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Curious Minds: 40 Hands-on Activities to Inspire a Love of Learning

Ty Kolstedt - Zephyr Press
Format: Print book

A great resource for parents and homeschoolers in search of kid-friendly DIY projects, educators seeking to enhance classroom lessons, and caregivers or camp counselors looking for activities with a deeper educational lesson behind them, Curious Minds is filled to the brim with learning...
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East-Meets-West Quilts: Explore Improv with Japanese-Inspired Designs

PATRICIA BELYEA - Abrams
Format: Paperback

Improv quilting, in which quilt designs emerge organically as fabric is cut and stitched, is simple, popular, and fun. In this book, expert quilter Patricia Belyea offers improv instruction and shares her appealing Quilt Manifesto of five simple rules. While providing quilters with a starting...
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Cable Left, Cable Right: 94 Knitted Cables

Judith Durant - Storey Publishing, LLC
Format: Spiral-bound

Knitted cables, with their three-dimensional twists and turns, are a common element in lots of patterns - but most patterns dont include directions for executing them. Cable Left, Cable Right, by expert knitter Judith Durant, eliminates the mystery with detailed, in-depth instructions...
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Once Upon a Playground: A Celebration of Classic American Playgrounds, 1920-1975

Brenda Biondo - University Press of New England
Format: Book

Before today's safety-minded structures of wood and plastic, America's playgrounds were full of tottering seesaws, dizzying merry-go-rounds, and towering metal slides.Documenting the evolution of American playgrounds between 1920 and 1975, Once Upon a Playground is a visual tribute to these...
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Mini Encyclopedia The Tropical Aquarium: Comprehensive Coverage, from Setting Up an Aquarium to Choosing the Best Fishes

Gina Sandford - Firefly Books
Format: Paperback

This compact, full-color volume is packed with sensible advice and practical guidance The first part shows how to set up a freshwater tropical aquarium in the home It covers the tank, filters and pumps, plants, gravels and rocks and the light and hood Part two explores further aspects of fishkeeping,...
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Creative Kids Complete Photo Guide to Braiding and Knotting

Sherri Haab - Creative Publishing int'l
Format: Paperback

Learn how to make bracelets, belts, leashes, and more using braiding and knotting techniques. It's creative fun that's knot to be missed!This comprehensive beginner's guide teaches the techniques of kumihimo (braiding) , plaiting, knotting, and macrame. Written for young minds,...
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Knit Your Own Cat: Easy-to-Follow Patterns for 16 Frisky Felines

Sally Muir - Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers
Format: Paperback

Cat lovers, rejoice! It's the highly anticipated follow-up book to Knit Your Own Dog. With easy-to-follow instructions for 16 distinct felines, Knit Your Own Cat is the irresistible guide to knitting the pet you've always wanted. Cats and knitters are perfect companions. What's...
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Heirloom Wood: A Modern Guide to Carving Spoons, Bowls, Boards, and other Homewares

Max Bainbridge - Abrams
Format: Hardcover

Heirloom Wood is a love letter to wood's form and function through simple woodworking projects. Combining traditional techniques with contemporary design, Max Bainbridge teaches you how to identify wood types, source timber, and set up a basic toolbox, then offers step-by-step carving...
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Pin It!: 20 Fabulous Bobby Pin Hairstyles

Annamarie Tendler - Chronicle Books
Format: Hardcover

Brightly colored pins styled into fun patterns and designs are the hottest new trend in hairstyling, and Pin It! gives short- and long-haired fashionistas the know-how to create 20 colorful bobby pin hairstyles for everything from an afternoon trip to the mall to an elegant party. Step-by-step...
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Japanese Knitting Stitch Bible: 260 Exquisite Patterns by Hitomi Shida

HITOMI SHIDA - Tuttle Publishing
Format: Paperback

In the Japanese Knitting Stitch Bible knitting guru Hitomi Shida shares some of her favorite needlework patterns.Shida's strikingly original designs and variations on every imaginable classic stitch result in intricate patterns that form the basis for beautiful and unique knitted...
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