Ten realistic renderings of popular dinosaurs include images of the three-horned triceratops, the stegosaurus and its bony plates, the spiky styracosaurus, and the fearsome king of them all, tyrannosaurus. Designed to stay bright and colorful for days, these tattoos can be easily removed with alcohol or baby oil.

Dinosaur Tattoos

Children's Books

Ruth Soffer

Animals

Dover Publications

In the shallow, warm waters of the Caribbean, South Pacific, and other seas, coral reefs build up as aggregates of the skeletons of countless coelenterates, mostly coral polyps. These reefs teem with a multitude of animals. The brilliant coloration of many of the life forms inhabiting the reef offers special excitement and challenge to colorists, who can bring this undersea world to life by coloring 44 realistic drawings. Depicted here is a host of marine creatures for whom the coral reef is home: seahorse, butterflyfish, hawksbill turtle, parrotfish, octopus, damselfish, moray eel, sea cucumber, dolphin, hydromedusa jellyfish, sea dragon, royal empress angelfish, triggerfish, Moorish idol, and many more. Detailed captions provide a fascinating overview of the great diversity of life on coral reefs.

Coral Reef Coloring Book (Dover Sea Life Coloring Books)

Young dinosaur fans will love this collection of 20 realistic stickers depicting awesome earth-shakers from the Jurassic era. Included are such reptilian celebrities as megalosaurus, camptosaurus, diplodocus, ichthyosaurus, allosaurus, apatosaurus, brachiosaurus, stegosaurus, archaeopteryx, and many more. Add prehistoric pizzazz to just about any flat surface — lockers, windows, mirrors, and lunch boxes — or use these exciting peel-and-apply stickers to illustrate classroom science projects.

Jurassic Dinosaur Stickers (Dover Little Activity Books: Dinosaurs)

The varied forms and coloring of native American waterfowl make them ideal subjects for a coloring book. This collection of ready-to-color drawings includes over 40 full-page plates, rendered in accurate detail by wildlife artist Ruth Soffer. The illustrations depict a rich array of species in their natural habitats: Trumpeter swan; Canada goose; Green-winged teal; Tundra swan; Emperor goose; Common loon; Ruddy duck; Mallard duck; Northern shoveler; Wood duck; Blue goose; Hooded merganser; and many more. Coloring these drawings and reading the informative captions offer not only hours of enjoyable entertainment but also a wonderful opportunity to learn to recognize and identify some of our most interesting and colorful native birds.

North American Ducks, Geese and Swans Coloring Book (Dover Animal Coloring Books)

Ten enchanting tattoo illustrations form a colony of mermaids, each in a winsome pose. Safe, instant fun for youngsters and adults alike, these inexpensive temporary tattoos will remain bright and colorful for days, but they're easily banished by a touch of rubbing alcohol or baby oil.

Mermaids Tattoos (Dover Little Activity Books: Fantasy)

Arts, Music & Photography

Youngsters and bird lovers of all ages will enjoy this hands-on activity book. Included are 12 full-color stickers on two plates depicting a flock of familiar birds: red-winged blackbird, Eastern bluebird, house sparrow, scarlet tanager, blue jay, American robin, American goldfinch, white-breasted nuthatch, tufted titmouse, Northern cardinal, downy woodpecker, and Northern oriole. On each page of the book, readers will find a concise, easy-to-read description (color, size, habitat, and other information) of one of the birds, along with a space for a sticker. As children learn about each bird they place the appropriate sticker in the space provided. It's a great way to have fun while absorbing a wealth of information about the birds around us.

Learning About Birds (Dover Little Activity Books: Animals)

Activities, Crafts & Games

Have fun coloring while taking an ecological tour of major U.S. swamplands. Forty-four excellent illustrations depict river otters, wood turtles, a swamp lily, a Florida panther, a flock of roseate spoonbills, snowy egrets, a cottonmouth snake, alligators, crayfish, and much more. Captions.

Swampland Plants and Animals Coloring Book (Dover Nature Coloring Book)

Science, Nature & How It Works

Add an unusual touch to arms, shoulders, and legs with these dramatic tattoo illustrations of the sea's most awesome and entertaining creatures. Choose from ten realistic images that include the narwhal, spinner, Atlantic white-sided, bottlenosed, and dusky dolphins, along with lifelike portraits of the killer, northern bottlenose, sperm, great blue, and humpback whales. Easy and safe to apply, these temporary tattoos will attract attention wherever they're placed.

Whales and Dolphins Tattoos (Dover Little Activity Books: Sea Life)

What do you think of when you hear the words "Arctic" and "Antarctic"? Cold, frozen wastelands? Mountains of ice and snow, completely empty of life? If so, then this fascinating coloring book should change your mind. Inside these pages, you'll fine 44 realistic, accurately rendered illustrations of plants and animals found in the polar regions, including such Arctic residents as terns and humpback whales, baby harp seals, a sea snail, Atlantic puffins, an Arctic hare, and a gray wolf. Among the Antarctic residents you'll meet are minke and si whales, a sea spider, a leopard seal sunning itself on an ice floe, Weddell seals and a pup, the black-browed albatross, and king and emperor penguins. Carefully depicted in their natural habitats, the animals are described in accompanying fact-filled captions. Sure to delight coloring enthusiasts of all ages, this entertaining and educational coloring book will appeal as well to nature lovers and young environmentalists.

Arctic and Antarctic Life Coloring Book (Dover Nature Coloring Book)

Seldom seen during daylight hours, nocturnal animals restrict their food gathering and other activities to the nighttime. This unique coloring book focuses on 45 of these fascinating creatures.Realistically rendered by nature illustrator Ruth Soffer, each animal is depicted in its natural surroundings and identified in captions that provide much useful information on native habitat, physical characteristics, eating habits, and more. Among the animals portrayed here are the flying squirrel, raccoon, Texas banded gecko, long-eared owl, lesser bush baby, margay (also known as the American tiger cat), California leaf-nosed bat, the aye-aye from Madagascar (a tree-loving primate with finger-like claws), and many more.A fact-filled guide to some of nature's most intriguing denizens of the night, this accurately illustrated coloring book is sure to delight nature lovers, colorists, and environmentalists of all ages.

Nocturnal Creatures Coloring Book (Dover Animal Coloring Books)

Teen & Young Adult

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