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CHILDREN'S CRAFT & ACTIVITIES, DOLL MAKING, DRAWING | 53 Soap Carving for Children of All Ages • How- ard K. Suzuki • Bar soap provides a wonderful carving medium for children or adults to learn and teach basic carving techniques. Starting with direc- tions for making safe and simple wooden carving tools, basic soap-carving techniques are shown with step-by-step color photos. • 8.5" × 11" (216 × 279 mm) • 195 color photos • 48 pp • 978-0- 7643-0859-8 • PB • $12.99 / £11.99 / 17.99 CAD Soap Carving Ocean and Coral Reef Crea- tures • Dr. Howard K. Suzuki • Over 270 color photos and 53 patterns show how to carve twelve sea creatures, including the clownfish, starfish, oc- topus, seahorse, penguin, orca, sperm whale, sea otter, manatee, queen angelfish, sea lion, and be- luga. Carvers will produce soap carvings in low and high relief and from fused raw material. • 8.5" × 11" (216 × 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 de- sign and crafting to kids in a way that they love. • 8.25" × 10.75" (210 × 273 mm) • 125 color photos • 80 pp • 978-0-7643-6066-4 • HC • $22.99 / £20.99 / 31.99 CAD Weave It!: 15 Fun Weaving Projects for Kids • Maria Sigma • Featuring 15 projects with clear step-by-step instructions and colorful photog- raphy, teaches kids one of the oldest worldwide craft traditions. Using natural and recycled mate- rials, Maria Sigma, a professional tapestry weaver, helps you share the joy of creating beautiful wo- ven items with a new generation of young crafters. • 8.25" × 10.75" (210 × 273 mm) • 125 color photos • 80 pp • 978-0-7643-6065-7 • HC • $22.99 / £20.99 / 31.99 CAD Print It!: 15 Fun Printing Projects for Kids • Amy Appleyard • Featuring 15 projects with clear step-by-step instructions and colorful photogra- phy, 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 creating beautiful prints of all kinds with a new generation of young crafters. • 8.25" × 10.75" (210 × 273 mm) • 125 color photos • 80 pp • 978-0-7643-6067-1 • HC • $22.99 / £20.99 / 31.99 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; out- side 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. • 9" × 12" (229 × 305 mm) • 978-0-7643-3443-6 • Boxed kit • $14.99 / £13.99 / 19.99 CAD Victorian Doll House • Schiffer Publish- ing, Ltd. • It is easily assembled and mea- sures 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. • 9" × 12" (229 × 305 mm) • • pp • 978-0-7643-2956-2 • PB • $14.95 / £13.99 / 19.95 CAD Shaker Village • Edmund V. Gillon, Jr. • Chil- dren and adults alike will enjoy this cut and as- semble 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, laun- dry, and privy. The buildings represent an agrarian village typical of Shaker communities in the early 19th century. • 9" × 12" (229 × 305 mm) • 6 cut-out models • 46 pp • 978-0-88740-077-3 • PB • $5.95 / £5.95 / 8.95 CAD Pilgrim Village: A Thanksgiving Diorama • Kevin Ludgate • Enjoy hours of fun with your chil- dren coloring and cutting out these Thanksgiving characters 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 educa- tional activity that adults and children of all ages can enjoy. • 8.5" × 11" (216 × 279 mm) • 16 b/w images • 32 pp • 978-0-7643-3563-1 • PB • $9.99 / £9.99 / 13.99 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 drawing the patterns on each other and invite readers to draw along in the book with a fineliner pen. • 7" × 10" (178 × 254 mm) • 80 color illustrations • 80 pp • 978-0-7643-5413-7 • PB • $12.99 / £11.99 / 16.99 CAD The Art of the Contemporary Doll • Sandra Korinchak • More than 220 col- or photos, together with descriptions of over fifty dollmakers’ richly varied works and techniques, make up this fascinating overview of the state of the dollmaking art today. • 11" × 8.5" (279 × 216 mm) • 222 color photos • 128 pp • 978-0-7643- 4860-0 • HC • $29.99 / £27.99 / 42.99 CAD Country Dollmaking • Tom & Nancy Wolfe • A step-by-step guide to making unique dolls in the country tradition. Tom gives clear instructions for carving and painting the head, hands, and feet. Nancy then shows the reader everything from laying out and cutting the pattern to sewing, as- sembling, and dressing the doll • 8.5" × 11" (216 × 279 mm) • 23 color photos, 300+ b/w photos • 136 pp • 978-0-88740-129-9 • PB • $14.95 / £13.99 / 19.95 CAD Lifelike Artist Dolls: How-To and Inspiration from Lynn Cartwright's Studio • Lynn Cartwright • Learn one-of- a-kind polymer clay doll making tips from an award-winning expert! Studio insider tips and a wealth of detailed doll photos make this a valuable resource for doll col- lectors, makers, and enthusiasts. Cartwright explains her studio process and guides makers step-by-step through key parts of the process, from armatures to facial modeling. • 11" × 8.5" (279 × 216 mm) • 160 color & b/w images • 128 pp • 978-0-7643-5477-9 • PB • $24.99 / £22.99 / 35.99 CAD Making Colorful Corn Shuck Dolls • Anne Freels • This book contains over 200 full color il- lustrations and step-by-step instructions on how to make two different styles of a traditional corn shuck doll with Anne Freel’s signature colorful style. Readers also receive lots of practical advice, as well as suggestions on how to personalize the dolls so the reader’s own creativity shines through. • 8.5" × 11" (216 × 279 mm) • 212 color photos • 80 pp • 978-0-7643-3935-6 • PB • $16.99 / £15.99 / 23.99 CAD Whimsical Elegance: The Costumed Cat Dolls of Helen Cohen • Helen Cohen • A self- taught doll artist, Helen Cohen presents a true cat fancy! Artfully photographed by David Gehosky, it features 31 fashion dolls with cat faces, magnifi- cently attired in historical costuming spanning 400 years. • 8.5" × 11" (216 × 279 mm) • 151 color photos • 128 pp • 978-0-7643-4099-4 • HC • $24.99 / £22.99 / 35.99 CAD Floral Doodling Handbook: The Simple Joy of Drawing Plants and Flowers • Julie Adore • This fun, simple little book introduces you to flo- ral doodling through patterns and motifs to keep your imagination flowing. • 6" × 8.25" (152 × 210 mm) • 240+ color and b/w images • 128 pp • 978-0-7643-6183-8 • PB • $22.99 / £20.99 / 31.99 CAD How to Render Eye-Catching Textures with COPIC Markers • Yasaiko Midorihana • From basic techniques to entire color sample sheets, this book provides step-by-step visual instructions for rendering textures for a variety of materials, from metals to bricks. Drawings introduced in this book to help you learn are powerful, and realistically ren- dered. • 7" × 10" (178 × 254 mm) • 1,100 color images • 160 pp • 978-0-7643-5611-7 • PB • $27.99 / £25.99 / 38.99 CAD How to Render Attractive Characters with COPIC Markers • Yasaiko Midorihana • Published in cooperation with COPIC, this visual learning ex- perience helps manga artists of every level. Learn gradation and shading; using white ink; color order; drawing eyes, lips, and patterned items; and more. The book’s genius approach? It guides you through creating 7 professionally drawn character scenes. • 7.25" × 10.13" (184 × 257 mm) • 1,100 color im- ages • 160 pp • 978-0-7643-6420-4 • PB • $29.99 / £27.99 / 42.99 CAD Sketchbook Traveler Hudson Valley: Hudson Valley • James Lancel McElhinney • This special- ly-bound journal is the perfect travel companion for drawing, painting, and journal keeping. It guides readers toward more mindful engagement with the world around them, deepening knowl- edge and enriching personal experience in ways that make every day an adventure. Includes info about the region’s history—and the artists who have traveled there before you! • 5.5" × 7" (140 × 178 mm) • 28 color drawings • 128 pp • 978-0-7643-6042-8 • HC • $24.99 / £22.99 / 35.99 CAD Sketchbook Traveler New England: New England • James Lancel McElhinney • This small yet sturdy sketchbook-and-journal combination is the ideal travel companion—ready to toss into a backpack at a moment's notice. Through drawing, painting, and writing tips and inspiration, it invites curious creatives to experience the region. • 5.5" × 7" (140 × 178 mm) • 31 color drawings • 128 pp • 978-0-7643-6616-1 • HC • $24.99 / £22.99 / 35.99 CAD Sketchbook Traveler Southwest: Southwest • James Lancel McElhinney • An inspiring guid- ed-journal format allows novice and professional artists to explore and record picturesque regions of the US. • 5.5" × 7" (140 × 178 mm) • 30 color drawings • 128 pp • 978-0-7643-6325-2 • HC • $24.99 / £22.99 / 35.99 CAD DOLL MAKING DRAWING