New Releases by Bruce LaFontaine

Carefully rendered and well researched, this volume features 28 realistic, ready-to-color drawings that trace the experiments and activities of Wilbur and Orville Wright as well as related achievements of other aviation pioneers. Free Teacher''s Manual available. Grades: 3–5.

Imagine yourself behind the wheel of a Porsche 911 GT2 Twin-Turbo Coupe! Here are the cars most of us just dream about — sleek, fast, fabulous machines that cost a small fortune! Thirty precisely and accurately rendered illustrations portray the legendary luxury cars that race through our imaginations: Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren Coupe, BMW Z8 Convertible, Maserati Spyder 2-door Convertible/Roadster, Rolls-Royce Phantom 4-door Sedan, Jaguar XJ220, Bugatti EB 110S 2-door Coupe, and other automotive marvels. Detailed captions provide specs and other information (including top speed and acceleration time). And they come in any colors you choose to make them!

Thirty drawings depict such famous trains as Europe''s Orient Express, the observation lounge on the Burlington Zephyr, and a sleeping compartment on New York Central''s 20th Century Limited.

Twelve glistening, ground-hugging models with a metallic shine and all the latest features -- rear deck spoilers, stripes, mag wheels, and more. Great for notebooks, poster paper, and other flat surfaces.

From adobe pueblos in the Southwest to a Chippewa birch bark wigwam in the Northeast — this carefully researched coloring book spotlights a wide array of Native American dwellings. Fact-filled captions accompany each detailed drawing. 30 black-and-white illustrations.

Exciting pictorial history of the development of quick, efficient transport for public safety personnel--from a 1904 paddy wagon and a S.W.A.T. van of the 1970s to a state police armored car of the 1990s. Extensive captions include facts and statistics. An exciting collection for coloring book fans

A parade of powerful engines, from the vintage Firefly steam locomotive of 1840 to Amtrak''s Acela Express of 2000. 17 stickers.

Included are images of an 18-wheeler, a monster truck, cement mixer, tanker truck, flat-bed tow truck, armored truck, and 10 other models. 16 full-color stickers on 4 plates.

Depicts 44 historic armed soldiers from 1286 B.C. to 1945, pairing adversaries on facing pages. Provides brief historical backgrounds for depictions.

Features 44 meticulously rendered illustrations of remarkable women who played significant roles in aviation history.nbsp;Includes Eileen Collins, the first woman space shuttle commander; Sally Ride, the first American woman in space; and Amelia Earhart, who madenbsp;her 1932nbsp;solo flight across the Atlantic. Captions provide historic and biographical information.

Sixteen colorful images of a backhoe-loader, wheeled cement mixer, mega bulldozer, and more will form an awesome parade of brawny machines across notebooks, desks, lockers, and other flat surfaces.

Forty accurately rendered residences and birthplaces -- from George Washington''s first home in Virginia to Barack Obama''s childhood house in Honolulu. Includes fact-filled captions and a map.

Parade of vintage trains for railroad buffs of all ages: passenger and cattle cars from 1890, steam locomotive (1900), Streamline Vista-Dome passenger car (1950), much more. 16 stickers.

Add visual excitement to your homework assignments, to stationery, windows, walls, and other flat surfaces with the 18 fascinating sticker illustrations in this colorful and educational collection. You''ll find accurate drawings of the sun and all the planets in our solar system as well as moons, asteroids, and a comet. There are realistic drawings of Mercury (the smallest Planet), cloud-shrouded Venus, Jupiter and its four moons, Saturn and its rings, and ten other heavenly bodies. Identification captions are included.

Forty-four carefully researched, ready-to-color drawings depict swords and their bearers from prehistory through the 17th century. Detailed captions enhance this rich pictorial history for colorists, students of weaponry, and armchair adventurers.

Eighteen models provide young intergalactic travelers with a fascinating mini-history of space flight. Exciting, accurate images of Sputnik I, Saturn 5 rocket booster, Hubble Space Telescope, more.

Forty-four dramatic illustrations depict an asteroid, a spacecraft observing the landscape of Mars, representations of all the planets, more. Captions.

Advances in science and technology from the 15th century to the present: 45 ready-to-color drawings of Edison, Gutenberg, Galileo, and many others, along with their inventions. Captions provide background information.

Six stylized dragons from the Far East — in various positions and poses — are ready to dress up a bare arm, leg, back, or other body part.

For coloring book enthusiasts and architecture students — 44 finely detailed renderings of Wright home and studio, Unity Temple, Guggenheim Museum, Robie House, Imperial Hotel, more.