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The crippled son of a powerful nobleman in fourteenth-century England sets out to prove his courage and his right to be recognized by the King. In England during the Middle Ages, a courageous young boy who suddenly loses the use of his legs is forced to learn how to deal with his new disability.

Text and pictures try to make possible the conceptualization of a million, a billion, and a trillion.

A boy climbs to the top of a giant beanstalk, where he uses his quick wits to outsmart a giant and make his and his mother's fortune.

Three little mouse brothers go into the meadow to each find a present for their mother, but it's the littlest mouse that comes up with the most unusual gift of all.

Guide to the versatile and popular medium of colored pencil drawing that includes advice on drawing tools, paper surfaces, and more.

101 Textures in Graphite & Charcoal is a must-have resource for all graphite and charcoal artists. This guide provides step-by-step instructions on drawing key textures you'd find in any illustration. Accurately rendering surfaces and textures is one of the most challenging aspects of working with graphite pencil and charcoal. 101 Textures in Graphite & Charcoal provides artists with step-by-step instructions for learning how to draw a wide variety...

This work was originally published by Watson-Guptill Publications (New York) in 1989, under the title The Illustrator's Guide to Pen and Pencil Drawing Techniques. Written by an artist/advertising illustrator, it is packed with techniques, examples, and guidance.

"When it comes to choosing a subject, flowers are a perennial favorite for artists because of their exciting variety and complexity of color, texture and detail. It's amazing, then, that their vibrant natures can be captured so realistically with the simple and direct medium of colored pencil."--BOOK JACKET. "The "secret" is making the most of colored pencil's distinctive translucent properties with techniques such as layering, burnishing and underpainting....

Only a thoroughly accomplished artist such as Borough Johnson-a nineteenth-century landscape and genre painter-could manage to illuminate the technique of pencil drawing in these exquisitely simple terms. Artists at every level of experience will appreciate the wealth of information he offers on everything from choosing the right tools to drawing the nude figure. With a host of helpful "how-to" illustrations, as well as a "mini-gallery" of finished...