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What's It Really Like to Be a Veterinarian? (Jobs Kids Want)

Christine Honders - PowerKids Press
Format: Paperback

To be a veterinarian, you need a lot more than a love of animals. This book explains the reality of becoming a veterinarian. Just like other doctors, veterinarians go to school for many years. They learn many skills, including treating illnesses, prescribing medication, and performing surgery....
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What's It Really Like to Be a Carpenter? (Jobs Kids Want)

Christine Honders - PowerKids Press
Format: Paperback

Even as the world changes, skilled labor will always be needed. There's nothing quite like the ability to create things with your skills and your own hands. Carpenters use their skills to build things we use every day, including items such as furniture, buildings, and bridges. They...
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What's It Really Like to Be an Electrician? (Jobs Kids Want)

Christine Honders - PowerKids Press
Format: Paperback

Electricity affects every part of our lives, but we don't always think about it. We turn the lights on every day without wondering how the electricity gets there. Electricians are the reason we don't always have to worry that the lights are going to stop working and the people we can help...
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Unofficial Taylor Swift Crochet: 20 Projects Inspired by the Music and Style Icon

Lee Sartori - Quarry Books
Format: Paperback

Stitch your love for Taylor Swift's music and style into fabulous crochet creations with Unofficial Taylor Swift Crochet.. This captivating collection marries the world of crochet with the charm of the pop sensation, offering an amazing range of projects spanning fashion, home décor,...
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Artisan Air-Dry Clay: The Beginner's Guide to Easy, Inexpensive & Stylish No-Kiln Pottery

Radka Hostasova - C&T Publishing / Stash Books
Format: Paperback

No Kiln? No Problem! Learn to make beautifully textured home décor accents with inexpensive air-dry clay! The process is easy, and the results are surprisingly stylish when you follow the tips, advice, and instruction from author and clay artist-designer Radka Hostasova. Aimed at absolute...
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Easy Guide to Painting Water in Watercolour, The

Stephen Coates - Search Press
Format: Paperback

Unlock the Secrets to Captivating Water Landscapes, from still lakes and crashing waves to water droplets. Enhance Your Skills, and Ignite Your Creativity!. Whether calm and reflective or sparkling with light and movement, water can bring atmosphere, drama and life to your watercolor paintings....
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Watercolor For The Soul: Simple painting projects for beginners, to calm, soothe and inspire

Sharone Stevens - ‎David & Charles
Format: Paperback

Learn how to use watercolor to soothe your soul with this beginner's guide to painting for relaxation. This fresh approach looks first at the process of painting as a means to de-stress and unwind. Many people love the idea of painting but hold themselves back from starting because...
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How to Make Cloth Dolls

Jan Horrox - SEARCH PR
Format: Paperback

Containing 6 wonderful step-by-step projects and ideas for many, many more, this highly practical guide to cloth doll making contains the best of Jan Horrox's previous titles: Introduction to Making Cloth Dolls and Making Fantasy Cloth Dolls.. Containing 6 wonderful step-by-step projects...
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Lovable Felted Animals: Enchanting Mascots, Pets and Accessories

Yuko Sakuda - Tuttle Publishing
Format: Paperback

Lovable Felted Animals is - dare we say - the cutest felting book EVER!. This book shows you how to make graceful models of a lifelike sleeping lion, a mom and baby koala, a regal deer, a polar bear with cub, a fluffy alpaca, the world's most adorable hedgehog and so much more!. Illustrated...
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Experimental Fashion: Performance Art, Carnival and the Grotesque Body (Dress Cultures)

Francesca Granata - Bloomsbury Visual Arts
Format: Paperback

Shortlisted for the Millia Davenport Publication Award.. Experimental Fashion traces the proliferation of the grotesque and carnivalesque within contemporary fashion and the close relation between fashion and performance art, from Lady Gaga's raw meat dress to Leigh Bowery's performance...
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