Have fun learning about the mussel, scallop, razor clam, quahog, and 8 other shells while you illustrate fact-filled pages with their pictures.

Learning About Shells (Dover Little Activity Books)

Children's Books

Sy Barlowe

Activities, Crafts & Games

Dover Publications

How many of nature's largest deep-sea creatures can you identify? In this fact-filled little activity book you'll learn about 12 different whales — from the narwhal, with its long, spiral tusk, to the fierce killer whale. Each page describes special characteristics of one kind of whale and also contains space for a sticker illustration. As you learn about the right, fin, minke, gray, pilot, bowhead, blue, humpback, and other whales, you can have fun placing the stickers of the whales in their proper places. This book is an easy, enjoyable way to learn about whales that's perfect for use at home or in the classroom.

Learning About Whales (Dover Little Activity Books)

The thrill of recapturing scenes from nature can translate into a rewarding career or an invigorating pastime. Both professionals and hobbyists will benefit from this expert, step-by-step guide, which shows how to draw every aspect of nature, from lush swampland vegetation to shy forest dwellers and even prehistoric creatures. You'll find expert discussions of a variety of media — pencil, watercolors, oils, acrylics, scratch board, and pen-and-ink — along with practical advice on how to choose the best method of portraying a particular subject, especially for book or magazine illustration. The authors also consider the difficulties of combining artistic effect with scientific accuracy in rendering color, texture, and form. Helpful individual demonstration projects carefully guide the reader toward mastery of specific techniques. Enhanced with over 400 illustrations and a wealth of tips and suggestions for improving style and presentation, this book is a rich and engaging resource for amateurs and professionals alike.

Illustrating Nature: How to Paint and Draw Plants and Animals (Dover Art Instruction)

Arts & Photography

Dorothea Barlowe

Graphic Design

This entertaining word-and-picture book introduces you to the family of animals closest to human beings on the tree of evolution. In it, you'll meet a gorilla, ring-tailed lemur, gibbon, chimpanzee, orangutan, and seven other fascinating creatures. Each page tells you about the physical characteristics, habits, and other facts about one of the animals. There's also space for a sticker illustration. As you read, place the sticker illustration of each animal — 12 in all — on the proper page. Learning About Monkeys and Apes is perfect for use at home or in school, because it makes learning fun.

Learning About Monkeys and Apes (Dover Little Activity Books)

Animals

This entertaining and educational little activity book introduces you to some of nature's most curious creatures — frogs and toads. Inside, each easy-to-read page describes a different amphibian: the Brazilian horned frog, giant toad, leopard frog, arrow-poison frog, green treefrog, and seven others. There's also a full-color sticker illustration of each subject and a blank space on each page to place the correct sticker. Perfect for use in school or at home, Learning About Frogs and Toads lets you have fun illustrating your own book while you learn about these fascinating inhabitants of the natural world.

Learning About Frogs and Toads (Dover Little Activity Books)

What sea animal looks like an armored chess piece? Which creature of the deep moves around by using sucker plates on the underside of its arms? You'll find the answers to these and many more questions in this fascinating little activity book. Included are twelve realistic sticker images of the seahorse, starfish, oyster, moon jellyfish, squid, horseshoe crab, and six other marine animals. There is also an easy-to-read page describing the appearance and habits of each sea animal. As you read or listen, place each sticker on the proper page. Learning about deep-sea life will be fun at home or in school with the help of this interesting little book.

Learning About Sea Animals (Dover Little Activity Books: Sea Life)

The peregrine falcon, a spectacular hunter that feeds mainly on birds in flight, is just one of 12 fascinating birds of prey you'll learn about in this fact-filled little book. You'll also find out about the golden eagle, American kestrel, crested caracara, red-tailed hawk, African fish eagle, king vulture, and five other wild creatures of the air. For each bird, there's a full page of details describing its appearance, hunting patterns, natural habitat, and other characteristics, while a blank space on the page lets you supply the correct peel-and-apply sticker identifying the subject. A great way to combine sticker fun with learning about nature's high-flying predators, this excellent guide is ideal for use at home or in the classroom.

Learning About Birds of Prey (Dover Little Activity Books: Animals)

Descriptions, sticker illustrations of the ringtail cat, tarantula, prairie dog, sidewinder, roadrunner, and 7 other creatures that make their homes in some of the hottest, driest areas on earth.

Learning About Desert Animals (Dover Little Activity Books)

Ranging from the mild-mannered box turtle to the ferocious Komodo dragon, this exciting sticker collection features 17 fascinating members of the reptile kingdom. You'll meet a frilled lizard sporting its wide collar; a Galapagos tortoise, one of the oldest of land animals; as well as a horned toad, an alligator, an iguana, a Tokay gecko, a Gila monster, and other cold-blooded animals. Peel and apply these realistic stickers to illustrate classroom assignments and to decorate notebooks, lunch boxes, and other personal items. Reptiles Stickers provides a detailed, close-up look at some of nature's most intriguing creatures. Identifying captions included.

Reptiles Stickers (Dover Little Activity Books: Animals)

This handy pocket-sized book is a fun-filled way for young naturalists to learn, both at home and in the classroom, about the animals that inhabit the "backyard." The easy-to-read pages introduce children to the gray squirrel, common bat, chipmunk, toad, mole, skunk, woodchuck, raccoon, rabbit, and more. Each page contains information on distinguishing characteristics, habits, and other interesting facts about the animals, and a provides a space to apply one of the 12 full-color sticker illustrations included.

Learning About Backyard Animals (Dover Little Activity Books: Animals)

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