Contains lessons designed to help quilters use unrelated fabrics in one quilt, enrich a two-color quilt by using other colors and hues, design a quilt inspired by a favorite photo, painting, or decorative object, create an abstract quilt based on a memory picture.
A Zainichi Korean teen comes of age in Japan in this groundbreaking debut novel about prejudice and diaspora. Seventeen-year-old Ginny Park is about to get expelled from high school—again. Stephanie, the picture book author who took Ginny into her Oregon home after she was kicked out of school in Hawaii, isn’t upset; she only wants to know why. But Ginny has always been in-between. She can't bring herself to open up to anyone about her past, or about what prompted her to flee her native Japan. Then, Ginny finds a mysterious scrawl among Stephanie's scraps of paper and storybook drawings that changes everything: The sky is about to fall. Where do you go? Ginny sets off on the road in search of an answer, with only her journal as a confidante. In witty and brutally honest vignettes, and interspersed with old letters from her expatriated family in North Korea, Ginny recounts her adolescence growing up Zainichi, an ethnic Korean born in Japan, and the incident that forced her to leave years prior. Inspired by her own childhood, author Chesil creates a portrait of a girl who has been fighting alone against barriers of prejudice, nationality, and injustice all her life—all while searching for a place to belong.
What Color is Your Heart? is a soft, gentle reminder of how to treat one another and how to live with an open heart. Using abstract characters Deb Venable demonstrates how we should look past any differences when picking friends. Instead, we should look to character. No matter how different we all are on the outside, most of us share the same goals, values, and worries. This inspirational guide to friendships is an excellent example for children when they are learning to make their first friends. Friendship means more than just appearance, it means love and acceptance!
Celebrate feelings in all their shapes and sizes in this New York Times bestselling picture book from the Growing Hearts series! Happiness, sadness, bravery, anger, shyness . . . our hearts can feel so many feelings! Some make us feel as light as a balloon, others as heavy as an elephant. In My Heart explores a full range of emotions, describing how they feel physically, inside, with language that is lyrical but also direct to empower readers to practice articulating and identifying their own emotions. With whimsical illustrations and an irresistible die-cut heart that extends through each spread, this gorgeously packaged and unique feelings book is sure to become a storytime favorite.
When Grandma says that Emma's friend must have a dark colored heart because he was mean, Emma decides that she needs to find out the color of each family member's heart. From red for love to orange for hope, Emma discovers that everyone knows the color of their heart, except for herself. Will Emma figure out the color of her own heart? Linda Reau is a former school teacher. She currently enjoys working with children and helping them receive the gift of reading.What Color Is Your Heart? is filled with many hidden messages and was inspired by her boys' curious natures. She hopes that readers of all ages will benefit from Emma's journey. For more information. please visit www.lindareaubooks.com
Congenital Heart Disease: A Surgical Color Atlas is a pictorial illustration with over 750 stunning photographs and line drawings that highlight important surgical, anatomic and pathologic points of congenital heart disease. This impressive work by a surgeon, a cardiologist, and a pathologist, features full-color images as seen through the surgeon’s eyes, juxtaposed with line drawings to allow for the full examination of anatomic and surgical details. From the Preface: “This Atlas may very well be the most accurate photographic description of congenital heart disease ever published.” - Hisashi Nikaidoh, MD
Use Gai's original technique, inspired by her love of nature, to "paint" with floral fabrics, creating impressionistic quilts in the style of Monet. Her simple and effective technique sets floral fabric squares on point to enhance the interaction and blending of color; flower motifs are centered within the squares. Impressionist Quilts gradually layers information leading to the completed landscape. She presents general principles of design, color, and fabric selection, then gives detailed instructions for each of the wallhangings. With few rules, you will find many opportunities to develop your own style and create a luminous fabric painting.
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