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Cool Cat Projects
Solid choices for animal lovers, who will enjoy making projects that proclaim their passion.
These books' crafts for dog- and cat-loving kids--some items are treats and toys for pets, others are pet-related items for people--will be lots of fun for those who can follow the steps, which vary in difficulty. Finished products are shown in color photos on unfocused spreads with crafting and pet-care tips in pop-outs. The publisher's website offers additional patterns and templates. Ind. Review covers these Pet Projects titles: Cool Cat Projects and Designer Dog Projects.
Eco Gifts: Upcycled Gifts You Can Make
Possible options for more advanced crafters.
Ideas for creative gift-wrapping opens this volume of homemade projects including edible items, jewelry, home-decorating projects, and more. Lists of supplies, step-by-step instructions, and color photos of some steps in creating final products are included; several projects require unusual ingredients (birthday cakescented fragrance oil) and skills beyond average novice crafters (sewing and using a frosting piping bag). Reading list.
Super Simple Butterfly Gardens: A Kid's Guide to Gardening
Strong, original options to beef up craft sections.
Kids can practice their beginning gardening skills with these
appealing projects. Lots of introductory material is followed by
simple stepped directions with photo illustrations explaining the
basics for attractive, child-size growing experiments kids can do
themselves in homemade pots--from beans to peppers, ferns to
petunias. Most materials are easily accessible; add sunlight,
water, fertilizer, and good soil. Glos. Review covers the following
Super SandCastle: Super Simple Gardening titles: Butterfly
Gardens, Fairy Gardens, Hanging Gardens,
Indoor Gardens, Kitchen Gardens, and Salad
Gardens.
Drawing Fascinating Animals
Nice options for beginners, though lacking in some ways.
These books start with a boilerplate introduction and list of
tools; slight information on each of eleven animals is followed by
four to six wordless step-by-step instructions for drawing it.
Encouraging tips in callout boxes vary in helpfulness, but layout
is consistent and well organized. The series is recommended for
readers with drawing experience as texts do not address proportion
or adding color/shading. Review covers the following Snap Books:
Drawing Amazing Animals titles: Drawing Ocean Animals and
Drawing Wild Animals.
Dressing Up for Halloween
Although nicely printed and substantially bound, this series is recommended only as a replacement for seriously dated material.
American Food
Strong additions to cooking collections.
Each book in this series briefly introduces the basics of the
cuisine and culture and highlights three regional specialties.
While the glossy, full-page photographs are enticing, the
information is general to the point of misleading. Three "recipes"
purport to represent typical foods: e.g, pizza (using English
muffins and canned sauce) and couscous (boxed instant). There are
three other spring 2015 books in this series. Reading list,
websites. Glos., ind. Review covers the following Cooking School
titles: Italian Food, Mexican Food, and Middle
Eastern Food.
Football Fuel: Recipes for Before, During, and After the Big Game
Great choices.
Fuel presents healthy food for athletes' game-day meals plus
snacks; Party provides ideas for more festive socializing
snacks and nibbles. Clear step-by-step instructions, a glossary of
techniques, ingredient and tool lists, and photos of the final
products make somewhat complex recipes doable. Sidebars give
serving tips and suggest variations. Several recipes require
special equipment not listed in the introductory tools section.
Reading list. Review covers these Sports Illustrated Kids: Football
Cookbooks titles: Football Fuel and Football Party
Recipes.
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