Best Selling Books by Ruth Thomson

This A First Look at Art series has activity-filled books which teach children how to look at paintings and sculpture while helping them to develop their own creative skills. It contains projects, art tips and examples from well-known works of art. This title looks at portraits in art.

Simple, clear instructions show projects relating to autumn, such as making a leaf collection, a fruit and seed collection, vegetable kebabs, woodland masks, and more.

Pocket Activity Fun & Games have all the same fun activities as Barron''s larger format Creativity Books in a compact, take-along size! In Art, kids can learn to draw a human face, change the expression on the Mona Lisa, color Van Gogh''s Sunflowers, and more!

Teaches young readers to examine and appreciate myths in paintings and sculptures, and provides activities to encourage the development of creative skills.

A First look at Art is a series that teaches children how to look at paintings and sculpture while helping them to develop their own creative skills.

Instructions show how to do a variety of painting projects using readily available materials.

Pictures and simple text present the life cycle of a rose.

Shows how to make collages with paper, tissue paper, yarn, string, torn paper, stamps, fabric, sand, and buttons.

Explains where rice comes from and how its grown.

Pocket Activity Fun & Games books have all the same fun activities as Barron''s larger-format Creativity Books in a compact, take-along size! In Science and Inventions, kids will make a flip-book movie, explore robots and rockets, and craft paper airplanes that really fly!

See how the explosion of color and pageantry of life''s celebrations remains a constant source of inspiration for some of the world''s greatest painters.

The Craft Workshop series draws upon the wealth of existing crafts found in different cultures around the world. Each book provides lively information about six carefully chosen works of art and shows how to make crafts based on the same techniques.Features:* two-page spreads show crafts & techniques used by folk artists* two-page spreads show children how to use these techniques in their own craftsActivities include:* Hopi kachina dolls* a tepee camp* Japanese lucky cat money box* African nkonde figure, or two-headed hunter

The Clubhouse Crew will help fill after-school hours or long summer days with fun and constructive activities. Build a fort, select your members, choose a password, create secret codes and more with the Secret Club Handbook. Full color.

Presents a variety of works of art that depict landscapes and buildings in different media, explains how they express the artist''s ideas, and suggests related projects.

A bear who knows all sorts of things (how to knot a rope, how to play a game, where new ducklings hatch) wonders if the reader knows them too.

A gentle Triceratops forgets to stay with the herd and has to use his sharp horns to fight a Tyrannosaurus.

Instructions for a variety of printing projects using readily available materials.

Describes the traditional way of life of the Vikings. Includes activities and crafts.

This A First Look at Art series has activity-filled books which teach children how to look at paintings and sculpture while helping them to develop their own creative skills. It contains projects, art tips and examples from well-known works of art. This title looks at creatures in art.

Six fantastic, fun themes offer beginning writers all kinds of story ideas. With lively illustrations and helpful hints, this book guides children through every stage of creating a story.

Illustrated instructions for constructing toys, games, and other amusements that recreate the fun of country fairs.

A phonics-based books which teaches children about the alphabet.

My Bear is an irresistible teddy bear sure to capture the hearts of young readers and listeners. Each page shows him engaged in a familiar activity and is accompanied by a rhyme that is simple, memoragle, and filled with fun. And because every rhyme ends with a question that cries out for an answer, here is the perfect book for parents to read with their children!

Illustrated instructions for constructing toys, games, and other amusements that recreate the fun of county fairs.

"Between 1941 and 1945, the Nazi authorities turned the small town of Terezín, Czechoslovakia, into a ghetto and then into a transit camp for thousands of Jewish people, many of them artists. It was a "show" camp, where inmates were forced to use their artistic talents to fool the world, hiding the truth of gas chambers and horrific living conditions for imprisoned Jews. In this accessible, meticulously researched book, Ruth Thomson allows the inmates to speak for themselves though secret diary entries, artwork, and excerpts from memoirs and recordings made after the war. Terezín: Voices from the Holocaust is a moving portrait that demonstrates the strength of the human will to endure, to create, and to survive." -- cover, pg. 4.

Almost all children are fascinated by living things. This book will help them towards a greater understanding and appreciation of the plants and animals around them.

Full-color photos of real, everyday school children from different cultures show fun, easy ways to do a wide variety of projects and activities with readily available materials. The varying subject matter -- Music & Sound, Arts & Crafts, The Four Seasons -- encourages cooperative learning and teamwork, helps develop thinking skills and sharpens the senses, while at the same time fostering a child''s natural creativity All of these child-tested activities are designed to get kids thinking and doing. More importantly, it gives them the motivation to learn and explore beyond the classroom.

An overview of the first Indians to arrive in North America that tells their story through crafts. Projects include creating a tepee, war bonnet and beadwork, and interpreting sign language.