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Investigates holidays from around the world--including New Year's Day, Valentine's, Father's Day, Eid, Hanukkah, and Christmas--and the kinds of foods, activities, and decorations associated with them. Offers activities to make treats and decorations associated with each holiday, together with stories from different writers about their favorite holiday traditions.
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Presents a collection of over forty projects designed to engage young readers in a variety of scientific and engineering topics including systems, optics, energy, acoustics, forces, and motion. Includes material lists, step-by-step instructions, and color photographs.
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More than half a century ago, a mysterious figure named Professor L. Otto Funn unlocked the secret to making learning fun and exciting. He recorded his observations in confidential files that he kept hidden in his office. Before Professor Funn could publish his work, he disappeared on a research trip to the Bermuda Triangle, and his files went missing. Decades later, they were discovered deep in the archives of renowned educational publisher World...
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"Provides clear and simple Mother's Day projects using colorful illustrations and easy instructions. Additional features to aid comprehension include a table of contents, historical information about the holiday, detailed step-by-step illustrations, a clear and thorough list of required materials, metric conversions for all measurements, suggestions for alterations, a phonetic glossary, sources for further research, and introductions to the author...
11) Christmas crafts
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"Provides clear and simple Christmas projects using colorful illustrations and easy instructions. Additional features to aid comprehension include a table of contents, historical information about the holiday, detailed step-by-step illustrations, a clear and thorough list of required materials, metric conversions for all measurements, suggestions for alterations, a phonetic glossary, sources for further research, and introductions to the author and...
12) Halloween crafts
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"Provides clear and simple Halloween projects using colorful illustrations and easy instructions. Additional features to aid comprehension include a table of contents, historical information about the holiday, detailed step-by-step illustrations, a clear and thorough list of required materials, metric conversions for all measurements, suggestions for alterations, a phonetic glossary, sources for further research, and introductions to the author and...
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"The piñata has become a birthday party staple in the United States, but it originated in the celebratory culture of Mexico. From Cinco de Mayo to the many religious festivals, the parties in Mexico often show deep cultural roots that include ties to the Spanish and Aztec people of the country's past. Readers experience the vibrant Mexican culture and history through crafts in this book, including step-by-step instructions on how to make a piñata,...
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"In many ways, the culture and traditions of Japan are very different from our own. Just by looking at the detailed photographs in this book, readers will see that the Japanese have unique and beautiful architecture, clothing, festivals, and more. The same can be said for Japanese crafts. Readers will likely be familiar with origami, but this book also contains step-by-step instructions for making nengajō (New Year's) cards and a Samurai hat. Readers...
18) Painting
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Series covers step-by-step activities for developing art and craft techniques. Offers additional ideas to apply those new skills.
19) Collage
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This book presents step-by-step instructions and tips for creating eleven art projects, including a recycled robot, pasta house, wise owl, and moving zoo.
20) Great inventors
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Introduces ten inventions and their inventors and provides instructions for making such models as a cocktail stick bi-plane and a corkscrew helicopter.