Over fifty activities and crafts and dozens of sidebars teach young children how to take care of their dogs while fostering a deep, long-lasting bond betwen child and dog.

Building wooden things with your hands can be easy and lots of fun. Includes clear plans, step-by-step photographs, and easy-to-follow instructions especially designed for kids to build 21 great projects.

Makerspaces are great places to build, draw, design, and more. They let you work with others and explore your own creativity. In Make It Yourself! Collages & Sculptures, you can make a crayon mosaic, a metal wind chime, a cardboard cityscape, and more. Techniques, tips, step-by-step instructions, and colorful photos help you bring each project to life. You'll also learn how to set up your own makerspace event. Then check out the rest of the Cool Makerspace...

Learn how to make simple robots.

Learn about a variety of ancient Chinese arts and crafts which includes step-by-step instructions for making some of them.

Learn how to complete DIY projects dealing with aviation. Along the way, get a look at some of history's most incredible inventions and scientific discoveries.--

Presents the life of the statesman and inventor who played an influential role in the early history of the United States, along with instructions on building models of some of his inventions.

Wrap up in a whole new wardrobe with Cool Refashioned Scarves & Ties. Crafters will remake a scarf into a purse, a skirt, even a vest! Fashion a wallet or a necklace or a belt out of a tie. This book is full of easy-to-follow steps and bright photography for every activity. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Checkerboard Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.

Describes the training and work of such craftspeople as carpenters, masons, silversmiths, wigmakers, and leatherworkers living in the American colonies.