Best Children's Nonfiction Art Books
Learn how to create awesome drawings of everything from crazy monsters to monster trucks. Aaron Sautter is a Capstone Press author.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"He has shown an interest in drawing and asked for art supplies for Christmas."
"Great, great gift for boys who love warrior and anime type characters."
"This is a great how-to for drawing all different kinds of characters."
"This was a Christmas gift for my stepson and he has really enjoyed it!"
"So fun to watch my son use this -- little advanced for an 8 year old, but great options."
"My son thought that it was "cool"."
"I would recommend this for any boy who is into drawing!"
"This is not for a beginner and my 11 yo son found it discouraging till he just gave up and started tracing the pictures."
Draw 50 Animals is a step-by-step, easy-to-use drawing book that will help kids and adults alike develop their technical drawing skills and build a repertoire of animal subjects. Fifty furry, scaly and feathered friends are here for aspiring young artists to draw.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"I bought this book for my special needs daughter in the hope that it would introduce her in the art of drawing and help her to easily understand each step in drawing animals."
"Got this for my little brother to get him off of the tablet and phone once in a while."
"Much less material than I expected."
"This book is great for beginning artists."
"It arrived quickly and, as described."
"This book was purchased for my 9 year old grandson who loves to draw, & was spending a week with us during the summer."
"Mailing issue: The book was torn and folded."
"Shipping was fast and good quality."
3 The Drawing Book for Kids: 365 Daily Things to Draw, Step by Step (Woo! Jr. Kids Activities Books)
The most comprehensive how to draw book for kids! Kids' Activities web magazine has provided free craft ideas, printables, recipes & teacher resources for over 48 million visitors for over ten years.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"I purchased this for my nephew and he loves it."
"Sometimes the six images aren't quite enough, but overall this has been a fun book to use for our art class at times."
"My son loves to draw and this book is very helpful."
"perfect for my 10 year old."
"Seems like a winner with my 7 year old granddaughter."
"This was a great gift for a young budding artist I know."
"Fast ship, great product."
"I got this for my granddaughter."
Best Children's Cartooning Books
Walt Disney always loved to entertain people. Whitney Stewart lives in New Orleans, Louisiana.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"My niece is a big Disney fan, and so i got this for her for Christmas."
"great book for elementary age research."
"The biography is complete and interesting for young learners."
"My 3rd grader loved this for the biography he had to do on a famous American."
"Why are you looking at reviews you should be reading right now so stop and go go go go go!!"
"The who was books is one of the best gifts for my daughter she loves them."
"My kids love this series."
Best Children's Drawing Books
Learn how to create awesome drawings of everything from crazy monsters to monster trucks. Aaron Sautter is a Capstone Press author.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"He has shown an interest in drawing and asked for art supplies for Christmas."
"Great, great gift for boys who love warrior and anime type characters."
"This is a great how-to for drawing all different kinds of characters."
"This was a Christmas gift for my stepson and he has really enjoyed it!"
"So fun to watch my son use this -- little advanced for an 8 year old, but great options."
"My son thought that it was "cool"."
"I would recommend this for any boy who is into drawing!"
"This is not for a beginner and my 11 yo son found it discouraging till he just gave up and started tracing the pictures."
Best Children's Sculpture Books
37 fabulous origami figures offer inspiration and challenges for both novices and experts. Hours of enjoyment await with this big book of origami fun. Robert J. Lang is one of the most respected origami designers in the world.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"it's way advanced, which is fine, but the steps aren't very clear and the pictures don't always help."
"The book is on my Kindle, so it takes up no space."
"This book has a diverse collection of origami projects from simple to moderately advanced."
"My granddaughter has learnt a lot from this book, she is always making items from this book and uses them to decorate gifts."
"For a book that starts with the basics, the difficulty level escalates rapidly with more explanations that accompany the diagrams which often include several folds not shown."
"Certain models lack clarity on how to achieve desired folds [scorpion]."
Best Teen & Young Adult Boys & Men Issues Nonfiction eBooks
Learn how to create awesome drawings of everything from crazy monsters to monster trucks. Aaron Sautter is a Capstone Press author.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"He has shown an interest in drawing and asked for art supplies for Christmas."
"Great, great gift for boys who love warrior and anime type characters."
"This was a Christmas gift for my stepson and he has really enjoyed it!"
"replacement for library book that got lost..."
"So fun to watch my son use this -- little advanced for an 8 year old, but great options."
"My son thought that it was "cool"."
"I would recommend this for any boy who is into drawing!"
"This is not for a beginner and my 11 yo son found it discouraging till he just gave up and started tracing the pictures."
Best Teen & Young Adult Art, Music & Photography eBooks
Inspired by the original Hogwart’s textbook by Newt Scamander, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Original screenplay marks the screenwriting debut of J.K. Rowling, author of the beloved and internationally bestselling Harry Potter books. J.K. Rowling is the author of the bestselling Harry Potter series of seven books, published between 1997 and 2007, which have sold over 450 million copies worldwide, are distributed in more than 200 territories and translated into 79 languages, and have been turned into eight blockbuster films by Warner Bros. She has written three companion volumes to the series in aid of charity: Quidditch Through the Ages and Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them in aid of Comic Relief; and The Tales of Beedle the Bard in aid of her children's charity Lumos.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"For Potterheads worried that Fantastic Beasts will be another Harry Potter fan fiction that messes with your view of the original characters, fear not. While the original HP series revolved around one hero and his fight against the all powerful You Know Who, Fantastic Beasts seemed more lighthearted without being childish. And then there are Tina and Queenie, beautiful, talented, charming and kindhearted sisters, stuck in menial positions in the wizarding world and wanting more."
"I did not read this until after I had seen the movie, so I had the visuals playing in my head as I read, down to Newt's awkward lovability and Jacob's wonder."
"Once again Ms. Rowling delivers a fantastical world within our own."
"In whatever form, this world created by JK Rowling will always be amazing."
"Amazing and exciting story!!"
"Imagine an adult "Harry Potter" scenario wirh different characters, set in 1920s New York."
"You know that fresh book sound when you open it the first time. If you saw the movie before getting the book, you'll lovingly remember every beautiful scene."
"The writing is in the spare style of a script, not the lush with details style of the Harry Potter novels."
Best Arts & Photography
Seabrook takes us into a strange and surprising world, full of unexpected and vivid characters, as he traces the growth of this new approach to hit-making from its obscure origins in early 1990s Sweden to its dominance of today's Billboard charts. The stories of artists like Katy Perry, Britney Spears, and Rihanna, as well as expert songsmiths like Max Martin, Stargate, Ester Dean, and Dr. Luke, The Song Machine shows what life is like in an industry that has been catastrophically disrupted—spurring innovation, competition, intense greed, and seductive new products. John Seabrook combines a love of music and an appreciation for personalities to take us on a starry journey from Stockholm and London to New York and Orlando showing how creativity gets discovered, polished, and packaged. -- Walter Isaacson, author of 'The Innovators' and 'Steve Jobs'. "In The Song Machine, John Seabrook tells of a cutthroat and fascinating industry, where readers discover the gifted musical maestros who orchestrate hit after hit but rarely get their name in print. John Seabrook has a marvelous ear for language - and perfect pitch when it comes to music journalism."
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Fascinating insight into the production of today's hits."
"Good insight into the modern recording industry, but at the same time a little generalized and superficial."
"Great book if you want to read about today's music industry!"
"Great narration, interesting content."
"As a musician I found it vindicating knowing how pop music is really produced I actually gained a new appreciation for some of the artists mentioned, some of them are just part of the larger machine."
"While I'm not a big fan of the process it is a fascinating look into music business as it has evolved."
"Well written, fun insight into the world of pop music."
"Really great insight into the modern music business."
Best Children's Nonfiction Music Books
Its easy and joyful learning style enables the young student to think, feel, and develop musically. * Ode to Joy by Beethoven. * Amazing Grace. * Happy Birthday. * Jingle Bells. * Yankee Doodle. * When the Saints Go Marching In. * Scarborough Fair. * Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star. * Mary had a Little Lamb. * Take Me Out to the Ballgame. * Michael, Row the Boat Ashore. * House of the Rising Sun. * This Little Light of Mine. * Home on the Range. * Shenandoah. *And Many More Great Songs and Pieces! Praise for Damon Ferrante's Books and Piano Music: "As a piano teacher I can assure the reader that the Little Piano Bookworks well with students of all ages. As a pianist and professor of piano studies for over 25 years, I was alwayslooking for a book that would teach beginner piano in a fun, useful and musical format. The Little Piano Book is the product of these efforts and is designed for beginner piano students, either learning on their own or working with a teacher.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"I have played self taught for years but after looking through this book I found that it would have been so much easier for me to learn with this."
"This book is great on the Kindle Fire!"
"I give it five stars because this little book helped me understand something that I wanted to do for the last 20 years...I not only can play the piano but I understand what to do with each hand I tried a couple of left handed lessons (I'm a leftie) first, then I tried a couple of right handed lessons."
"As a pianist and former piano instructor, I wish I had known about this book sooner. I feel that my students would have been able to understand the concept of music much easier than other lesson books such as Alfred’s Basic Piano Books."
"I think this book was very helpful in learning some new things about playing the piano. It helped me learn many new things, and I definitely will recommend the Little Piano Book to anyone trying to learn the piano - young or old!"
Best Children's Nonfiction Performing Art
A NEWER, REVISED AND EXPANDED EDITION OF THIS BOOK IS NOW AVAILABLE, The Wimpy Kid Movie Diary (DOG DAYS EDITION), INCLUDES 32 NEW PAGES ABOUT THE THIRD WIMPY KID MOVIE, DOG DAYS, PLUS AN ALL-NEW COVER ILLUSTRATION. Jeff Kinney is a #1 New York Times bestselling author and five-time Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Award winner for Favorite Book.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"I have a 7 year old grandson, who HATES reading."
"Thanks for this very valuable, likeable books that encourage he to read."
"My son loves these books."
"Great quality."
"I get that the sort of "middle school boy" humor is not necessarily what I find amusing, but I found the character's nonexistant moral grounding to be distributing."
"This book seemed too young for me but my little nephews loved it."