Family Fun with Nature - Mandala Art

Mandala for the Inspired Artist is sure to spark endless hours of DIY and craft mandala projects and imagination!

Learn how to create your own beautiful mandalas using a variety of tools and mediums. One part inspiration, one part how-to, Mandala for the Inspired Artist is chock full of unique and inspirational prompts, exercises, and approachable step-by-step projects that are perfect for crafters of any skill level. From making art with pencils, paints, and paper to tape, nature's textures, and found objects, readers will discover a variety of ways to make unique mandala artwork. This engaging and interactive book is packed with helpful tips and beautiful photographs of finished work to both instruct and inspire. Inside artists will discover how to draw and paint mandalas, how to arrange a mandala, and how to turn their own mandalas into inspiring artwork, home decor, and gifts. Included are interactive pages for brainstorming and sketching, in addition to fun templates for scanning, copying and/or coloring in. Full of inspirational instruction, sophisticated artwork, and a myriad of ideas to explore and build on, Mandala for the Inspired Artist is sure to spur endless DIY and craft projects and spark hours of mandala fun and imagination!

RELAX AND DE-STRESS FROM YOUR BUSY LIFE BY COLORING THIS COLLECTION OF WHIMSICAL MANDALAS THAT INCORPORATE MYSTICAL IMAGERY INTO THE PATTERNS

Relax, focus, reach a higher state of mindfulness, and simply enjoy yourself as you artfully turn the intricate shapes in this book into stunning works of art. Coloring Dream Mandalas offers you an imaginative array of inspiring quotes and beautiful images, including:

• Dragons
• Dream catchers
• Fairies
• Stars and Moons
• Angels
• Birds
• Sacred Symbols
• Castles

Thirty fantastic designs transform ordinary stones into colorful works of art with this easy-to-follow guide.

• Step-by-step instructions and full-color photographs will inspire your creativity
• Includes tips for choosing stones and the best craft supplies to spark your designs
• Themes include trees, flowers, animals, mandalas, geometric patterns, holiday motifs, and more
• Brighten your community with a "Kindness Rock" — check it out on Facebook

It's fun for the whole family!

"The instructions are clear and engaging, while the photos are lovely and inspiring. Rock painting has become a really fun family activity for us all." — Sharing Craft Ideas

"This is brilliant, fun, and truly inspirational! Highly recommend it." — splashesintobooks
 
"A helpful guide for creating mini masterpieces." — Looking for a Good Book

"A fantastic book!" — The Classy Chics

"This is a gorgeous book and I found so much inspiration reading through it." — The Gingerbread House

This inspiring sketchbook is part of the new "20 Ways" series from Quarry Books, designed to offer artists, designers, and doodlers a fun and sophisticated collection of illustration fun. Each spread features 20 inspiring illustrated examples of 45 themes - tree, tulip, shell, owl, peacock feather, mushroom, cloud, and much, much more–over 900 drawings, with blank space for you to draw your take on 20 Ways to Draw a Tree. This is not a step-by-step technique book--rather, the stylized flowers, trees, leaves, and clouds are simplified, modernized, and reduced to the most basic elements, showing you how simple abstract shapes and forms meld to create the building blocks of any item that you want to draw. Each of the 20 interpretations provides a different, interesting approach to drawing a single item, providing loads of inspiration for your own drawing. Presented in the author's uniquely creative style, this engaging and motivational practice book provides a new take on the world of sketching, doodling, and designing. Get out your favorite drawing tool, and remember, there are not just 20 Ways to Draw a Tree!

Tabletop Fairy gardens are enjoying an astonishing surge in popularity and now you can begin making your own enchanting miniature landscapes, complete with pint-sized accessories, diminutive plants, and quaint fairy figures. Gardeners Julie Bawden-Davis and Beverly Turner provide you with step-by-step instructions for creating a magical garden that will attract Thumbelina herself!

Learn how to design, plant, accessorize, and care for your very own small corner of the world by following seven simple steps, including choosing the perfect container, planting luxurious pint-sized plants, decorating with properly scaled accessories, and telling a story through the delicate fairies you choose to inhabit your magical wonderland. Included are full-color photographs showcasing various types of fairy gardens and accessories, which are sure to inspire the designer in you! And best of all, these perennial gardens are perfect for the busy gardener, as they require less than ten minutes per week to maintain—this could be your new favorite hobby! For the inner child in us all, Fairy Gardening is sure to enchant both the novice and the experienced gardener who wishes to stir up Lilliputian flights of fancy. 75 color photographs Enter a magical, miniature, enchanted fairy land of your own creation!

Readers can watch Pinkalicious and Peterrific on the funtastic PBS Kids TV series Pinkalicious & Peterrific!

A magical Pinkalicious I Can Read story from New York Times bestselling author Victoria Kann!

Spring has sprung and Pinkalicious knows what that means—it's time for the fairies to arrive! Pinkalicious is convinced that the fairies live in her garden. Pinkalicious prepares by making sure the fairies have a pinkerrific place to stay. Welcome, fairies!

Pinkalicious: Fairy House is a Level One I Can Read adventure and is carefully crafted using short sentences, familiar words, and simple concepts for children eager to read on their own.

The natural world holds secrets under every rock and around every tree. If you've ever wondered what life is like through a microscope, telescope, or with the naked eye--you'll love this book!

You will:

• Run with the antelope across the American plains and learn about the food chain.
• Climb with a monkey to the highest tree in the rainforest and discover how photosynthesis keeps leaves green.
• Sink to the bottom of the ocean to follow creatures who have adapted to life in total darkness
• Travel with a meteor at speeds up to 160,000 miles per hour.
• Burrow with the earthworms in your own backyard.

Through it all, you'll find out how things synergize, regenerate, and evaporate--and lots more! And don't worry about the big words--they are all defined and explained with familiar examples in this fascinating trip through the natural world.

Fancy Nancy fans of all ages will love this sweet story about learning to respect both the Earth and your family, in this I Can Read story from New York Times bestselling team Jane O’Connor and Robin Preiss Glasser!

Learning to respect the environment is no small task, especially if you want to celebrate Earth Day every day of the week! Luckily, Nancy is on hand to make sure Mom, Dad, and her little sister do their part in being green—even if she has to keep reminding them. Nancy knows that she's helping her family do something very important, but will she take her enthusiasm for the environment a step too far?

Fancy Nancy: Every Day Is Earth Day is a Level One I Can Read book, which means it's perfect for children learning to sound out words and sentences. The back matter features a list of the rich vocabulary words that are used throughout the story along with their definition.

CHIRP! CHIRP! CHIRP! It's springtime on Bradford Street. Jada and Jamal are searching for signs of spring. So are their best friends, Carlita Garcia and Josh Cornell. But the most surprising sign of spring awaits them at school the next day . . . a surprise that blossoms into a colorful plan to beautify the schoolyard just in time for Earth Day. Get set to dig in and join the neighborhood fun with the Bradford Street Buddies!