Abenaki poet and novelist Joseph Bruchac has collected 25 tales from various native American traditions. These stories instill a caring respect for the environment, a wonder at the forces of the earth, and a love for the creatures that fly, walk and swim about us. The tribal source of each tale is noted.
This collection of 65 art projects for crafty kids features activities that use natural materials, including twigs, vines, pine cones, shells, and much more. Includes simple step-by-step instructions. Full color.
Sohi gives careful directions on how to choose leaves for shapes and color, how to arrange them in animal forms, or natural scenes, and how to preserve the finished work of art. An American Bookseller "Pick of the Lists". Full-color leaf collages.
Now you can create different gifts for every season--herbal wreaths for Christmas, valentine sachets, bridal bouquets, autumn potpourris--with this delightful collection of herbal gift ideas. The Pleasure of Herbs is a month-by-month guide to growing, using, and enjoying herbs. Now in its 13th printing.
What better way to celebrate the beauty of nature than by making crafts from collected materials such as twigs, pinecones and needles, seashells, flowers, herbs, leaves, nuts, berries, straw, vines, gourds and more? Here are instructions and step-by-step illustrations for making 150 beautiful wreaths, dried flower arrangements, potpourris, baskets ...
The first glorious full-color life-style book about gardening, decorating, and cooking with herbs. More than 450 full-color illustrations and 25 black-and-white illustrations.
In this unique craft book, children can create art with colored objects found in nature. No need to buy anything at the store, kids can find the supplies they need on a trip to the backyard, park or garden using leaves, plants, fruits, and flowers. Full-color photos.
Both a how-to craft book and a decorating guide, Wreaths offers 51 projects for delightful wreaths--complete with step-by-step instructions--honoring the 50 states and the District of Columbia. Designed for use throughout the year, these wreaths are made from materials inspired by their locations: i.e. an oak leaf and acorn wreath as a homage to ...
The award-winning authors of Cooking with Herbs and Herbs (the #5 all-time bestselling hardcover gardening book) now show their readers how to bring the beauty and fragrance of the herb garden indoors all year long. 130 full-color photographs.
A journey through the calendar years, exploring the physical and spiritual powers of herbs. Each monthly section discusses one herb in detail--how and where it grows and what it does--and presents recipes for simple teas, lotions, and foods, along with rituals appropriate to the season that can bring your life back into harmony with nature.
A compendium of the best herb crafts, recipes, and gardening ideas, Herbal Treasures is another wonderful offering from the author of The Pleasure of Herbs. Gardeners, cooks, and craftspeople alike will find a vast array of projects and recipes in this beautiful book.
Over two hundred projects for painting and drawing, sculpture and mobiles, collage and printing, weaving and crafts, and handmade art supplies emphasize recycling and natural materials.
This book covers everything a young explorer should know - ranging from fun with science and nature, to feats of endurance, to lessons in civic responsibility. These include navigating with the stars, telling time without a watch, predicting the weather from flying a homemade kite, running a marathon, planning and leading an expedition, and ...
Intended for ages 4-8, this work teaches budding gardeners what it takes to make things grow with fun activities that require only readily available materials. It is a finalist in the 1996 Benjamin Franklin Award for young adult nonfiction.
Just as the sense of smell is one of nature's most precious gifts, so the fragramce of flowers provides one of life's greatest pleasures. This work shows how a garden of any size from a window sill to several wooded acres can be transformed into a paradise of sweet perfumes and heady aromas. Drawing on her own expertise, Rosemary Verey explains ...
This book is suitable for ages 3 to 9 years. The author combines her intuitive sense of each child's need for self-expression and interaction with nature with her wealth of imaginative experiences. All the projects use recyclable, reusable, household materials and/or items found in nature.
From the author of If Teacups Could Talk comes an inspiring and exquisitely designed book that celebrates the timeless pleasures of God's garden gifts. Filled with thoughtful quotations from literature, Scripture and poetry, Time Began in a Garden draws readers closer to God while evoking feelings of simplicity, refreshment and exuberance.
For anyone who appreciates the beauty of nature, Pounding Flowers is the perfect craft. Using materials that are readily available and following a satisfying simple technique, readers can produce beautiful botanical impressions that make great gifts, appealing wearable art, or attractive home accessories. In this lavishly illustrated book, author ...
A collection of garden-themed crafts and activities for adults to share with children. Readers will learn such things as how to make a wand out of lavender, a whistle out of a willow bough, and a hat out of leaves. Color illustrations accompany the text.
Offering ideas on using herbs, this book shows how to make projects such as herbal teas, vinegars and pot pourri as gifts or to sell. Included are herb garden designs, tips on drying herbs and flowers, advice on locating suppliers and setting up a workshop, and packaging, advertising and marketing.
What might qualify one for master gardener status? Try 30 years of successful gardening on a remote Nova Scotia farm--and all without electricity and with only horse power! Jigs and Jo Ann Gardner devised a gaggle of ingenious and delightful solutions to garden problems. Their hard-earned lessons apply to gardeners everywhere--regardless of the ...
There are color photographs for each of the 150 wreath projects in the book. Instructions for making wreaths on different types of bases, with both fresh or dried materials are included as well as tips for choosing, harvesting, and preserving floral materials. Ideas for variations on the wreaths shown are also given.
This illustrated collection of environmentally conscious science projects teaches kids about nature whilst they have fun. The creative recycling ideas include: papier-mache birds made out of newspaper, puppets made from burned-out light bulbs, bottle gardens, lemonade lip gloss, egg shell mosaics, glass pebble jewellery and tin can marionettes.
The authors define "twigology" as the art of forming things out of twigs, and that is only one of the crafts they advocate in this volume of decorating ideas. Also included are objects made from vines and branches, and all include easy directions and guidelines for obtaining materials. Projects include writing with twigs, a twig wall clock, ...
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