1/4" long × 8" high and sits on its own platform. Inside is a staircase and loft; outside is a fence, deck, 4 dogs, a doghouse, two chairs, and garden plants that are easy to personalize with your own decorations. Grades 3 & up. • 12" x 9" (304 x 228 mm) • 0 • 0 pp. • 978-0-7643-3443-6 • Box • $14.99 / £13.99 / 19.99 CAD Shaker Village. Edmund V. Gillon Jr. Children and adults alike will enjoy this cut and assemble Shaker village. Six architectural models in H-O scale, printed on heavy stock in full color: a great round stone barn, four-story brick communal dwelling, schoolhouse, gambrel-roof church, laundry, and privy. The buildings represent an agrarian village typical of Shaker com- munities in the early 19th century. Middle grades–ages 8–12. • 9" x 12" (228 x 304 mm) • 6 cut-out models • 46pp. •978-0-88740-077-3•PB•$5.95 / £5.99 / 8.95 CAD Zendoodle for Children. Gitta Edelmann. Children will love following a pair of white mice named Milli and Matti as they search for colorful patterns to wear to the Festival of the Animals. The mice take turns draw- ing the patterns on each other and invite readers to draw along in the book with a fineliner pen • 7" x 10" (177 x 254 mm) • 80 color illustrations • 80 pp. • 978-0- 7643-5413-7 • PB • $12.99 / £11.99 / 17.99 CAD The Art of the Contemporary Doll. San- dra Korinchak. More than 220 color photos, together with descriptions of over fifty doll- makers’ richly varied works and techniques, make up this fascinating overview of the state of the dollmaking art today • 11" x 8 1/2" (279 x 215 mm) • 222 color photos • 128 pp. • 978-0-7643-4860-0 • HC • $29.99 / £27.99 / 42.99 CAD DOLL MAKING This series plants a long-term love of craft! Each book is by an established artist in the craft medium.