Annie Oakley

Read Along or Enhanced eBook: Lights! Camera! It's time to explore the art of animation! This engaging, Spanish-translated nonfiction title allows readers to explore an exciting career as an animator. Readers will be introduced to the history of animation and find out what techniques and equipment animators used to turn their illustrations into the first animated shorts. Through stimulating facts, vivid images, sketches, photos, informative text, and an interview with a real life animator, readers will discover everything about animation, including character development, storyboarding, and...

Got a fan of snakes, lizards, and turtles? Dig into this beginner's guide to reptiles from Cathryn and John Sill, creators of the award-winning About... series. Author and educator Cathryn Sill explains in simple language the basic characteristics that all reptiles share, while offering a look at many of the animals that fall into this diverse category, including ever-popular lizards, snakes, and turtles. The beautifully detailed paintings of noted wildlife illustrator John Sill depict reptiles in their habitats and highlight their unique aspects. An afterword provides more detail on each...

Popular Holidays Throughout The Year Are Highlighted For The Emergent Reader With Engaging Text And Matching Photos.

Essays by well-known climbers accompany a range of superb color landscape photographs that echo the great traditions of the Ansel Adams and the Sierra Club large format books of the 1970s.