Display - Books About Jewelry Making

By Christi Friesen

Learn how to create big cats--lions, tigers and pumas--and kittens using polymer clay focal beads, masks and sculptures. Throughout the book, embellishments of beads, fibers, and surface treatments add realistic touches.

Dragons

By Christi Friesen

Dragons is a step-by-step how-to book demonstrating the process of creating dragons from polymer clay. This book will charm you with humorous dialogue, creative suggestions, interesting asides, lavish pictures and even several dragon personality profiles.

Under The Sea
By Christi Friesen
In Under The Sea, you will swim your way through creating sea turtles, fish, sea horses, starfish and other ocean fun, no matter what your skill level. The emphasis is on color, composition and creativity, but the real treat is adding embellishments of pearls, semi-precious stones, shells and beads to your creations.

Welcome to the Jungle
By Christi Friesen
Explore sculpting with polymer clay, no matter what your skill level. You will enjoy making exotic leaves and flowers, furry creatures, bugs and frogs, and add embellishments to your creations, using pearls, semi-precious stones and beads. Includes detailed photos and step-by-step instructions.

Junk Drawer Jewelry
By Rachel Di Salle and Ellen Warwick

The Girls' World Book of Jewelry
By Rain Newcomb

How to Improve at Making Jewelry
By Sue McMillan
A step-by-step guide that shows how to make several different pieces of jewelry, including necklaces, bracelets, and earrings.

Cool Beaded Jewelry
By Pam Scheunemann

Super Simple Jewelry
By Karen Latchana Kenney
Contains directions to make jewelry ranging from button and safety pin bracelets to paper beads and metal washer necklaces.

Fashion Crafts
By Deborah Hufford

Jazzy Jewelry, Pretty Purses, and More!
By Kathy Ross
Step-by-step instructions for twenty-one easy-to-make necklaces, bracelets, headbands, purses, and more.

Beaded Critters
By Sonal Bhatt

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An ABC of Flowers

An ABC of Flowers by Jutta Hilpuesch New York, NY : Philomel Books, [2019] It turns out there really is a flower for every letter. This sweet book has a photograph of every flower and a sweet cartoon illustration to go along with it. All your favorite flowers are here (forget-me-nots, mums, and sunflowers), along with some you probably haven't heard of before (billy ball, kalanchoe, xeranthemum?). This is a perfect book for reading together, and readers of any age will enjoy every page. Don't miss this great springtime alphabet book.

Display: Out of this World Books Found Here

Hello By Aiko Ikegami Berkeley, CA: Creston Books, 2019. Picture book. In this wordless picture book, an alien visits Earth, makes friends with a little girl, and returns to his home planet to share his experiences. - Publisher We Are Definitely Human By X. Fang Toronto: Tundra Books, 2024. Picture book. When three mysterious visitors from "Europe" crash-land in Mr. Li's field, he does what any good host would: he invites them back to his farmhouse and offers to help fix up their "car". No, there's nothing strange about these guests at all. Just like other humans, they "make business", "play sportsball" and "wear hat". As the townsfolk also come to the aid of the visitors and the gathering turns into a little party, interplanetary relations reach an all-time high. - Publisher Greetings Floof! Written by C.J. Hong Illustrated by A.J. Smith Toronto: Kids Can Press, 2024. Picture book. Floof from planet Ploof has landed! And it...

If You Like...Dungeons and Dragons

Great news for adventurous, imaginative tweens: we are starting a Dungeons & Dragons program! Nine- to twelve-year-olds are invited to join a tabletop role playing quest in the Story Room on Monday September 14 from 6:30-8:00PM. All experience levels are welcome. Registration opens on September 1 at 9:00AM. In the meantime, here are some books to inspire your upcoming campaign! The Lionharts Written and Illustrated by Mike Lawrence New York : Abrams Fanfare, 2026. J Comic. 233 pages. The Lionhart family is in the business of adventuring. Alder and Flynt are desperate to be included in the dragon-fighting and monster-slaying quests. When their parents Lenna and Gerard go missing after accepting a mysterious job, the boys set out to save them, soon followed by their famous questing Grammy and Baba to help keep Alder and Flynt out of trouble. The journey brings challenges and opportunities, magic and mystery, but it also reveals a troubling family secret that threatens to tear th...

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