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The Cookie Stall (STEAM Stories Art) by Jonathan Litton
$15.00 NZD
Category: Art & Artists | Series: STEAM Stories
Max and Suzy have baked some delicious cookies to sell, but no one is coming to their stall to buy any! Can the dynamic duo use their creativity to make their cookies more attractive and encourage people to visit their stall? Help them be creative with a range of materials, use your imagination, and exp ...Show more
A World of Art (HB) by Helena Hunt
$35.00 NZD
Category: Art & Artists
A gorgeously illustrated and engaging guide to the world of art. Immerse yourself in the amazing world of art in this beautiful book with text by Helena Hunt, stylishly illustrated by the inimitable print-maker James Brown. What is art, and how have we used it to express ourselves throughout history? ...Show more
Picasso (Biographic) by Natalia Price-Cabrera; Pablo Picasso
$23.00 NZD
Category: Art & Artists | Series: Biographic
Many people know that Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) was a Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker and poet, a pioneer of Modernism and Cubism whose works include Les Demoiselles D'Avignon. What, perhaps, they don't know is that his full name is 23 words long; that he painted 15 different versions of Les Femme ...Show more
They Did It First: 50 Scientists, Artists and Mathematicians Who Changed the World by Julie Leung; Caitlin Kuhwald
$20.00 NZD
Category: Biography & Autobiography | Series: They Did It First
The greatest challenge is believing it's possible . . . They Did It First features fifty trailblazing scientists, artists and mathematicians who were not afraid to dream big and be the FIRST. Discover the pioneers who defied the boundaries of possibility and went on to revolutionise the world. Writte ...Show more
Banksy Graffitied Walls and Wasn't Sorry by Fausto Gilberti
$28.00 NZD
Category: Biography & Autobiography
A clever, quirky biography of a leading contemporary artist, for children. Banksy is a world-famous graffiti artist who secretly spray paints pictures on streets and walls while no one is watching! His works are often about politics, war, and other important things, but he also likes to paint rats. Rat ...Show more
Why Do We Need Art? What Do We Gain by Being Creative? and Other Big Questions by Michael Rosen; Annemarie Young
$35.00 NZD
Category: Art & Artists | Series: And Other Big Questions
A highly topical look at the role of art and the importance of creativity in our lives and the wider world. Art, in its widest sense, encompasses many different forms, from painting and poetry to dance, pottery and quilting and much else besides. Creativity is an essential part of what makes us human a ...Show more
A History of Pictures for Children by David Hockney; Martin Gayford
$35.00 NZD
Category: Art & Artists
A History of Pictures for Children takes readers on a journey through art history, from early art drawn on cave walls to the images we make today on our computers and phone cameras. Based on the bestselling book for adults, this children_s edition of A History of Pictures is told through conversations b ...Show more
Hello Design! by Isabel Thomas
$35.00 NZD
Category: Design & Architecture
A design can be as small as a toothbrush . . . or as BIG as a skyscraper. Every design starts in someone's imagination - an imagination just like yours. Travel through one day and discover how the world around you has been designed - even though we don't always realise it! Question HOW everyday items h ...Show more
Art-tastic (HB) by Sarah Pepperle; Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū
$30.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction
This Art-tastic activity book has some of the best art you'll ever see in Aotearoa New Zealand. And don't freak out, but you'll probably learn stuff too. By the time you've finished, you'll have your own artists' workbook full of artworks that will possibly make you famous at home (if not around the wo ...Show more
The School of Art: Learn How to Make Great Art with 40 Simple Lessons by Daniel Frost
$33.00 NZD
Category: Art & Artists | Series: The School of
Welcome to the School of Art Here you will learn how to make great art with this fully-illustrated collection of fun and informative lessons. Watch the five professors as they work together to deliver 40 demonstrations, and try each of the accompanying guided activities, which have been developed to he ...Show more
Frida by Jonah Winter
$18.00 NZD
Category: Art & Artists
Frida Kahlo was born in Mexico in 1907. This is the story of how she learned to paint, how painting saved her life, and why her paintings are like no-one else's. Like Frida's art, this is a work of the imagination, but it is also true.
Collecting Children's Books: Art, Memories, Values by Noah Fleisher
$55.00 NZD
Category: Art & Artists | Reading Level: General Adult
When We Were Very Young Children's Books delight the young and the young at heart. From the gentle ritual of Goodnight Moon to the incredible odyssey of bad boy Max in Where the Wild Things Are, these timeless tales remain with us as certainly as a mother's hug. Collecting Children's Books showcases som ...Show more