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Stencil Art (Klutz S.)

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Features:

• Sturdy, spiral bound book invites repeat use
• Super-clear instructions and easy tips brings out the artist in everyone
• Choose from 72 imaginative stencil shapes
• Written by Paula Hannigan
• Publication date: March 2007

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Customer Reviews:
Total reviews: 4 Average rating: 5.0 of 5

Fantastic Gift! 5 out of 5 stars.
6 of 7 people found this review helpful.

I recently bought this for my 12 year old niece. She immediately opened it and got to work experimenting with all of the different lettering styles. She spent most of the afternoon writing and drawing. This Klutz book is as high of a quality as all of the others in the series. I believe that this book is an excellent choice for any budding artist or young person who enjoys adding their own flair to things.

Klutz Stencil Art 5 out of 5 stars.
3 of 3 people found this review helpful.

My daughters (aged 9 and 12) received this for Christmas. They really enjoyed using it for art works and card making. They liked it so much I have bought 3 more to give to friends as birthday presents. Generally I have found you can't go wrong with Klutz products. The instructions are always clear & the products are good quality and really appeal to kids.

Editorial Review:

An eight-color pigment-ink pad, eight foam-tipped dabbers, impressive techniques and plenty of inspirational artwork. Squish the foam tip into the ink pad and dab-dab-dab vibrant color right into the book. Three pages of stencils included to make everything from lady-bugs to aliens, plus a page of abstract forms to form into anything you want.

How To Be The Best At Everything (The Boys' Book)

Dominique Enright, Guy MacDonald, Nikalas Catlow

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Total reviews: 16 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

Best at Everything indeed! 5 out of 5 stars.
1 of 1 people found this review helpful.

My 7.5 year old stepson requested this from his school book fair. He spent days devouring it and reading us excerpts. He LOVED it. I think it makes a great read for boys aged 6-13.

Want to learn how to fly a helicopter? 3 out of 5 stars.
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A quick and easy read for kids looking to impress their friends and survive a few sticky situations.

Learn how to fly a helicopter, tie a knot, start a fire, and make an awesome paper airplane (and much more).

Some of the tips and tricks will be very useful in everyday life, like treating bee stings and taking a great photo. Others, like getting out of quicksand or fighting a crocodile will never be needed by most readers!

Editorial Review:

How to do almost anything in one handy book.

Found yourself in a sticky situation? Inside you'll learn how to escape quicksand (p. 40), build a raft (p.41), start a survival fire (p.99), or fly a helicopter (p. 11).

Want to impress your friends? Now you can rip a phonebook in half (p. 35), hypnotize a chicken (p. 56), or read their minds (p. 73).

Boring Saturday afternoon? Not anymore when you find out how to make a waterbomb (p. 79), a boomerang (p. 95), or a volcano (p. 88).

And loads of other keen things you need to know how to do!

Lego Crazy Action Contraptions (Klutz)

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Customer Reviews:
Total reviews: 1 Average rating: 5.0 of 5

My 9 year old loves it. 5 out of 5 stars.
2 of 7 people found this review helpful.

Scott loved the vehicles and the making things that sail on a pulley accross our family room.

Editorial Review:

LEGO® Crazy Action Contraptions is a brand-new book of brand-new, high-performance projects. From the Supercharged Speedster to the Squeezeclaw Grabber to the Wall Rocket Racer — all these contraptions spin, stretch, speed, or spring into action. And all of them are totally buildable thanks to super-clear instructions and step-by-step diagrams. Comes with: 105 LEGO® bricks

I Spy School Days (I Spy)

Jean Marzollo

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Total reviews: 16 Average rating: 5.0 of 5

i spy series 4 out of 5 stars.
2 of 2 people found this review helpful.

I love this series our daughter is about to enter kindergarten and she really enjoys finding all the items on each page!

Truly a great learning book! 5 out of 5 stars.
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I find these books great mind stretchers, even for us older folks. This book especially is a learning tool because there is a page with all the letters of the alphabet surrounded by little objects that start with each letter. Another page groups things by category with overlapping categories. Really well done.

I Spy is a terrific series. 5 out of 5 stars.
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My husband and I have more fun with these books whether it's with our grandson or our friends. We really get into it and found that it helps our eye coordination and our memory. I would highly recommend this to anyone at any age!

Great Book 4 out of 5 stars.
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Bought this book for my kids who are ages six and seven. Good mix of hard to find and easier to find items. We also bought I spy books for other kids that we know and they were hooked. Makes a nice gift.

Editorial Review:

School's open for I Spy fans, with a fun learning activity on every page. Readers will find a blackboard scene with brainteasers to solve, a classification puzzle to ponder, a nature scene to explore, and much, much more!

James Bond Encyclopedia

John Cork, Collin Stutz

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Customer Reviews:
Total reviews: 11 Average rating: 5.0 of 5

A COOL BLAST OF BOND 5 out of 5 stars.
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If I may wax nostalgic for a moment, I can still recall the very first James Bond movie that I sever saw...actually the first three Bond movies...it was sometime in the late 60's or early 70's and my mom took me and my brothers to the drive-in theater to see a triple feature of Goldfinger, Dr. No, and From Russia with Love...in that order. I know I never made it past the credits of From Russia with Love but man...I loved those first two films! I had never seen anything like Bond before with his cool gadgets and those nasty villains like Odd Job and that began a lifelong passion for James Bond. With Christmas approaching, I cannot think of a better gift for the Bond fan on your list than the James Bond Encyclopedia from DK Books.

I've read a lot of books from DK on popular films and while they are always very well done, they sometimes can be a bit light on material. No so with this book. This book contains over 300 pages filled with information that will test even the most knowledgeable of Bond fans. It is bountifully illustrated with over 2000 photographs and images and traces the Bond history right up to the most recent film, Casino Royale.

As the title suggests it is an encyclopedia but rather than just list its hundreds of entries in alphabetical order it lists them alphabetically by subject. The subjects include: The Bond Style, The Role of Bond, Bond Villains, Bond Women, Supporting Cast, Vehicles, Weapons & Equipment, and the Movies. A comprehensive index finishes things off.

The role of Bond covers the six actors who have portrayed Bond with two pages of biographical information on each actor and a list of the Bond films they starred in. Next up is the section on Bond Villains. This section covers Bond villains from the criminal masterminds Blofeld, Hugo Drax, and Goldfinger; crime lords like Frank Sanchez; muscled thugs Jaws, Odd Job, Mr. Kil, and Tee Hee; and dangerous females May Day, Elekta King, and Bambi & Thumper. The encyclopedia gives the film(s) they appeared in, their current status, characteristics, the actor who portrayed them, and a synopsis of their roles in the films.

No book on Bond would be complete without looking at the dozens of Bond Women played by some of the most beautiful actresses in the world: Terri Hatcher, Ursula Andress, Lana Wood, Eva Green, and Halle Berry. The section on supporting cast members covers all the other major and minor characters in the Bond films from Q to Miss Moneypenny. Each Aston Martin that Bond drove is featured in the section on vehicles along with some of the more extraordinary vehicles like the Bath-O-Sub from Diamonds are Forever and the Dragon Tank from Dr. No. And of course all of Bonds secret weapons and gadgets are detailed in the Weapons section.

The last fifty pages or so of the book covers each bond film in chronological order with a listing of cast and crew credits but rather than provide a synopsis of films you've probably seen numerous times the book instead provides anecdotes on the making of the films with all manner of interesting production notes.

This is a book that is perfect for the die-hard or casual James Bond fan.

Editorial Review:

Created in full collaboration with Eon Productions, producers of the Bond movies, this illustrated celebration of the world's most famous super-spy examines every aspect of 007's world, with information on his history, style, and tastes, along with A-Z guides to his adversaries, allies, gadgets, cars, and, of course, the ever-glamorous Bond girls. AUTHOR BIO: John Cork and Colin Stutz authorities on every aspect of the James Bond story, wrote the acclaimed book on the James Bond phenomenon, James Bond: The Legacy, have produced, written and directed 30 special feature documentaries for MGM's DVD releases of James Bond films, and contributed to The Ultimate James Bond: An Interactive Dossier CD-Rom for MGM Interactive.

Shrink Art Jewelry (Klutz)

Karen Phillips

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Features:

• Dozens of imaginative ideas and kid-tested designs
• Water-based paints go on smoothly, dry quickly and wash off easily
• Face-painting brush and sponge included
• 6 colors: white black, green, yellow, red and blue
• Crystal-clear instructions ensure success

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Total reviews: 7 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

Great fun, simple craft project, impressive results 5 out of 5 stars.
2 of 2 people found this review helpful.

I got this for my 12 year old daughter and its been a big hit! The results are quite impressive. She's made earrings, a charm bracelet (of colorful Chinese lanterns) and several necklaces. The kit comes with several sheets of patterns to mix and match. They range from cute to sophisticated designs. If you are looking for a gift for preteens and up, this is a perfect choice.

escape from boredom 5 out of 5 stars.
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I'm always saying I'm bored but when I got this cool craft book for Christmas, or Hannukkah or Kwanza or Diwali, whatever you prefer, (I guess I'm every religion) all that changed. Now whenever I say I am bored I just think about my craft book and head for the kitchen. But today when I was making jewelry, things didn't go as planned. When my projects were in the oven they started to shrivel up and not uncurl, because the two sides were stuck together!!!! I couldn't uncurl the sides so I made a new one but the same thing happened!! I made another one and I thought the same thing had happened but I left it in the oven and the sides uncurled on their own. So I put the next batch of jewelry in the oven. This time I had cut the holes too close to the edge and they ripped so I made another one. It all came out beautifully and I get so many complements on my jewelry. Despite all this, I give my jewelry book five stars !!!!!!!!

Editorial Review:

A classic kid craft gets a high-style makeover. Simple step-by-step projects plus endless creative possibilities equals super-satisfying "did-you-really-make-that?!" results. Makes shrink plastic cool for teens, tweens and anybody else ready to design their own unique jewelry. It’s about time shrink plastic grew up!

I Spy Fantasy (I Spy)

Jean Marzollo

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Total reviews: 22 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

I Spy is great fun! 5 out of 5 stars.
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We purchased this for our 10 yr. old niece and she absolutely loves it! She spends hours at a time with it and the whole family gets in on it!! It's great fun!!

I Spy books are just the best...this one is no exception 5 out of 5 stars.
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Another great set of photos that will make you dizzy with the busyness of it all. Difficult and challenging as usual. It's what makes these books so unique and great. Love them all. Glad to add Fantasy to our collection.

Great fun a time filler 4 out of 5 stars.
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We have 4 of the I Spy books and this is one of the best. The kids read them over and over again.

one of the five I spy books I ordered 5 out of 5 stars.
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I was very pleased to have all 5 books come together. We have enjoyed searching each book to find our I SPY.

Loved by Grandson 5 out of 5 stars.
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I purchased this book for my 6 year old Grandson and he immediately loved it as did all the children at his party. In fact even the adults had a good time looking for hidden objects. Good for all ages.

Editorial Review:

A new addition to a popular hide-and-seek series features fourteen fantasy environments including an underwater scene, a twinkling night sky, and an elaborate city of blocks, accompanied by challenging riddles.

String Games

Richard Darsie

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Total reviews: 7 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

Editorial Review:

Strings to play with, multicultural activities that use them, and a complete package wrapping it all up: this all-in-one kid's kit will provide hours of enrichment and entertainment. Inside the sturdy hardcover volume, with its concealed spiral binding, is a bound-in, resealable box containing three bright strings in different sizes and colors. Choose one, then turn the pages, and begin the fun! Pick a favorite trick or game, and follow the simple instructions and photo illustrations. Children can improve their hand-eye coordination as they enjoy creating patterns from basic to flashy to 3D; the huge variety goes from beginner right up to very tricky and elaborate. Invite a friend for two-handed games that double the fun. Many of the games come from different ethnic and national groups, so along with the basics of play, there are fun lessons that enhance cultural awareness and fascinating tales of the tribal origin of figures like "Walking Sticks of Old Woman" and "Pillars of the Sun." Whether captivating friends or entertaining the family, developing skills will build confidence, inspire imagination, and initiate youngsters into the long and proud tradition of string games.

Also available in a jacketed hardcover without the strings!

String Games

Richard Darsie

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Total reviews: 7 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

Editorial Review:

Strings to play with, multicultural activities that use them, and a complete package wrapping it all up: this all-in-one kid's kit will provide hours of enrichment and entertainment. Inside the sturdy hardcover volume, with its concealed spiral binding, is a bound-in, resealable box containing three bright strings in different sizes and colors. Choose one, then turn the pages, and begin the fun! Pick a favorite trick or game, and follow the simple instructions and photo illustrations. Children can improve their hand-eye coordination as they enjoy creating patterns from basic to flashy to 3D; the huge variety goes from beginner right up to very tricky and elaborate. Invite a friend for two-handed games that double the fun. Many of the games come from different ethnic and national groups, so along with the basics of play, there are fun lessons that enhance cultural awareness and fascinating tales of the tribal origin of figures like "Walking Sticks of Old Woman" and "Pillars of the Sun." Whether captivating friends or entertaining the family, developing skills will build confidence, inspire imagination, and initiate youngsters into the long and proud tradition of string games.

Also available in a jacketed hardcover without the strings!