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Book SynopsisDreaming and relaxing, with Claude Monet's Impressionist designs, this beautiful new book will give you many hours of pleasure, and calm. Printed on high quality paper, there are 45 classic illustrations for you to colour, with suggestions too on how to start the colouring. This book will give you many hours of pleasure and calm, taking you on an enjoyable journey where the satisfaction of creating stunning artworks is mixed with rediscovering the joy of colouring. You can use a wide variety of pens: from gel and pencil, to pigment and crayons, from ballpoint and rollerball to highlighters, although it’s best to avoid the heavy felt pens. Each page is perforated near the spine of the book, so you can tear out and frame or simply place your wonderful creation on the walls of your home, perhaps even send them as a gift to your loved ones. Bring the Ink to life!

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Book SynopsisIndulge Your Wanderlust by Coloring Lush Tropical Florals. Step into a vibrant, colourful paradise with this collection of stunning designer illustrations inspired by tropical destinations from around the world. Relax and let your unique artistic creativity shine as you colour designs overflowing with captivating botanicals, bold geometric patterns, rainforest birds and sea creatures. Let your colouring vacation begin.

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Book SynopsisIn this immersive new colouring book, Maggie Enterrios, whose stunning illustrations inspire on Instagram and beyond, gives readers the opportunity to interact with her artwork first-hand and connect with their own creativity. Bold florals pop on every page and leave plenty of room for colour, while intricate details keep things interesting. These designs go beyond simple florals, weaving in animals, shells and other natural elements for lush, unique scenes that provide a sense of discovery. It's been proven that adult colouring books are the perfect way to de-stress, and Maggie's compositions are specifically designed to delight, engage and provide a haven of relaxation during busy days. Perforated pages and high-quality watercolour paper make it easy to display and gift personalised artwork. Maggie's stylish, imaginative pen and ink drawings will bring out everyone's inner artist.

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Book SynopsisThe Book of Nature Connection is packed with fun activities for using our senses to connect to nature in a deep and nourishing way. From "extenda-ears" and acorn whistles to camouflage games and scent scavenger hunts, enjoy over 70 diverse and incredible sensory nature activities for all ages.Trade Review"Jacob Rodenburg's wealth of knowledge and infectious enthusiasm for nature make this a great resource for anyone wishing to stimulate children's connections with the natural world. The activities and games in the book are easy to replicate and it will be a boon to educators." — Paul Elliott, professor, Trent School of Education, co-chair, Environmental and Sustainability Education in Teacher Education "What an incredibly handy and useful book! " — David Sobel, environmental education leader, author, Beyond Ecophobia: Reclaiming the Heart in Nature Education "This is a wonderful resource for those who love to wander and learn from nature and for those who are novices at exploring the natural world! Jacob has revisioned some tried and true immersion experiences with a new twist. Flip to any page, read, and go outside for a new and refreshing way to experience wonder." — Jennifer Seydel, executive director, Green Schools National Network "Jacob Rodenburg has crafted a must-read guide full of important information on how to reconnect with nature through practicing mindfulness and sensory activities. This is a great choice for anyone looking to unplug from our hectic, technology-dominated lives and be immersed in nature to reap the benefits!" — Aly Hyder Ali, urban nature organizer, Nature Canada "This beautiful compendium of nature activities is an essential bedside and backpack read for all educators—not just us nature nuts. Whether seeking future inspiration, or something to engage the group arriving in 15 minutes(!), this book provides an opportunity to grab and go or a deep dive. The best antidote to sensory anesthesia is to spend a day exploring your "neighbourwood" with Jacob. The second best is to explore his low-prop, high-impact activities, well-bundled to engage all the senses, including your sense of wonder!" — Karen O'Krafka, president, Council of Outdoor Educators of OntarioTable of ContentsIntroduction Our Senses Steve Van Matre Mindfulness and Nature Natural Sounds Sound Catchers Learning from Bats Listening to Other Animals and Trees Stalking Games Nature Music Seeing Nature Our Visual System Seasonal Colors Camouflaged Animals/Countershading Camouflaged Eggs Nature Sculpting Shapes in Nature Seasonal Sight Activities The World of Smell Our Olfactory System Aromatherapy Phermonia Seasonal Smell Activities The World of Touch Our Somatosensory System Blindfold Activities Connecting to Earth Connecting to Trees Other Touch Activities Tasting the World The Edible Wild Tastes of the Season Gratitude for Nature Sensory Walks Forest Walks City Park Walks Backyard/Confined Spaces Activities Other Senses Sense of Direction Synesthesia Index of Activities Index About the Author About the Publisher

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Book SynopsisIconic views of Glasgow in the latest of Birlinn's series of colouring books, all featuring Eilidh Muldoon's inimitable artwork. Includes: Glasgow Cathedral • Kelvingrove Museum • Riverside Museum • Gallery of Modern Art • Pollok House • People’s Palace • CCA• Tramway • The Lighthouse • Museum of Transport • Glasgow Science Centre • Glasgow Film Theatre • Theatre Royal • SEC Hydro and Finnieston Crane • Oran Mor • Barrowland Ballroom • Ashton Lane • Merchant City • George Square and City Chambers • Buchanan Street • Botanic Gardens • Holmwood House • Templeton on the Green • Tenement House • Kelvingrove Park • Central Station • Glasgow University • The Squinty Bridge Eilidh Muldoon’s are ideal for all levels of colouring - plenty of intricate detail for those who like a colouring challenge, yet simple enough for those with less patience to create beautiful colour artwork in a short time.Trade Review'Her intricate, signature designs can be found in a variety of charming colouring, activity and children's books' * The List *

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Book SynopsisThe perfect gift either for yourself or the object of your affections, The Love Colouring Book celebrates all things connected to l''amour! Filled with images of beautiful hearts and flowers, as well as many other romantic designs, this wonderful collection is sure to enthuse readers with the pure joy of being in love, if not with someone special then just the notion of being alive to take pleasure in the world.

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Book SynopsisEvery woman needs a room of her own, a meditative space where the bustle of the outside world can be forgotten. Find your private place in the enchanting world of Boudoir Coloring Book. Designed by renowned artist Laurie Triefeldt, Boudoir Coloring Book offers hours of creative absorption in a personal world of calmness and beauty. These intricate images of elegant ladies, vanity tables, perfume, make up, and flowers will transport you to a place of rest and relaxation. Thick, high-quality paper, printed on only one side, gives you a smooth, firm coloring surface with no bleed-through, and perforated pages let you share and preserve your creative work. Discover your own personal world in the pages of Boudoir Coloring Book.

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Book SynopsisPut your artistic mind in gear for a stimulating and invigorating colouring experience in ''Industrial Strength Coloring Book''. Designed by top-ranked commercial illustrator Robert Pizzo, ''Industrial Strength Coloring Book'' will immerse you in a modern world of industry, factory, tools, and machinery. Intricate, mandala-like images of gears, sawblades, assembly lines, loading docks, and other industrial installations will give you hours of intense calming focus. Designed for a superior coloring experience, ''Industrial Strength Coloring Book'' features thick, high-quality paper, printed on only one side, giving you a smooth, firm colouring surface with no bleed-through, and perforated pages let you share and preserve your creative work. The perfect colouring book for busy minds that love activity and purpose, the book will efficiently increase your production of fun.

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Book SynopsisA guided sketchbook with templates for telling stories like a graphic novelist, with tips and tricks from ten comic artists. This guided journal is both template and mini-course in graphic storytelling. The notebook includes 160 pages of comic templates and is filled with exercises and insider tips from ten established comic artists. With differing styles and backgrounds, the artists offer illuminating and insightful ideas to expand anyone's drawing and storytelling skills. The book includes funny & engaging exercises for how to convey emotion, time, and perspective through drawing, sequencing and storytelling.

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Book SynopsisCreate a time capsule of your life before becoming a parent with this stylish keepsake journal! More than 200 fun, inspiring prompts help you record who you are right now, so you can share that person with your future child.As a parent-to-be, you’re facing a lot of adjustments: new interests, new anxieties, new habits and routines, even a new name—all of them related to your kid. But you’re more than just Mom or Dad! You’re a unique, vibrant, complete individual—and that won’t change, even when the rest of your life does.More than 200 entertaining writing prompts will inspire you to create a perfect gift for a curious kid and teach them that parents are people too. Fill them in on details like: The coolest place you ever traveled Something that makes you mad Your best hidden talent Your secret hideout as a kid The greatest costume you ever wore And more questions they might never think to ask! With prompts about your memories, your feelings and values, your goals and dreams, and everything that makes you a special person, Before You is a gift for every type of family—one that will only become more treasured as your child grows.Trade Review2023 National Parenting Product Award winner One of Northeast Ohio Parent's Best Gifts for New and Expectant Parents 2023

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Book Synopsis“Not gonna lie, this is probably the coolest journal you’ll ever see. . . . Wreck This Journal is here to inspire you.” —BuzzfeedThe internationally bestselling phenomenon with more than 10 million copies sold—and an excellent holiday gift! Paint, poke, create, destroy, and wreck—to create a journal as unique as you are For anyone who's ever had trouble starting, keeping, or finishing a journal or sketchbook comes this expanded edition of Wreck This Journal, a subversive illustrated book that challenges readers to muster up their best mistake- and mess-making abilities to fill the pages of the book—or destroy them.Through a series of creative and quirky prompts, acclaimed guerilla artist Keri Smith encourages journalers to engage in destructive acts—poking holes through pages, adding photos and defacing them, painting pages with coffee, coloring outside the lines, and more—in order to experience the true creative process. With Smith's unique sensibility, readers are introduced to a new way of art- and journal-making, discovering novel ways to escape the fear of the blank page and fully engage in the creative process.To create is to destroy. Happy wrecking!Trade ReviewPraise for Wreck This Journal“Not gonna lie, this is probably the coolest journal you’ll ever see. . . . Wreck This Journal is here to inspire you.” —Buzzfeed“Wreck This Journal encourages you to stop fretting about quality and start relishing the artistic process.” —Oprah.com“Smith’s journal is about destruction, asking readers to poke through pages, submerge them, attach photos and then deface them, and essentially revel in our ‘mistakes.’ The finished product—crumpled pages and sometimes doubled in size—is itself a masterpiece.” —BuzzFeed, Journals That Will Give Your Brain A Workout“I love this book and the playful way that Keri Smith teaches people the act of creating by putting you right on the spot. Wreck This Journal is a fun, interactive book that you will want to work in every day. To create is to destroy, and this book delivers.” —D*I*Y Planner“No matter where you start or where you end, there’s always something interesting to do. . . . The book is an exploration into creativity.” —Buffalo News“The ideal gift for artistic minded people, or not, for that matter, as what I love about this book is that there is no right or wrong. Neat, messy, colorful, dark, you can wreck however you want.” —Hawwa, etc.“I’ve kept journals before, but have never written in them as frequently as I write in my Wreck This Journal. It is great for inspiration; it gives you tasks that are thought-provoking rather than pages of endless blank lines. It is a great way to pass the time and a great gift for anyone, no matter how young or old.” —Teen Ink“Wreck this Journal makes a great gift for someone who’s going through a stressful time, needs a form of release, or anyone who could use a few minutes of fun.” —Jactionary“Wreck This Journal encourages you to experiment and have fun. . . . Flip to any page in the book and you will find a prompt: fun prompts, destructive prompts, creative prompts to help your creative juices flow.” —Craft Critique“Calling all bookworms and creative doodlers, Wreck This Journal is the perfect book to spruce up your summer. . . . It’s a wonderful stress reliever and brings out the inner childish behavior we are so often told to get over. You won’t be disappointed.” —Kristine Marie Babauta, Marianas VarietyPraise for Keri Smith“Keri Smith may well be the self-help guru this DIY generation deserves.” —The Believer“A conceptual artist and author luring kids into questioning the world and appreciating every smell, texture and mystery in it.” —TIME Magazine

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Book Synopsis“Not gonna lie, this is probably the coolest journal you’ll ever see. . . . Wreck This Journal is here to inspire you.” —BuzzfeedThe internationally bestselling phenomenon with more than 10 million copies sold—and an excellent holiday gift! Paint, poke, create, destroy, and wreck—to create a journal as unique as you are For anyone who's ever had trouble starting, keeping, or finishing a journal or sketchbook comes this expanded edition of Wreck This Journal, a subversive illustrated book that challenges readers to muster up their best mistake- and mess-making abilities to fill the pages of the book—or destroy them.Through a series of creative and quirky prompts, acclaimed guerilla artist Keri Smith encourages journalers to engage in destructive acts—poking holes through pages, adding photos and defacing them, painting pages with coffee, coloring outside the lines, and more—in order to experience the true creative process. With Smith's unique sensibility, readers are introduced to a new way of art- and journal-making, discovering novel ways to escape the fear of the blank page and fully engage in the creative process.To create is to destroy. Happy wrecking!Trade ReviewPraise for Wreck This Journal“Not gonna lie, this is probably the coolest journal you’ll ever see. . . . Wreck This Journal is here to inspire you.” —Buzzfeed“Wreck This Journal encourages you to stop fretting about quality and start relishing the artistic process.” —Oprah.com“Smith’s journal is about destruction, asking readers to poke through pages, submerge them, attach photos and then deface them, and essentially revel in our ‘mistakes.’ The finished product—crumpled pages and sometimes doubled in size—is itself a masterpiece.” —BuzzFeed, Journals That Will Give Your Brain A Workout“I love this book and the playful way that Keri Smith teaches people the act of creating by putting you right on the spot. Wreck This Journal is a fun, interactive book that you will want to work in every day. To create is to destroy, and this book delivers.” —D*I*Y Planner“No matter where you start or where you end, there’s always something interesting to do. . . . The book is an exploration into creativity.” —Buffalo News“The ideal gift for artistic minded people, or not, for that matter, as what I love about this book is that there is no right or wrong. Neat, messy, colorful, dark, you can wreck however you want.” —Hawwa, etc.“I’ve kept journals before, but have never written in them as frequently as I write in my Wreck This Journal. It is great for inspiration; it gives you tasks that are thought-provoking rather than pages of endless blank lines. It is a great way to pass the time and a great gift for anyone, no matter how young or old.” —Teen Ink“Wreck this Journal makes a great gift for someone who’s going through a stressful time, needs a form of release, or anyone who could use a few minutes of fun.” —Jactionary“Wreck This Journal encourages you to experiment and have fun. . . . Flip to any page in the book and you will find a prompt: fun prompts, destructive prompts, creative prompts to help your creative juices flow.” —Craft Critique“Calling all bookworms and creative doodlers, Wreck This Journal is the perfect book to spruce up your summer. . . . It’s a wonderful stress reliever and brings out the inner childish behavior we are so often told to get over. You won’t be disappointed.” —Kristine Marie Babauta, Marianas VarietyPraise for Keri Smith“Keri Smith may well be the self-help guru this DIY generation deserves.” —The Believer“A conceptual artist and author luring kids into questioning the world and appreciating every smell, texture and mystery in it.” —TIME Magazine

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