Koch, Maryjo.
Summary: The author, both a naturalist and artist, celebrates the plant world. A whimsical text informs as it entertains, reflecting the author's extensive field observations and research encompassing literature, scientific writings, and mythology. Fascinating facts and amusing trivia are presented. A glossary of terms is included.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Smithmark Publishers 1998
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 580 KOCAmerican Society of Botanical Artists
Summary: The ultimate how-to guide to the essential botanical art techniques from the people who know it best, the American Society of Botanical Artists.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Timber Press, Incorporated 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 758.5 BOTAnthony, David
Summary: The heroes' baseball team, the Traverse City Salmon, are playing the Garden City Sprouts in the little league championship game. The Sprouts throw a curve ball and turn into pinch-hitting plant monsters.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Sigil Pub. 2009
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED ANTSummary: The aim of these lectures is to make viewers feel welcome and comfortable in the company of paintings. By focusing on 65 masterpieces of Western painting, Professor William Kloss offers a vivid, visceral encounter with genius, shining light on the unique technical, stylistic, and expressive achievements of each painting. From the 14th century to the 20th, the images are examined for their...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Company 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Great DVD 759 World 2010Longhurst, Sophie
Summary: "The delicate art of paper flower craft has been around for centuries, originating in China in 100BC. This beautifully photographed book contains projects for every skill level. Step-by-step instructions and inspiring illustrations will guide you through the process from start to finish. You'll discover the colour, texture and detail of nature as you learn how to create your own lifelike floral...
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Publisher / Publication Date: White Owl 2021
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Summary: Flowers are a perennial favourite of artists; and what better medium than luminous, delicate watercolour? Fiona Peart's new book is a complete course in learning to paint flowers, packed with handy hints and tips for new artists - or indeed anyone who wants to capture the beauty of flowers with paint. Numerous simple step-by-step exercises are seeded through the book to allow the reader's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Search Press 2023
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Summary: "Celebrate every Wookiee's favorite holiday--Life Day--with this collection of 50 recipes and crafts inspired by the galaxy's holiday traditions!"--Amazon.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Insight Editions 2021
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Summary: Celebrate the beauty and form of flowers with a garden-full of felt adornments! Bestselling author and designer Gillian Harris has created a bouquet of blossoms, from white daisies and lilies, to cheery yellow daffodils and sunflowers, to red roses, fuschia carnations, and purple irises. With Harris's guidance, you'll soon become adept at fashioning delicately detailed petals, stems, seedpods...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Collins & Brown 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 745.594 HARStanfield, Lesley
Summary: "Everything is coming up roses with this delightful collection of flowers to knit and crochet. Use them to embellish clothing and accessories, or to make a beautiful bouquet as an unusual display piece" -- Back cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Search Press 2021
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Summary: Includes step-by-step demonstrations to create paintings of 54 different flowers with colored pencil using three basic techniques: layering, burnishing, and underpainting.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: North Light Books 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Art Draw GreeneIshii, Sachiyo
Summary: "This collection of beautiful blooms will give you something colourful all year round: knit a spring bunch of daffodils, a summer bouquet of roses, a display of autumn-flowering anemones and a festive poinsettia. There are 20 projects to choose from, including: an intricate peony; a colourful freesia; a delicate viola; the iconic English rose; and the distinctive Scotch thistle. The projects...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Search Press 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 746.432 ISHSummary: Collects nine stories featuring the cat in the hat in a variety of adventures, including a trip to Bing-Bungle-Ba-Boo to search for creatures with unique feet and a visit to Boris the bear, for his tips on falling asleep.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE CATSummary: This book will show you how 24 watercolor painters capture their subjects' brilliant colors, subtle shadings, graceful shapes and delicate textures. Assembled from some of the best teaching available, this comprehensive, step-by-step instruction will help you create your own, breathtaking watercolor gardens.
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Publisher / Publication Date: North Light Books 1996
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 751.42 BASHélène, Sophie.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Search Press 2011
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Summary: "A nonfiction thriller packed with tension, passion, and politics, [this book] offers a rare glimpse into a secretive world, illuminating a fascinating chapter of North Korea's history that helps explain how it became the hermetically sealed, intensely stage-managed country it remains today"--Amazon.com.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Flatiron Books 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 791.4 FISHayashi, Hiromi
Summary: Learn how to turn ordinary, square origami paper into intricate flowers with five, six and eight petals, or even doubled numbers of folded petals.
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Publisher / Publication Date: JOIE 2003
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Publisher / Publication Date: Search Press 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 745.7 BarnesHughes, Lorena
Summary: "As a child in Spain, Puri always knew her passion for chocolate was inherited from her father. But it's not until his death that she learns of something else she's inherited--a cocoa estate in Vinces, Ecuador, a town nicknamed "París Chiquito." Eager to claim her birthright and filled with hope for a new life after the devastation of World War I, she and her husband Cristóbal set out across...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2022
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1 available in Adult, Call number: LP FIC HUGMaynard, Angela
Summary: "Gathered is an accessible, contemporary guide to the sustainable art of drying flowers. Learn about this chic craft's origins, variety of uses, and the inexpensive practice of drying and elegantly arranging flowers today. Find inspiration and follow step-by-step instructions to master all of the basic skills, tools and techniques necessary to preserving your grasses and blooms beautifully,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: White Lion Publishing 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 745.92 MAYFleiss, Anna
Summary: Trailblazing women take center stage in Feminist Icon Cross-Stitch, a collection of stylish patterns and capsule biographies that celebrates some of our favorite lady heroes. Feminism is back in the spotlight, and powerful women, from Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Malala Yousafzai to Gloria Steinem and Michelle Obama, have inspired a whole new generation to smash the patriarchy. With an introduction...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Running Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 746.443 FLEGordon, Tyler
Summary: Presents a collection of original celebrity portraits from Tyler Gordon, now 15, a partially deaf painting prodigy whose work has been lauded by popular media and art critics alike.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar Straus Giroux 2021