All animals move, but how they move - whether they waddle, stomp, or fly, is a source of endless fascination for children. Suitable for children, this title uses 'scanimation' technology to simulate movement by the simple turning of a page.

Can you gallop like a horse? Can you strut like a rooster? Can you run like a dog? Can you spring like a cat? Can you soar like an eagle? Can you swing like a chimp? Can you flutter like a butterfly? Can you swim like a turtle? Then take a bow and smile: you twinkle, like a star! Then take a bow and shine: a star is what you are.

Uses 'persistence of vision' and a multiphase animation process to create astonishment.

Presents 1,000 unforgettable senior moments in history, with embarrassing and true stories of major mental lapses and famous acts of forgetfulness: President Carter leaving the codes for nuclear missile strike in a suit sent to the dry-cleaners; Ralph Waldo Emerson forgetting Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's name at Longfellow's funeral; and so on.

This title describes 1000 must-see spots, from beaches to museums to cathedrals to bustling markets, grand hotels to backwater inns, rugged safaris to the most pampering spas. It includes addresses, phone and fax numbers, websites, costs and best times to visit with subject-specific indexes.

Features snappy illustrations and outrageously absurd, difficult-to-read-aloud twimericks.

Tells the story of Ben & Jerry's ice cream company, and shares recipes for chocolate, fruit, and other flavors of ice cream, sorbets, sundaes, and sauces.

With 40 stylish patterns, this guide aims to show young knitters how to get started, how to make it fun and how to make the hip clothes they want. Step-by-step instructions illustrate every technique.

Featuring four-colour photographs and instructional illustrations, this book contains instruction, inspiration, and various designs, from a fishnet skullcap to a lacy evening wrap. For knitters and new crocheter's exploring the hook, it features a discussion of tools, what the gauges mean, plus basic techniques and stitch patterns.

There's a rule of thumb for just about every subject imaginable - money, marriage, cooking, health, weather, cars, gardening, restaurants, travel. This is the priceless knowledge that's accumulated not from reading, but from living. Not sure how to choose a puppy? Pick one whose tail wags in sync with its walk - a sign of calmness.

Open granny's purse and find a treasure trove of momentos and magic. Peek inside her notebook, try on her sunglasses, play with her keys, tie a bow, wear her scarf and read her letter. Piece by piece the reader can build up a picture of an adventurous and indepenent grandmother.

One hundred and fifty recipes are presented in this cookbook, many of them unique to the author's restaurant, such as lobster-filled crepes with a carrot-emulsion sauce, topped with a pea-shoot salad dressed lightly with lemon-infused oil, to name one of the simpler ones!

Offers a basic primer on techniques - knotting, sewing, braiding, lacing, and a tutorial on embellishing. This title covers such projects as: halters and tank tops, gaucho pants, a baby-doll dress, twisted shrug, and hooded scarf; baby gifts - Jumper for Joy, Baby Back Bib, Wild Thing Blankie; and, home decor - plant hanger and wine cozy.

Offers real flavours, real food, and real pleasure for UK's diabetics. This book includes recipes such as: Asparagus and Mushroom Risotto; Chicken Chaat; Filet Mignon with Black and Green Peppercorn Sauce; Snapper Piccata; Grilled Duck Breast Paillard with Orange, Onion, and Mint; Lamb Sausage with Warm Potato Salad; and, Banana Mousse.

Features entries that cover such nightmares as: Giant Carnivorous Centipedes; Mike, the Headless Chicken; The Exploding Lakes of Cameroon; The Swirling Vortex of Doom; Secret Agent Cyborg Cats; Fiery Balls of Naga; The Deepest Hole; The Terrifying Toothpick Fish; and, Alien Hand Syndrome.

Shows how to collect, record, share, and preserve a family member's oral history. This guide breaks down what too often feels like an overwhelming project into a series of steps: how to prepare for an interview; how to become a better listener; and, why there's always more beneath the surface and the questions to ask to get there.

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Uncommon times call for uncommon wisdom. It's inspiring to hear from people who've graduated from the school of hard knocks, yet kept a sense of humour. People like Twain, Voltaire, Oscar Wide. People who've said the thing so well that we all wish we'd said it. This title presents a collection of reassuring reality.

Origami in itself is such an absorbing activity: add to it the pleasures of using vibrant custom papers to create unexpected animals and planes and cultural treasures, and the combination is a great learning experience. This book features 40 projects with globe trotting themes.

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