New Releases by Lisa Miles

In a world filled with wonders and dreams, there exists a magical source of inspiration and power called "Black Girl Magic." It flows within the hearts of extraordinary young girls who possess strength, resilience, and the power to make a difference...

Learn how to draw anything and everything with this fun step-by-step guide. Start by looking at a photo and then bring it to life on the page in quick, easy-to-follow steps. It''s packed with loads of fun subjects including Farm Animals, Vehicles, Dinosaurs, Fantasy Figures, and Sea Creatures. Once you''ve mastered the technique, you''ll be able to draw anything! Ready to create some cool cartoons of your own? Then grab a pencil and let''s get started!

An interrelated triad of handmade artist books that explore personal and universal themes of identity and mythology within an analogous blue-green color palette. The books contain paper made from the artist''s clothing, and from the inner bark of Japanese kozo trees employing the Mesoamerican tradition of beaten bark papermaking.

In 1914, the world went to the war--and in the next four years, millions of lives were lost. In the wake of the recent centenary of the conflict, this sticker book provides a hands-on, sensitive, and child-friendly approach to exploring this transformative period of history. It offers more than 150 stickers to complete double-page war scenes and activities, along with fully integrated background information to engage kids and help them learn as they play. You can add sticker soldiers to complete a cutaway view of a trench on the Western Front; put tanks on a fact file; discover true stories of bravery, and much more.

Find out how AMAZING animals really are by exploring on an activity-packed safari...

Savvy Secrets: This is a story about love, fear, courage and the power to heal from within. Written by a retired RN, health coach and mother of children w chronic illness. A guidebook that includes Lisa''s seven step process for optimal health; how to move from overwhelmed to empowerment through strategies and recipes for feeling and looking your best at any age. It breaks through common marketing myths that keep us stuck with the goal to create a paradigm shift to move from disease management to true wellness. Demonstrates how you become what you eat and think and how your actions determine your destiny. By: Lisa Jackson, RN, CHC, RYT Cost: $24.95 ISBN: -13: 9780692289945 ISBN-10: 0692289941 Pre-order www.savvysecrets.org for bonus giveaways Some features include: 40 favorite easy recipes 52 Savvy Secrets Free Giveaways Personal Transformation Rave Reviews: Savvy Secrets Lisa''s book provides us with what we all need, life coaching.You deserve to feel loved and authentic and her advice can help you find the way. Bernie Siegel, MD author of The Art of Healing and A Book of Miracles If you are looking for a complete resource for health and wellness, written with love and compassion, then you have finally found it. Dig in! Fabienne Fredrickson, founder of Client Attractionand author ofEmbrace Your Magnificence: Get Out of Your Own Way and Live a Richer, Fuller, More Abundant Life It takes a lot of courage to write a book that is so personal and touching and Lisa has put her heart and love into this book about the process of creating optimum health. When a loved one is diagnosed with a serious disease, especially when it is one of our children we want to do everything possible to help that person in every way. It is not easy to march to the beat of a different drummer and to think outside the box and for a retired RN in mainstream medicine it can be especially trying. But, Lisa steps out fully and fearlessly to break through common marketing myths and to expose the principles behind creating and living a healthy lifestyle and having the best health possible. Brenda Cobb, Founder Living Foods Institute

A guide to ballet that features images of The Royal Ballet and profiles of world-renowned dancers.

Barron''s popular line of Creativity Books is perfect for keeping kids occupied anytime. In this fun activity book, kids can relive the wonder of Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, The Little Mermaid, and other classic tales as they color, solve puzzles, connect the dots, create sticker scenes, and more.

Kids will be enthralled as these great value books serve up hours of fun and parents will love them too as creative play helps develop dexterity and hand-eye coordination. Mermaids, animals, fashion, ballerinas, parties and best friends together in one book! Girls can indulge their creative side by dressing up figures, creating beautiful jewellery and hosting a dainty dolls'' tea party in addition to enjoying fluffy bunnies, sparkly shoes and magical mermaids galore.

Hours of entertainment at an unbelievable value! More than 1000 reusable stickers can be used to enhance the scenes in this sticker and activity book. Meet four best friends who love tea parties, fashion, and mermaids. This book is filled with puzzles, games, and other creative activities with lots of sparkle!

You''re off to the palace to meet four princess friends, and read about their exciting adventures! There are lots of fabulous puzzles and activities to do, including doodles, spot the differences, word searches, join-the-dots, and mazes. From designing a twinkling tiara to coming up with a pretty pattern for your very own royal dress, this is the perfect book for little princesses aged 6 and up everywhere!

Part of the Creativity series, this title features puzzles and activities that are based on five classic princess tales - Beauty and the Beast, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, The Little Mermaid and Rapunzel.

This fantastic full-color activity book is the latest addition to the wonderfully girlie Pretty Fabulous series. Full of great, girlie puzzles based on the characters, their hobbies, and their style! Including spot the differences, mazes, odd one outs, and many more!

Whether cat lovers or dog people, readers will enjoy making paper art featuring their favorite pets! With an introduction to the basic folding techniques as well as step-by-step instructions, these origami projects will engage readers in learning a cool new kind of art. Each step of the process has an accompanying image to help readers create all kinds of pets—from turtles to hamsters. Brief, interesting facts about each animal augment each project, while colorful photographs show each featured animal in action.

Wild animals have some cool physical characteristics. A giraffe’s long neck, a snake’s slithery body, and a panda’s black-and-white coat are all on display when readers create them using the folding techniques of origami! Including an introduction to basic folds and common paper-art bases, step-by-step instructions will guide readers through making origami wild animals. Pictures illustrate each step of the process so readers know just what to do. Ranked from easy to hard, the projects will engage readers with cool facts about each featured animal and amazing full-color photographs.

Readers will dive right in to the art of origami as they discover paper-folding projects featuring whales, seals, and other sea creatures! A step-by-step guide will help readers tackle each animal, including pictures of each step. Readers can choose easy, medium, or hard folding projects after learning the basic folds and common bases of origami. Short fact boxes and colorful photographs will keep readers interested even after they’ve completed lovely paper sharks, rays, and even penguins!

Farm animals are some of the most familiar members of the animal kingdom. They’re also fun to make using the art of origami! Readers will learn basic folding techniques and common bases while creating ducks, pigs, roosters, and more out of paper. Fun tidbits about each animal accompany the step-by-step instructions and colorful photographs of each real animal—and its origami lookalike. Readers will progress from easy to hard folding projects and amaze their friends and family with their self-supporting paper art!

What could be more exciting than learning about dinosaurs? Using the cool art of origami, readers will craft dinosaurs from just a piece of paper. Readers will be introduced to basic folding concepts as well as the bases used for many origami projects.

Beautiful origami birds and butterflies can be more than just short art projects—they can be lovely decorations, too! Readers will love creating their own art through step-by-step instructions with helpful pictures. An overview to common folds and origami techniques will introduce readers to the art of paper folding before they begin creating swans, doves, and butterflies out of colored paper. Full-color photographs of each delicate creature further draw readers in while they learn about each in accompanying fact boxes.

A helpful, high-interest resource for teen girls, this collection tackles all the dramas of adolescence, including managing the body''s changes, dealing with mean girls and online embarrassment, having crushes, dating, and breaking up. While delighting in the splashy, magazine-like design and presentation, complete with quizzes and anecdotes in the form of diary entries, readers will absorb factual, sensible, and empowering information and advice. For a fun, healthy approach to the challenges of the teen years, look no further.

This is the follow-up to the best-selling title, Origami, from Arcturus Publishing! A fantastic guide to the art of paper craft, the clear step-by-step instructions are easy to follow whilst the photos of the process and finished product give children a clear idea what they''re working towards. There''s a wide range of projects to make, from decorations to moving figures, and rainbow origami paper is included so kids can get stuck in straight away. A fun and enjoyable activity book that teaches children a new skill they can be proud of! Suitable for children aged 7 and up.

Dealing with mean girls, cliques, and other obstacles on the social scene is one of the minefields of adolescence for girls. This title provides the advice and support girls need for weathering changing friendships, handling feeling like an outsider, and making new and healthy friendships as they grow. A variety of issues, including bullying and cyberbullying, are sympathetically and practically treated. Diary entries, flowchart quizzes, and hip photos will draw in reluctant readers and many others.

This is a fun, yet educational resource for readers who are experiencing a breakup and don''t know where to turn. The text is presented in an approachable, friendly fashion, which reassures readers that the experience of a breakup is not the end of the world. Common worries are highlighted, such as what went wrong and how to get over the former partner. These concerns are then addressed in a nonjudgmental and healthy manner. Additionally, there are diary sections, which add a personal touch to the issues, making the reader feel like she''s not alone. Quizzes titled "Are You Over Him?" and "Are You On the Rebound?" help the reader analyze her feelings. With fun, cheery icons and bright, colorful photographs, these books are the perfect cure for a young person who''s just experienced a breakup and is looking for answers.

Girls who are on the verge of entering--or are already experiencing--puberty need good advice for managing its daily challenges. Covering everything from managing one''s period to surviving an ill-timed zit, the subject is addressed with helpful information, practical suggestions, and straight talk, delivered with just the right amount of zest and humor. Quick quizzes, diary entries, fun photos, and a colorful, modern design add to the book''s appeal.

Despite the warnings and media publicity regarding one''s "digital footprint" in recent years, many people--especially teens--are not getting the message. In this needful guide, readers discover not only about how to survive online embarrassment but how to prevent it altogether. Each spread is dynamically designed and bursting with textual enhancements, such as girl-to-girl talks, top five best/worst lists, Keeping It Real lists, All About You activities, Quick Facts, Quick Quizzes, Talking Points, Fact Files, and real teen comments. Of indispensable utility to teens, this resource is also a wonderful tool for teachers seeking to meet Common Core Curriculum Standards for the reading of informational texts, satisfying those standards relating to determining the central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through supporting details, summarizing a text without opinions or judgments, tracing and evaluating the argument and specific claims, determining the validity of the author''s reasoning and evidence, and determining an author''s point of view and purpose.

Every teen girl comes to a point in her life where she begins to develop crushes. And that''s the easy part. This quirky, colorful, informative, and fun guide on navigating the sometimes tricky situation of dealing with crushes is a must read for every teen girl. The engaging photos and sparkling humor make this volume stand out among similar guides, covering "what to do when it works out," "what do to when it doesn''t," and everything in between. It also includes some first-person quotes from real teenage girls and sidebars that address various situations.

Readers get the truth about dating in this frank and insightful volume, including real-life experiences and guidance about determining whether an individual is ready to date. Tips are given on how to handle peer pressure, what to do when feelings change about friends, how to handle flirting, how to read body language, what to do when one is asked out and on the first date and beyond, what to do about other friendships once you are dating, how to talk to parents, and what to do when a relationship ends. Additional suggestions for dealing with specific dating situations are offered in sidebars and fact boxes.