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Make: The Makerspace Workbench: Tools, Technologies, and Techniques for Making

Adam Kemp - Maker Media, Inc
Format: Paperback

Create a dynamic space for designing and building DIY electronic hardware, programming, and manufacturing projects. With this illustrated guide, you'll learn the benefits of having a Makerspace - a shared space with a set of shared tools - that attracts fellow makers and gives you more...
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Baby Steps to STEM: Infant and Toddler Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math Activities

Jean Barbre - Redleaf Press
Format: Paperback

Innately curious, infants and toddlers love to explore, investigate, and discover -- making the earliest years a perfect time to begin teaching the foundations of STEM. This book defines what science, technology, engineering, and math education looks like for this age group, and why it is so vital...
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Coding Games in Scratch

Dorling Kindersley Inc. - DK Children
Format: Paperback

Written for children ages 8-12 with little to no coding experience, this straightforward visual guide uses fun graphics and easy-to-follow instructions to show young learners how to build their own computer projects using Scratch, a popular free programming language.With Coding Games...
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Teaching STEM Outdoors: Activities for Young Children

Patty Born Selly - Redleaf Press
Format: Paperback

Connect nature play, outdoor experiences, and STEM learning for young children with activities, real-life examples, and educator resources. Nurture young childrens innate tendencies toward exploration, sensory stimulation, and STEM learning when you connect outdoor learning and STEM curriculum....
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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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Coding For Kids For Dummies

Camille McCue - For Dummies
Format: Paperback

An easy-to-grasp introduction to coding concepts for kids Coding For Kids For Dummies breaks coding into a seriesof small projects, each designed to teachelementary-to-middle-school-aged students a core concept to build agame, application, or other tool. In this his hands-on, friendlyguide...
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Get Coding! Learn HTML, CSS, and JavaScript and Build a Website, App, and Game

Young Rewired State - Candlewick
Format: Hardcover

Learn how to write HTML, CSS, and JavaScript and build your own website, app, and game! An essential guide to computer programming for kids - by kids.Crack open this book and set off on several fun missions - while simultaneously learning the basics of writing code. Want to make...
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The Budding Gardener

Mary Rein - Gryphon House
Format: Paperback

Curious kids will delight in the fifty fun-filled gardening activities in The Budding Gardener! The Budding Gardener offers great ways for parents and their budding gardeners, ages three to six, to create memories together as they plant a seed and watch it grow, create a garden marker,...
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Awesome Duct Tape Projects: Also Includes Washi, Masking, and Frog Tape: More than 50 Projects: Totally Original Designs: Tech & Gaming Accessories

Choly Knight - Design Originals
Format: Paperback

Customize your world with colorful, durable duct tape! Awesome Duct Tape Projects is packed with awesome new duct tape activities for both guys and girls:More than 50 awesome projects & ideasStep-by-step instructions and colorful illustrationsMake smartphone wallets, laptop cases,...
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Crazy-Cool Duct Tape Projects: Fun and Funky Projects for Fashion and Flair

Marisa Pawelko - Design Originals
Format: Paperback

Get inspired to craft your world with these stylish and imaginative duct tape creations. Celebrity crafter Marisa Pawelko shows how to cut, rip, layer and fold colorful duct tape to concoct fantastic fashions, school supplies and room decor. With step-by-step instructions and how-to pictures,...
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Making Magic Windows: Creating Cut-Paper Art With Carmen Lomas Garza

Carmen Lomas Garza - Children's Book Press
Format: Paperback

Author Carmen Lomas Garza is a pioneer in popularizing the traditional Mexican craft of papel picado in the United States and developing it into a sophisticated art form. This workbook shows children and their families how to create these beautiful papel picado designs and banners by simply...
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3D Pen Projects for Beginners: 4D An Augmented Reality Experience

TAMMY ENZ - Capstone Press
Format: Library Binding

Build up with a hands-on introduction to drawing in 3D. Step-by-step instructions will help you get sketching and structuring in a matter of minutes. You'll be drawing 3D doodles as fast as you can imagine them.
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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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All About 3D Printing

Tracy Abell - Focus Readers
Format: Hardcover

Explores the fascinating world of 3D printing. With colorful spreads featuring fun facts, sidebars, and a ""How It Works"" feature, the book provides an inspiring look at this exciting technology.
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Make: Design for 3D Printing: Scanning, Creating, Editing, Remixing, and Making in Three Dimensions

Samuel N. Bernier - Maker Media, Inc
Format: Paperback

France's Le FabShop has extensive experience testing 3D printers and creating digital models for them. From an articulated Makey Robot to a posable elephant model, Samuel N. Bernier and the rest of Le FabShop's team have created some of the most-printed designs in the 3D printing world....
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Candy Construction: How to Build Race Cars, Castles, and Other Cool Stuff out of Store-Bought Candy

Sharon Bowers - Storey Publishing, LLC
Format: Paperback

Build a candy fantasy! Use ordinary store-bought candy and cookies as the raw material for a brand-new kind of crafting, where castles are made with wafer-cookie walls and race cars have Oreos for wheels. Sharon Bowers provides step-by-step instructions for dozens of whimsical and fun projects...
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Made by Dad: 67 Blueprints for Making Cool Stuff

Scott Bedford - Workman Publishing Company
Format: Paperback

The Snail Soup Can Decoy to keep the candy stash safe. The Customizable "Keep Out" Sign to deter meddlesome siblings and parents. A Bunk Bed Communicator made from cardboard tubes ("Psst! Can you keep the snoring down?") . Clever, whimsical, and kind of genius,...
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Origami Paper Airplanes

Didier Boursin - Firefly Books
Format: Hardcover

Origami is an ancient art, yet modern paper folders can still invent fascinating new folds. Origami Paper Airplanes is filled with new and outstanding folds that will delight, amuse, and inspire paper folders of all ages. They offer a wide variety of designs that are rated according to skill...
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The Gliding Flight

John M. Collins - Ten Speed Press
Format: Paperback

THE GLIDING FLIGHT is a return to paper airplane basics: one person, one piece of paper, and a few folds later, one airplane. Using a refreshingly inventive approach to designs and flying characteristics, you can make 20 original paper planes, such as the Stealth, the Wind Devil, the Glart,...
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All New Square Foot Gardening, Second Edition: The Revolutionary Way to Grow More In Less Space

Mel Bartholomew - Cool Springs Press
Format: Paperback

Square Foot Gardening is the most practical, foolproof way to grow a home garden, whether you're growing an urban garden, or have an entire backyard. That explains why author and gardening innovator Mel Bartholomew has sold more than two million books teaching how to become a successful...
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Box!: Castles, Kitchens, and Other Cardboard Creations for Kids

Noel MacNeal - Lyons Press
Format: Paperback

How many times have you spent money on some fancy new toy for your child, only to have her ignore the toy and instead crawl into the large box it came in? Whether you're on a budget or just refuse to pay high prices for noisy, plastic toys, Box! offers parents do-it-yourself, environmentally...
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The Art of Tinkering

Karen Wilkinson - Weldon Owen
Format: Hardcover

This Is Not Your Average Art Book. Brought to you by the Exploratorium's Tinkering Studio, The Art of Tinkering is an unprecedented celebration of what it means to tinker: to take things apart, explore tools and materials, and build wondrous, wild art that's part science and part...
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Building Your Own Robots: Design and Build Your First Robot!

Gordon McComb - For Dummies
Format: Paperback

Fun robotics projects that teach kids to make, hack, and learn!There's no better way for kids to learn about the world around them than to test how things work. Building Your Own Robots presents fun robotics projects that children aged 7 - 11 can complete with common household items...
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Cool Hip-hop Music: Create & Appreciate What Makes Music Great!: Create & Appreciate What Makes Music Great! (Cool Music)

Karen Latchana Kenney - Abdo Group
Format: Library Binding

Highlights everything needed to learn about hip-hop music.
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Painless Math Word Problems

Marcie Abramson Ed.M. - Barrons Educational Series
Format: Paperback

This revised title helps middle school and high school students see patterns in math word problems, and then make the correct computations to solve them. In the process, they work with decimals and fractions, compare rates, and work with proportions and percents. The author presents everyday...
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Easy Math Puzzles

David A. Adler - Holiday House
Format: Hardcover

Thirty exciting puzzles, including basic mathematics as well as brain teasers, are designed to challenge young readers, and come complete with an answer guide in the back of the book.
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Fractions (Discovering Math)

David L. Stienecker - Benchmark Books
Format: Library Binding

Includes an assortment of activities and illustrations to help explain the concept of fractions
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Super Simple Mexican Art: Fun and Easy Art from Around the World

Alex Kuskowski - ABDO Company
Format: Hardcover

This book features fun and unique Mexican crafts that have been adapted in an easy, step-by-step activity format with pictures for a young crafter.
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Super Simple American Art: Fun and Easy Art from Around the World

Alex Kuskowski - Super Sandcastle
Format: Library Binding

A series that features the opportunity to learn about different cultures around the world while creating unique crafts that have been adapted in an easy, step-by-step activity format with pictures for young crafters.
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Super Simple African Art: Fun and Easy Art from Around the World

Alex Kuskowski - Super Sandcastle
Format: Library Binding

A series that features the opportunity to learn about different cultures around the world while creating unique crafts that have been adapted in an easy, step-by-step activity format with pictures for young crafters.
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Cool Needle Felting for Kids:: A Fun and Creative Introduction to Fiber Art

Alex Kuskowski - Checkerboard Library
Format: Library Binding

Provides step-by-step, illustrated instructions for handicraft projects made using felt, including a bead bracelet, stuffed penguin, and bowl.
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100 Award-Winning Science Fair Projects

Glen Vecchione - Sterling
Format: Hardcover

Suggests ideas for unique science fair projects.
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Junk Drawer Engineering 25 Construction Challenges That Don't Cost a Thing


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Build Your Own Fort, Igloo, and Other Hangouts

Tammy Enz - Edge Books
Format: Print book

Everyone likes a private place where they can get away from it all. Follow the simple steps inside to build a fort, a teepee, or several other hideouts. Its easier than you think and youll have your own private hangout in no time.
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Rubber-Band Banjos and a Java Jive Bass: Projects and Activities on the Science of Music and Sound

Alex Sabbeth - Jossey-Bass
Format: Paperback

Tune up and tune in to the wonderful world of music and sound! Make a hip-hoppin' java jive bass out of an old coffee can. Put on your homemade tuxedo and conduct your own orchestra. Those are just some of the fun projects and activities you'll enjoy as you discover the mysteries and melodies...
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Country Living Handmade Scrapbooks

hearst - Hearst Books
Format: Hardcover

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How to Have Fun with Paper

Christine C. Smith - Gareth Stevens Publishing
Format: Library Binding

All children will be able to improve their drawing skills with Art Smart, our step-by-step art series. Accomplished artists say the key to drawing is how you look at the subject. These books teach children to break down whatever they want to draw into basic geometric shapes like circles,...
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