Expertly rendered illustrations of 43 species: monarch, buckeye, white admiral, olive hairstreak, ruddy daggerwing, mourning cloak, painted lady, more. Fact-filled captions by Monty Reid.

Exquisite, ready-to-color drawings of flowers -- one for each letter of the alphabet -- accompanied by young sprites in carefree poses. Each illustration also contains the first letter of the flower's name.

With this book you can enter a realm of dazzlingly deceptive designs that offer wonderful opportunities for imaginative and inventive coloring. You'll find a host of ingeniously contrived constructions, strange, interlocking shapes and mind-boggling arrangements that defy reality and challenge the imagination to grasp their form and structure. Optical illusions are always fun to look at; coloring these masterly mind-bending illusions will add an extra dimension of enjoyment and foster a new appreciation of mysterious pictorial puzzles that make us wonder if seeing is truly believing.

Forty-two clear, accurate drawings (all in proper sequence) depict everything that goes on in a beginner's class, from lacing up the ballet shoe to executing the perfect arabesque. Illustrated instructions as well for proper posture, warm-up exercises, arm movements and much more. Inspirational, encouraging and instructive advice.

Butterflies are among nature's mot beautiful creations, with delicate, intricately patterned wings in exquisite color combinations. Sixteen illustrations of butterflies-alight and aloft, feeding and resting-are crisply rendered for coloring by artist Ed Sibbett, Jr., suggesting unlimited possibilities for colorists of all ages. Printed on special translucent paper, these ready-to-color designs will produce vivid stained glass pictures. Use crayon, felt-tip pen, watercolor, tempera or oil paint to achieve eye-catching visual effects. You can even color both sides of the paper for richer, more vibrant hues. With the Butterfly Stained Glass Coloring Book and your own personal touch, it's easy and fun to create striking stained glass displays. Mount them on windows to catch the light and compose exciting decorative combinations, or use them in craft projects that call for splashes of dazzling color and elegant, one-of-a-kind butterflies.

Thirty color-by-number outdoor scenes include kids playing on a swing, a cat prowling along a fence, and birds enjoying a birdbath. Each picture includes a numbered color guide. Ages 4 to 7.