New Releases by Susan Striker

When English-speaking people visited San Blas, they brought with them well-loved Mother Goose rhymes. When they returned to their countries, they shared the great mola art of the people of San Blas. This book combines the rich, creative heritage of two cultures!

Molas are an indigenous art form. They are wildly imaginative, colorful, and exciting textiles made by the Guna women of the San Blas Islands, off the coast of Panama. Missionaries inspired the women with their stories from the Old Testament, and they used them as subject matter for their mola art.

Molas are intricate works of art created with only a needle, thread, and a pair of scissors. They are made by the women of Guna Yala, who wear them proudly on the front and back of their blouses.

Molas are an indigenous art form. They are wildly imaginative, colorful and exciting textiles made by the Kuna women of the San Blas Islands off the coast of Panama. The molas in this book illustrate stories from the Old Testament and are all from the author’s collection.

MacGonegal’s Zoo is an alphabet book illustrated with Oaxacan “animalitos”, gaily colored, wildly imaginative and fanciful woodcarvings from the folk art collection of the author. The book begins with “A for Armadillo” and ends with “Z for Zebra”, in a zoo the likes of which has never been seen before! Keywords: Mexico Folk Art Zoo alphabet Oaxaca wood carvings animalito patterns stripes dots hexagon Armadillo Bull Crab Deer Eagle Frog Gorilla Horse Impala Jack Rabbit Kangaroo Lion Moose Newt Opossum Porcupine Quetzal Rhinoceros Skunk Turtle Unicorn Vicuna Walrus X-Ray Horse Yak Zebra

Did you ever find yourself doodling while talking on the phone or attending a meeting? Have yo ever asked yourself why should kids have all the fun? Several years ago millions of children around the world discovered a secret source of unique pleasure----drawing in the fantasy provoking pages of Anti-Coloring Books. Soon parents, teachers, college students, psychologists and law-abiding citizens were shamelessly stealing pages from children to fill-in themselves. So, to put an end to this unfair temptation, here is an Anti-Coloring Book especially designed for grown-up!

M is for Mola, A Kuna Indian Alphabet of Quilted Folk Art is a unique alphabet book, illustrated with charming and amusing examples of museum quality folk art. Rich in detail, the brightly colored illustrations motivate young readers to hone their skills in visual discrimination. Looking at the art will spark curiosity and stimulate conversation. The titles on each page are translated into nine languages, adding to this rich cultural experience.

Newly repackaged editions in a series that has sold more than one million copies More than a million copies of these innovative books have been sold around the world since they were first published in 1978. The fifth and sixth books in this series offer additional activities in a charming new package to foster creativity in young children.

Newly repackaged editions in a series that has sold more than one million copies More than a million copies of these innovative books have been sold around the world since they were first published in 1978. The fifth and sixth books in this series offer additional activities in a charming new package to foster creativity in young children.

The Anti-Coloring Book is designed as an antidote to traditional coloring books, offering children the chance to create their own images. [from back cover].

A newly repackaged edition of the second book in a series that has sold more than 600,000 copies More than a million copies of these innovative books have been sold around the world since they were first published in 1978. The second book in this series offers additional activities to foster creativity in young children in a charming new package.

More than 1 million Anti-Coloring Books already sold! This new addition to the series offers all the excitement, fun, and adventure of a trip to the circus. The Circus Anti-Coloring Book is guaranteed to spark the creative impulse of every child who ever said "I can't draw" or "I don't know what to draw".

Now, another fresh idea from the author of the bestselling Anti-Coloring Book series. The Newspaper Anti-Coloring Book puts kids into action creating all the parts of a newspaper. Children can draw their favorite athlete on the sports page, design a new product for an ad, or describe local and national events from their own point of view.

At last--another new and innovative addition to the bestselling Anti-Coloring Book series. Since the first Anti-Coloring Book was published in 1978, these books have become favorites of parents, teachers, and most of all . . . kids! The Mystery Anti-Coloring Book features partial line drawings as well as thematically linked sentences that encourage the child to create stories to go with the pictures.

From Simon & Schuster, Please Touch is a guide to how to stimulate your child's creative development through movement, music, art, and play. Please Touch offers parents constructive, age-appropriate ways of developing their child's natural curiosity, energy, and creativity in the formative years before age four. And doing so by leveraging all types of artistic endeavors.

The partially reproduced works of art collected here provide a feast for the imagination.

The Anti-Coloring Books are intentional bestsellers and have been favorite creative tools for parents, educators, and therapists since the first book appeared in 1978. They are fully guaranteed to spark the creative impulse in every child. This super collection of ideas for children will challenge and inspire them to create pictures for hours one end. With the help of partial line drawings, children are encouraged to imagine a treasure trove in the junkyard, to draw visuals for the best story ever told by their grandparents, to be an explorer in an undiscovered land, to create a famous sculpture, and much more. As always, the bestselling Anti-Coloring Books offer children the chance to expand and free their imaginations through creative art activities.

A favorite of parents, educators, and therapists since the appearance of the first title in 1978, more than a million copies of these "draw-from-your-imagination" books have been sold around the world. Praised as "extraordinary, revolutionary" (Newsweek), "imaginative" (The Christian Science Monitor), and "great stuff" (Detroit Free Press), this innovative series has continued to spark the creative impulses in children through the years.