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The Big Book of Maker Skills

Chris Hackett - Weldon Owen
Format: Hardcover

Makers, get ready. This is your ultimate, must-have, tip-packed guide for taking your DIY projects to the next level - from basic wood- and metalworking skills to plugged-in fun with power tools, from cutting-edge electronics play to 3-D printing wizardry. Join Chris Hackett, Popular...
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The Big Book of Makerspace Projects: Inspiring Makers to Experiment, Create, and Learn

Colleen Graves - Mcgraw-Hill Education
Format: Print book

Start-to-finish, fun projects for makers of all types, ages, and skill levels!This easy-to-follow guide features dozens of DIY, low-cost projects that will arm you with the skills necessary to dream up and build your own creations. The Big Book of Makerspace Projects: Inspiring Makers to Experiment,...
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The Maker Movement Manifesto: Rules for Innovation in the New World of Crafters, Hackers, and Tinkerers

Mark Hatch - McGraw-Hill Education
Format: Hardcover

YOU can create the next breakthrough innovation A revolution is under way. But it's not about tearing down the old guard. It's about building, it's about creating, it's about breathing life into groundbreaking new ideas. It's called the Maker Movement, and it's...
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63 Ready-to-Use Maker Projects

Ellyssa Kroski - American Library Association
Format: Paperback

This new compilation from editor and maker Kroski spotlights a multitude of creative projects that you can tailor for your own library. Librarians and makers from across the country present projects as fun as an upcycled fashion show, as practical as Bluetooth speakers, and as mischievous...
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Zero to Maker: Learn

David Lang - Maker Media
Format: Paperback

Are you possessed by the urge to invent, design, and make something that others enjoy, but don't know how to plug into the Maker movement? In this book, you'll follow author David Lang's headfirst dive into the Maker world and how he grew to be a successful entrepreneur. You'll...
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Make: More Electronics: Journey Deep Into the World of Logic Chips, Amplifiers, Sensors, and Randomicity

Charles Platt - Maker Media, Inc; 1 edition

Want to learn even more about electronics in a fun, hands-on way? If you finished the projects in Make: Electronics, or if you're already familiar with the material in that book, you're ready for Make: More Electronics. Right away, you'll start working on real projects, and you'll...
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Hacking Electronics: An Illustrated DIY Guide for Makers and Hobbyists

Simon Monk - Tab Books; 1 edition
Format: Paperback

Bring your electronic inventions to life! "This full-color book is impressive...there are some really fun projects!" -GeekDad, Wired.com Who needs an electrical engineering degree? This intuitive guide shows how to wire, disassemble, tweak, and re-purpose everyday devices quickly...
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Make: Getting Started with Sensors: Measure the World with Electronics, Arduino, and Raspberry Pi

Kimmo Karvinen - Maker Media, Inc; 1 edition
Format: Print book

To build electronic projects that can sense the physical world, you need to build circuits based around sensors: electronic components that react to physical phenomena by sending an electrical signal. Even with only basic electronic components, you can build useful and educational sensor...
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3D Modeling and Printing with Tinkercad: Create and Print Your Own 3D Models

James Floyd Kelly - Que Publishing; 1 edition
Format: Book

The First Complete Guide to Tinkercad 3D Modeling Thats Powerful, Friendly, Free! Want to master 3D modeling and printing? Tinkercad is the perfect software for you Its friendly, web-based, and free. Even better, you dont have to rely on Tinkercads technical documentation to use it. This...
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Yarn Bombing: The Art of Crochet and Knit Graffiti

Mandy Moore - Arsenal Pulp Press
Format: Paperback

As seen in The New York Times and The New Yorker On city street corners, around telephone posts, through barbed wire fences, and over abandoned cars, a quiet revolution is brewing. "Knit graffiti" is an international guerrilla movement that started underground and is now embraced...
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Mini Makers: Crafty Makes to Create With Your Kids

Laura Minter - Guild of Master Craftsman Publications Ltd.
Format: Print book

You don't need to be an arty creative type to be able to enjoy crafting with your young children. Mini Makers will give you the ideas and the inspiration to experiment with an explore the hugely rewarding world of making and creating together. Paint, draw, print, cut, stick, sew and bake...
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Tinkerlab: A Hands-On Guide for Little Inventors

Rachelle Doorley - Roost Books
Format: Paperback

55 playful experiments that encourage tinkering, curiosity, and creative thinking from the creator of Tinkerlab.com - hands-on activities that explore art, science, and more. For children two and up.Kids are natural tinkerers. They experiment, explore, test, and play, and they learn a great...
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Maker Lab: 28 Super Cool Projects: Build * Invent * Create * Discover

Dorling Kindersley. - DK Children
Format: Hardcover

As seen on Kim Kardashian's InstagramSupporting STEAM education initiatives and the Maker Movement, the National Parenting Publication Award-winner Maker Lab includes 28 kid-safe projects and crafts that will get young inventors' wheels turning and make science pure fun.Each...
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Maker Dad: Lunch Box Guitars, Antigravity Jars, and 22 Other Incredibly Cool Father-Daughter DIY Projects

Mark Frauenfelder - New Harvest
Format: Paperback

As the editor in chief of MAKE magazine, Mark Frauenfelder has spent years combing through DIY books, but he's never been able to find one with geeky projects he can share with his two daughters. Maker Dad is the first DIY book to use cutting-edge (and affordable) technology in appealing...
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3D Printing Projects

INC DORLING KINDERSLEY - DK Children
Format: Paperback

This user-friendly family guide to 3D printing is packed with exciting ideas for how to design and print your own toys, gadgets, and models, and doesn't even require any specialist software.Using freely available software, 3D Printing Projects provides inspiration and step-by-step...
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Art Lab for Kids: 52 Creative Adventures in Drawing, Painting, Printmaking, Paper, and Mixed Media-For Budding Artists of All Ages

Susan Schwake - Quarry Books; 1/31/12 edition
Format: Paperback

"Susan Schwake's Art Lab for Kids is a well-thought-out guide, making it easy to introduce art into children's lives. Simple, clear explanations of technique, combined with inspiration from established artists, will enable children to feel successful and encouraged to explore...
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A Beginner's Guide to Coding

MARC SCOTT - BLOOMSBURY c2016.
Format: Print book

Ever wondered how to make a computer follow instructions? If so, then it is time to get coding! A Beginner's Guide to Coding is an easy-to-follow guide to the basics of coding, using the free programming languages of Scratch and Python. These step-by-step projects will have young coders...
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Learn to Program with Scratch: A Visual Introduction to Programming with Games, Art, Science, and Math

Majed Marji - No Starch Press; 1 edition
Format: Paperback

Scratch is a fun, free, beginner-friendly programming environment where you connect blocks of code to build programs. While most famously used to introduce kids to programming, Scratch can make computer science approachable for people of any age. Rather than type countless lines of code...
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Rosie Revere, Engineer

Andrea Beaty - Harry N. Abrams
Format: Hardcover

Rosie may seem quiet during the day, but at night she's a brilliant inventor of gizmos and gadgets who dreams of becoming a great engineer. When her great-great-aunt Rose (Rosie the Riveter) comes for a visit and mentions her one unfinished...
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The Most Magnificent Thing

Ashley Spires - Kids Can Press
Format: Print book

Award-winning author and illustrator Ashley Spires has created a charming picture book about an unnamed girl and her very best friend, who happens to be a dog. The girl has a wonderful idea. ?She is going to make the most MAGNIFICENT thing! She knows just how it will look. She knows just...
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