It is a small world, after all! Here are step-by-step instructions for making tiny teddy bears, little ladybugs, petite porcupines, itsy-bitsy bikinis, and much, much more! Microcrafts shows crafters how to create dozens of miniature treasures, each no larger than a spool of thread. No previous crafting experience or pricey materials are necessary—just a love of all things small!
Provides step-by-step instructions for making miniature crafts from items found around the house and includes a place to display the handicrafts on a fold-out room in back of book.
Illuminated manuscripts - The art of the book - Bibles - Psalms - Religious texts - Almanacs for daily living - The smallest books - Books for the young - Presidents, politics and propaganda - Life's pleasures - Oddities and objects d'art.
Basic supplies - Paints, mediums and finishes - Brushes, care and use of - Surface preparation - Transfer methods - Chalk pastels - Terms and techniques_
Tiny Treasuresis a celebration of Hawaii’s children, set against their tropical island home and depicted in luminous paintings by one of Hawaii’s most prolific artists, Mary Koski. One of Hawaii's premier painters, Koski reveals a delight and fascination with the subtleties of the human face and the challenging interplay of light and shadow. Working in the classical style of Flemish masters like Vermeer and Rembrandt, Koski creates light and life that seem to glow from within the painting. Having been inspired by Hawaii and its beautiful people, Koski focuses on the islands’ "tiny treasures" — its children — in enchanting portraits that are sure to delight and inspire. Lyrical poetry accompanies each of these lovely paintings.
In a clever take on the “night at the museum” theme, a little mouse with a genius for collecting leads picture book readers—and seek-and-find aficionados—on a thrilling nocturnal adventure. Dakota Crumb: Tiny Treasure Hunter is both a rollicking story with a dash of danger and, in its final eye-popping spreads, a seek-and-find challenge. As the clock in the great museum tick-tocks past midnight, a little mouse with a sack and a treasure map scurries past the guards. Plucky and intrepid Dakota Crumb scours the museum for artifacts, including the famous Purple Jewel of Cairo (a gumdrop stashed in an exhibit). By day, the little mouse shares her carefully curated finds with fellow tiny creatures that flock to Miss Crumb’s tiny Mousehole Museum. A feast for sharp-eyed readers—who’ll delight in circling back after the story to pore over the illustrations in search of treasure—this gently suspenseful tale, splashed with soft, dusky hues, evokes a world of wonders after dark.
Tiny Treasures: Tales of Courage and Hope, takes the reader on a gentle journey that warms the heart and brings a smile to the face. These tiny tales speak to children and parents of all ages, from all traditions. Based on real life events, each story addresses a different life lesson that encourages little ones to learn how to face their monsters; care for a sick loved one; and explore the question "Who am I... really?" In doing so, children learn to value those who have gone before and create a life of peace and happiness.
In this appealing search-and-find informational picture book, readers join a little boy named Toshi as he and his grandmother explore six of their favorite places --- the riverbank, the town, the forest, the country, the park and the beach. At each location, Toshi finds treasures to add to his collection, from a dragonfly wing to a glittery rock to a guitar pick. Best of all, his grandmother always knows what everything is! Each scene is featured in a full-spread illustration, with lots of potential treasures labeled. Following that is an activity in which readers help Toshi identify his found treasures from each place by matching them to related items (for example, pink peony petals matching the peony plant, and a coin matching the coin purse). Answers at the back of the book reveal interesting facts about them all, adding context. The animals that Toshi and his grandmother encounter are also shown at the back of the book. Using an innovative technique that mixes fiction and nonfiction, this book is the perfect resource for life science lessons on habitats and the environment. It encourages observation skills, curiosity and critical thinking --- building blocks for studying science. This book would be a terrific inspiration for a trip around the neighborhood in which children can find, identify and draw treasures of their own. It could also be used as a starting point for storytelling, in which children imagine the story of a treasure --- Toshi's or their own --- before it was found.
This is the story of a child and a grandfather whose walk around the neighborhood leads to a day of shared wonder as they discover all sorts of tiny, perfect things together.
