Book Description
The story of a young girl living in the Middle Ages who took the time to observe the life cycle of butteflies--and in so doing disproved a theory that went all the way back to ancient Greece. Includes historical note.
Author : Margarita Engle
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 12,4 MB
Release : 2010-04-27
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0805089373
The story of a young girl living in the Middle Ages who took the time to observe the life cycle of butteflies--and in so doing disproved a theory that went all the way back to ancient Greece. Includes historical note.
Author : Cressida McLaughlin
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 24,62 MB
Release : 2018-07-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0008225850
‘Captivating, uplifting and heartfelt’ Heat Magazine‘A wonderful ray of reading sunshine’Heidi Swain‘What a beautiful, heartwarming story... the perfect book to lose yourself in’ Zara Stoneley
Author : Nancy J. Hajeski
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 31,75 MB
Release : 2016
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 1426217412
"This ... reference covers the wide world of birds, butterflies, and pollinating insects--including honeybees--and how to bring them into a yard and garden"--
Author : Walter Foster Jr. Creative Team
Publisher : Walter Foster Jr
Page : 67 pages
File Size : 34,96 MB
Release : 2019-09-10
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1633227057
With the Birds & Butterflies Drawing & Activity Book, learn how to draw 17 different bird and butterfly species with three methods: tracing, grid drawing, and step-by-step drawing! This interactive book is filled with 17 wonderful winged creatures you can learn to draw, from flamingos, owls, and toucans to monarch and peacock butterflies. Packed with fun facts, quizzes, and puzzles too, the Birds & Butterflies Drawing & Activity Book will provide hours of artistic entertainment! Inside, three different drawing methods are featured: tracing, grid drawing, and step-by-step drawing. Five tracing pages are included so you can trace. Then try the grid method—just copy the lines and shapes into the corresponding square on the blank practice grid provided. You will also learn the same step-by-step method used by professional artists: the basic shapes method. To draw birds and butterflies like a professional does, just follow the illustrations that show how each step builds upon the last to create a finished piece of artwork. Look closely at the new lines in each step and draw the bird or butterfly on the practice page provided after each basic shapes project. Find the technique that works the best for you, and draw your favorite birds and butterflies over and over again! There are plenty of practice pages and tracing paper inside, so you have all you need to get started right away. The simple instructions will guide you through each step, making it easy to follow along. Plus, learn some fun facts about the different birds and butterflies as you learn to draw them. Activities include a bird word search, a butterfly maze, a bird map match, spot the difference, and more. With fascinating facts, fun activities, and practice pages encouraging you to get started directly in the pages of the book, you can let your inner artist take flight with the Birds & Butterflies Drawing & Activity Book.
Author : Alice Chadwick
Publisher : Hamlyn
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 27,1 MB
Release : 2015-05-04
Category :
ISBN : 9780600632092
Choose your colours, unleash your creativity and lose yourself in a wonderful coloured universe. As you focus on colouring in and forget the stresses of everyday life, you'll find calm returning.
Author : Connie Clough Eaton
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 33,76 MB
Release : 2011-11-24
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 0486407179
Stained glass artists use butterflies, birds, and flowers as motifs because of the beauty, vivid color, and texture these subjects bring to their work. In this collection of exquisite patterns, stained glass designer Connie Clough Eaton has put her aesthetic spotlight on these three motifs. Included are full-page designs of lush baskets, vases, and garden flower bouquets, as well as butterflies and birds, set amongst floral sprays and in various bucolic settings. Masterfully rendered for stained glass work, the beautiful graphics in this rich collection are also suitable for use in a myriad of other arts and crafts projects.
Author : Chris Malone
Publisher : Annie's Wholesale
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 10,60 MB
Release : 2016-01-18
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 1590125150
Just what every quilter has been waiting for. This collection of coordinating projects is exactly what is needed for fun & easy projects with applique. 24 projects all created with time and design in mind. Make any room your own personal style statement.Patterns are given on (1) 30" x 21" 1/1 insert provided in book.Tutorial Sidebars included in this book:*Raw-Edge Fusible Applique*Padded Applique*Making Yo-Yo's
Author : Ed Sibbett
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 66 pages
File Size : 43,98 MB
Release : 1984-01-01
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 0486246205
Well-known artist and craftsman Ed Sibbett, Jr., here offers stained glass workers a matchless array of 94 charming bird and butterfly patterns. Now you can brighten and animate your stained glass projects with imaginative kingfishers, eagles, jays, toucans, hummingbirds, cardinals, penguins, parrots, butterflies, and more. The most experienced glass craftspeople will find designs here to challenge and hone their skills. And even the beginner, armed with readily available general instructions, will find numerous easy-to-use patterns in this book. All patterns can be worked as is, reduced, or enlarged to suit your needs. Use them whole or in part to create a wide variety of attractive projects — butterfly lightcatchers, a window of swans, door panels of owls, mirrors, boxes, candle shelters, mobiles, and many more. A Publisher's Note offers many valuable ideas and suggestions and a list of mail-order houses dealing in stained glass supplies. If your stained glass work has suffered for want of new conceptions and designs, Birds and Butterflies is an inexpensive treasury of creative inspiration. If you haven't worked stained glass before, this book is your easy-to-follow guide to a delightful craft adventure.
Author : Lesley Stanfield
Publisher : Search Press Limited
Page : pages
File Size : 32,85 MB
Release : 2021
Category :
ISBN : 1781269475
Author : Ed Sibbett
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 17,69 MB
Release : 1976-01-01
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 048623360X
This splendid sourcebook for stained glass designs contains 88 patterns in styles ranging from medieval interlacements to Art Nouveau, Art Deco, and modern motifs. Suitable for crafters at every level of expertise, the patterns can be easily expanded for full-sized panels, mirror surrounds, and other decorative work.