Often thought of as barren wastelands devoid of life, deserts are actually flourishing ecosystems with extensive, interactive communities of plants and animals. In this educational coloring book, noted nature illustrator Ruth Soffer captures the fascinating life and diversity of the North American desert in 44 detailed illustrations. Included are such animals as the Gila monster, prairie dog, kit fox, desert tortoise, California quail, mule deer, and other species, all depicted in their natural habitats. These areas include such vegetation as prickly pear cactus, Indian rice grass, four-wing saltbush, and other vegetation, drawn here with painstaking botanical accuracy. With this well-researched coloring book, colorists of all ages can enjoy re-creating the many colors and textures of the desert while learning about its wide variety of plants and wildlife.

North American Desert Life Coloring Book (Dover Nature Coloring Book)

Children's Books

Soffer, Ruth

Science, Nature & How It Works

Dover Publications

Accurately detailed images of mockingbird, bobolink, and 18 other avian creatures.

Songbirds Stickers: 20 Full-Color Pressure-Sensitive Designs

Literature & Fiction

Forty charmingly rendered designs — including border and corner motifs — display rosy-faced lovebirds, a cardinal, western meadowlark, house sparrow, cedar waxwing, scarlet macaw, toucan, ruby-throated hummingbird, and other handsome species. Ideal for embroidery, fabric painting, other crafts.

Favorite Birds Iron-on Transfer Patterns

Arts & Photography

Fashion

Bird designs are among the most popular decorative motifs used by stencilers for craftwork and home decorating projects. The thirteen attractive avian motifs in this easy-to-use collection appear on three durable, clear blue plastic sheets, laser-cut for maximum clarity and greatest durability. Handsome designs depict the scarlet tanager, mallard, hummingbird, flamingo, swan, nuthatch, macaw, cardinal, gull, toucan, heron, and owl, as well as an attractive border of ducks in flight. Ideal for decorating furniture and walls, creating appliqué designs for needlework projects, applying to posters, and for use in a host of other arts and crafts activities, these striking designs can be used again and again with no loss of sharpness or detail.

Favorite Birds Laser-Cut Plastic Stencils (Dover Crafts: Stencils)

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Crafts & Hobbies

Show everyone how you feel about dinosaurs with these vivid and dramatic tattoos. The full-color, realistic images portray 10 toothy creatures—flying, swimming, and charging, on two legs and four. Species include triceratops, iguanodon, velociraptor, tyrannosaurus, kronosaurus, and five others from the Cretaceous period. Safe and easy to use, these striking tattoos will remain vibrant for days, but you can easily remove them with baby oil.

Cretaceous Dinosaurs Tattoos: 10 Temporary Tattoos (Dover Little Activity Books: Dinosaurs)

Animals

This book contains 10 temporary tattoos depicting dinosaurs from the Jurassic era (213 million–114 million years ago). These safe and nontoxic tattoos can be easily applied by following the directions printed on the inside cover. The tattoos can be removed if desired (follow directions), or will wear off after several days; they are also waterproof, and can withstand washing with soap and water.The dinosaurs are identified by number (be sure to cut away the numbers before applying tattoos): (1) Allosaurus; (2) Metriorhynchus; (3) Brachiosaurus; (4) Lesothasaurus; (5) Plesiosaurus; (6) Dilophosaurus; (7) Compsognathus; (8) Camptosaurus; (9) Dimorphodon; (10) Stegosaurus.

Jurassic Dinosaurs Tattoos (Dover Little Activity Books: Dinosaurs)

Entertaining and educational, this fascinating coloring book depicts 28 different species that defend themselves from predators by employing camouflage and mimicry. Detailed, ready-to-color images include the Coral Sea octopus, walking stick, palm viper, hermit crab, tawny owl, flower mantis, snow grouse, and others. Captions.

Mimicry and Camouflage in Nature

Activities, Crafts & Games

Sixteen graceful winged creatures glow with life when colored with crayons or other media and placed near a bright light. Handsome drawings reveal accurate portraits of the belted kingfisher, ruby-throated hummingbird, American robin, eastern bluebird, northern cardinal, western tanager, American goldfinch, white-throated sparrow, pine grosbeak, and seven other species.

Favorite Birds Stained Glass Coloring Book (Dover Nature Stained Glass Coloring Book)

Found in forests around the world, woodpeckers are a large family of birds that can chisel wood with their long beaks and perch upright on trees with the help of stiff tail feathers. This colorful sticker collection includes 20 illustrations, all identified, of the ivory-billed woodpecker, yellow-bellied sapsucker, gilded flicker, acorn woodpecker, and sixteen other varieties.

Woodpeckers Stickers (Dover Little Activity Books Stickers)

Stickers

Ten colorful warblers — from the orange-breasted Baltimore Oriole to the melodious Eastern Bluebird — proudly show off their colors even more brightly with a dash of sparkle and glitter. The perfect final touch on greeting cards, notes, and gift packages, these lovely stickers will look beautiful wherever they're applied.

Glitter Birds Stickers

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