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Drawing and sculpture merge in this hands-on introduction to drawing with 3D pens. Step-by-step instructions will help you get sketching and structuring. You'll be 3D doodling in your makerspace in no time.

Discover how bridges are made! Young engineers and architects are introduced to the world of bridges, including the types of bridges, how they’re built, and key terms.

This audiobook uses engaging nonfiction text and hands-on projects to help young listeners explore real-life structure and tower engineering projects, including the science behind how these buildings are planned and built.

Have you ever wanted to make a jack o' lantern? Where do you start? You're about to learn how to make it happen, step by messy step!

Most houses have two or three bathrooms. Not a castle or palace! A palace in the country of Brunei has 257 bathrooms! Take a peek inside real royal homes.

Bridges, towers, castles, and all sorts of iconic and bizarre structures are jam-packed into Totally Amazing Facts About Stuff We've Built.

Where do the players go when they’re not on the field? And where do the vendors cook all those hot dogs? Behind the scenes of the sports stadium, there’s a whole world of activity that keeps the stadium running. Let’s go under the lights to spot the secrets of a sports stadium.

Learn about George Eastman and the invention of the Kodak camera.

Feeling imaginative? Get ready to bust boredom with art projects! Learn how to make a survival bracelet, create a garden stepping stone, put together a tin can clock, and much more. Busting boredom with art projects has never been more fun.

Over half of all the visual artists working today are women, but the paintings and sculptures shown in many galleries and museums tell a different story because they're usually the work of men. In this audiobook, Kate Pankhurst, descendent of Emmeline Pankhurst, tells the fascinating stories of some of history's most talented female artists.

Georgia O'Keeffe is famously known for her colorful, large paintings of flowers, but this artist's portfolio expands far beyond Jack-in-the-pulpits. In this book, young listeners will learn about O'Keeffe's childhood in Wisconsin and her years as a talented art school teacher. Her years as an artist in both New York and New Mexico, two areas that are heavily represented in her artwork, reveal O'Keeffe's influences. Explore the adventures that inspired O'Keeffe's paintings of skyscrapers, barns, skulls, flowers, and made her into an American art icon of the 20th century.

En una pequeña ciudad en Holanda vive el travieso Vincent van Gogh, un pelirrojo con las mejillas llenas de pecas al que le encanta meterse en problemas. Junto a su inseparable hermano Theo, pasa sus tardes buscando nidos y mirando las estrellas, descubriendo una manera de ver el mundo que hoy puedes encontrar en pinturas colgadas en museos de muchos países.

Aaron Slater loves listening to stories and dreams of one day writing them himself. But when it comes to reading, the letters just look like squiggles to him, and it soon becomes clear he struggles more than his peers. When his teacher asks each child in the class to write a story, Aaron can’t get a single word down. He is sure his dream of being a storyteller is out of reach...until inspiration strikes, and Aaron finds a way to spin a tale in a way that is uniquely his.

An der Schule der vier Wissensprofis finden in diesem Jahr ganz besondere Exkursionstage statt. Unter dem Motto "Auf den Spuren des alten Roms" geht es auf Klassenfahrt nach Italien. Jette, Finn, Ben und Lilli tüfteln eine Stadtrallye für die anderen Kinder aus. Sie treffen einen Historiker, der dem Leben in der römischen Armee auf den Grund geht. Außerdem besuchen die vier römische Bauten und Schutzanlagen und erfahren jede Menge über das Leben der Menschen im alten Rom.

Diego Mari?a de la Rivera y Barrientos, conocido mundialmente como el pintor mexicano Diego Rivera, nacio? el 8 de Diciembre de 1886 en Guanajuato, Me?xico. El sello editorial Serendipidad comienza en 1990 con el libro Manual de Jardinería humana de Enrique Mariscal, una obra de creatividad aplicada a la convivencia, la educación y la búsqueda del conocimiento liberador. Luego siguieron más de veinte obras del fundador y escritor. Son obras de inspiración, de desarrollo del potencial humano, de enfoques interdisciplinarios, de pensamiento positivo y humor.

Es war ein kühner Plan, den Kaiser Karl V. im Jahr 1532 fasste: eine künstliche Wasserstraße zwischen Atlantischem und Pazifischem Ozean. Doch es sollte noch fast 400 Jahre dauern, bis das Mammutprojekt in die Tat umgesetzt werden konnte. Dabei forderte der wilde, von dichtem Regenwald überwucherte Landstrich einen hohen Tribut. Tausende Menschen ließen ihr Leben, bevor am 15. August 1914 die ersten Schiffe den Kanal passieren konnten.

È la primavera del 1419. Leonardo da Vinci, ospite del re di Francia, vive in un castello della Loira con il suo seguito di allievi. Tutti lo considerano un genio, ma adesso Leonardo vuole raccontare la sua vita, che si è svolta nei luoghi più belli del Rinascimento: tra la Firenze di Lorenzo il Magnifico e la Milano degli Sforza sino alla Francia dove ora risiede. Scopriamo così il suo grande amore per la natura, il brivido delle scoperte, il desiderio di spingersi dove nessuno aveva mai osato prima, le amicizie e le rivalità con gli altri pittori, i successi e i fallimenti.

Something's brewing at the National Portrait Gallery Museum in Washington DC - 12-year-old Art is sure of it. But his only proof that a grand heist is about to take place is iced mocha, 42 steps, and a mysterious woman who appears like clockwork in the museum. When Art convinces his best friend, Camille, that the heist is real, the two begin a thrilling chase through DC to uncover a villainous scheme that could be the biggest heist since the Isabelle Stewart Gardner Museum theft in 1990.

Attraverso un linguaggio adatto ai più piccoli, questa monografia vuole avvicinare i bambini alle opere del pittore del Settecento, grande protagonista della storia dell’arte: con un linguaggio adatto ai bambini, vengono narrati la sua vita, il contesto storico nel quale è vissuto e la tecnica pittorica da lui impiegata.

Nobody could get Frederick Law Olmsted to sit still. He was filled with energy, adventure, and dreams of changing the world. As a boy, he found refuge in the peace and calm of nature, and later as an adult, he dreamed of designing and creating access to parks for a growing and changing America. When New York City held a contest for the best park design for what would become Central Park, Olmsted won and became the father of landscape architecture. He went on to design parks across America, including Yosemite National Park and even the grounds for the United States Capitol.