Rosie Dickins

Features 22 works of art from around the world, each followed by a project to do-- from moody landscapes and messy splatter paintings to magical animal pictures and moving sculptures.

PICTURE STORYBOOKS. Once upon a time, the leopard was as plain and sandy-yellow as the plains where he hunted. So how did he get his spots? Find out, in this gorgeously illustrated retelling of the classic Just So story by Rudyard Kipling, adapted especially for young children. Age 3+

An introduction to the history of art from ancient times to the beginning of the twenty-first century with Internet links.

Lee is too lazy to grow any food, so he gets very hungry. Then he plants a magic melon--but things don't go as planned ...

A poor fisherman finds a genie in a bottle--a big, bad, hungry genie. What will the fisherman do? This lively retelling of an old Arabian tale has easy-to-read text and fun puzzles to try after the story.

"An introduction to coding for complete beginners, this friendly and accessible book will teach children the basics of Scratch (a free, online program developed by MIT which is widely used in elementary schools), allowing them to get inside the code of their computer and create simple games and animations on screen."-- From Amazon.com.

Presents thirty five famous paintings from the history of art, with explanations that touch on salient aspects of the works and offer relevant background information.

Step-by-step instructions show you how to create portraits, caricatures and cartoons using pencils, pens, pastels and paints.

"Lift the flaps to find tips, tricks and practice questions to help you learn all the times tables up to 12x12. You can discover why the tables are so helpful, use the number machine to answer any tables question, and test your knowledge with the times tables challenge"--Page [4] of cover.