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Art Activity & Art Instruction Books

Eric Carle Preschool Workbook
Blevins, Wiley
The first-ever Eric Carle preschool workbook, featuring letters, sounds, numbers, counting, and patterns!

Preschool children will love the interactive activities within this workbook, and fans of The Very Hungry Caterpillar will delight in exploring and learning through a world of...

Item No. 9780593386200
$8.99
50 States Activity Book
Balkan, Gabrielle
Pack your bags and take the journey of a lifetime with this fun-filled activity book packed with maps, wildlife, people and places unique to America's 50 states.

In this summer companion to the popular smash-hit The 50 States, you can enjoy state trivia, picture...

Item No. 9781847808622
$10.99
Aaron Slater's Big Project Book
Beaty, Andrea

An inspiring, hands-on book about art, creativity, and how we see the world--featuring the newest Questioneer, Aaron Slater!

Make art of all sorts in this project book from the team behind the bestselling Questioneers series. Aaron Slater shows readers how art is everywhere in our...

Item No. 9781419753978
$14.99
Ada Twist's Big Project Book
Beaty, Andrea
Now a Netflix series!
From the #1 New York Times Bestselling team of Andrea Beaty and David Roberts!

40+ things to discover, draw, and make! Featuring art from the #1 New York Times bestselling picture book Ada Twist, Scientist, this activity book...

Item No. 9781419730245
$14.99
Art Lab for Kids
Schwake, Susan
Art Lab for Kids is a refreshing source of wonderful ideas for creating fine art with children. This step-by-step book offers 52 fun and creative art projects set into weekly lessons, beginning with drawing, moving through painting and printmaking, and then building to paper collage and...
Item No. 9781592537655
$22.99
Art Lab for Little Kids
Schwake, Susan

Packed with 52 fun and colorful exercises geared toward 3- to 6-year-olds, this book offers parents and teachers an outstanding source of creative art activities to inspire and enrich this wide-eyed and open-hearted age group.

Activities are organized by medium and designed...

Item No. 9781592538362
$24.99
Big Book of Mazes
Shepherd, Walter
There are 50 new puzzles in this book. There are crime mazes and Christmas mazes, country mazes and city mazes, mazes for all skills and mazes for all seasons of the year. There are even mazes that are games you can play over and over again. Each maze has a story to go with it and often a set of...
Item No. 9780486229515
$8.95
Bring the Crayons Home Writing Set
Bring the Crayons Home Writing Set
The crayons who quit come to life with this one-of-a-kind set of twelve crayons and letter-writing stationery inspired...
Item No. 9780593136225
$14.99
Butterflies of the World Sticker Activity Book
Cosneau, Olivia
Butterflies, with their transformation from hungry caterpillar to beautiful flying flower, are among the most fascinating animals for children. Observing butterflies and moths introduces them to a wide range of colors and patterns, to the concept of camouflage, and to a colorful habitat of flowers...
Item No. 9781616894658
$9.99
Celestial Watercolor: Learn to Paint
McElroy, D R
The zodiac has been used for a millennia to bring humans closer to the cosmos. With this creative masterpiece, it's your turn to travel nearer the heavens following simple directions for painting each of the constellations, accompanied by information about each sign of the zodiac. A basic...
Item No. 9781631065880
$19.99
Don't Let the Pigeon Finish This Activity Book!
Willems, Mo
The Pigeon really, really wants to finish this activity book! But that pesky Duckling keeps getting in the way. Oh, and there's someone new on the scene causing all kinds of problems....

Follow the Bus Driver's lead as you write, color, draw, create--even build an airport!--in this fun-filled...

Item No. 9781423133100
$19.99
Draw Every Little Thing
Waycott, Flora
Learn to draw and paint more than 100 of your favorite everyday items!

Step-by-step projects, prompts, and creative inspiration make it fun and easy to draw your outfit, your favorite foods, your garden, and much more using drawing and painting tools you already have on hand.

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Item No. 9781633228016
$19.99
Drawing Lesson: Graphic Novel That Teaches You How to Draw
Crilley, Mark
Read This Comic and Start Drawing Today! Nominated for a 2017 Eisner Award

For the first time ever, drawing instructor and graphic novelist Mark Crilley brings his easy-to-follow artistic instruction to aspiring artists in the form of a comic book, providing you with a one-of-a-...
Item No. 9780385346337
$18.99
Eric Carle Animal Place Mats

Kids will feed their imaginations with these doodle place mats based on the popular artwork from Eric Carle's storybook animals! Picky eaters and restless restaurant-goers can imagine and create at mealtime with Brown Bear, Busy Spider, Mixed-Up Chameleon, and more. This engaging place mat...

Item No. 9781452115436
$12.99
Field Guide to Color: A Watercolor Workbook
Solomon, Lisa
Play with paint, get creative with color, and discover your personal palette--a joyful, interactive workbook for creativity, self-expression, and deepening your understanding of how color works.

Color is one of the most profound ways we have to express ourselves. In this lively workbook...

Item No. 9781611806120
$27.95
How to Make Hand-Drawn Maps
Cann, Helen

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With wonderful examples and easy-to-follow instructions, this beautifully illustrated how-to book makes it simple and fun to create one-of-a-kind hand-drawn maps. Helpful templates, grids, and guidelines complement a detailed breakdown of essential cartographic elements and profiles of talented...
Item No. 9781452169910
$27.50
I Heart You: 2 Fill-in Books
Abrams Noterie
Have a heartfelt exchange with your partner or best friend. These identical half-heart-shaped booklets contain fun and thoughtful prompts that invite you and someone special to share what you love best about each other. Fill out one booklet and give the other to a loved one to fill out for you....
Item No. 9781419718076
$9.95
Iggy Peck's Big Project Book
Beaty, Andrea
Watch Iggy Peck in the Netflix television series Ada Twist, Scientist!
New York Times bestselling authors!

Iggy Peck has one passion: building. His parents are proud of his fabulous creations, though they're sometimes surprised by his materials--who could...

Item No. 9781419718922
$14.99
Illustoria #15 Big & Small
Our first ever two-in-one mag, BIG...
Item No. 9781952119064
$16.00
Illustoria #19 Cats & Dogs
Illustoria returns in Issue 19 with our second flippable double issue, exploring the worlds of our dearest feline and canine friends, both domestic and wild.

Illustoria is a print magazine for creative kids...

Item No. 9781952119576
$16.00
Illustoria #20 Mystery

In Issue 20: Mystery, peek behind the scenes, brave the unknown, and follow our myriad of curiosities. Get entranced by an underwater, glow-in-the-dark cover by Cátia Chen. Explore the curious communication habits of insects. Learn what Oregon's Poet Laureate thinks...

Item No. 9781952119651
$16.00
Illustration School: Let's Draw Cute Animals
Umoto, Sachiko

Illustration School: Let's Draw Cute Animals offers easy instructions for artists, crafters, and complete beginners who want to sketch and draw in the popular Japanese character style.

Sachiko Umoto's engaging, relaxing techniques include a primer on drawing basics,...

Item No. 9781592536450
$15.99
Story Seeds Imagination Lab: Experiments in Creativity

Featured in Wirecutter/New York Times' "The 19 Best Gifts for 10 Year Olds" and Parents and Principal Leadership magazines, this activity book brings the best of a magazine, workbook, and journal together and is ideal for at-home fun, distance learning, or classroom use. It is...

Item No. 9780578847306
$24.99
In the Vegetable Garden Sticker Activity Book
Cosneau, Olivia
What's more fun or magical than digging in the dirt, planting and watering seeds, discovering the first seedlings of the season, and finally eating your own fruits and vegetables?

Lovingly illustrated by Olivia Cosneau, this book is a colorful introduction to the magical world of the garden,...

Item No. 9781616895716
$7.99
Kids' Book of Paper Love
Van Der Hulst, Astrid

 Staff Pick


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A surprise on every page!

Brimming from cover to cover with projects and other paper surprises, The Kids' Book of Paper Love, from the bestselling editors of Flow magazine and books, is a bounty of a book that begs to be folded, cut up, collaged, doodled on, and shared....

Item No. 9781523508143
$19.95