Carefully selected from world famous childhood stories that date to the 19th century, 229 color and black-and-white drawings and paintings spotlight the glorious imaginations of Randolph Caldecott, Kate Greenaway, and many others.

Perfect for use in modern trademark designs or as spot illustrations, this collection contains 828 simple but powerful black-and-white illustrations: abstract eagles and other birds, figures and faces, striking monograms, and more.

Ideal for bringing an old-timey charm to newsletters, posters, display ads, and other graphic projects, this spectacular sampling of 24 Victorian typefaces includes such distinctive fonts as Stereopticon, Chorus Girl, Glorietta, Hogarth Antique, Jagged, Romanesque, Rubens, and Wedlock. All of these black-and-white typefaces include complete uppercase alphabets, numerals, and punctuation; most feature lowercase characters.

My First Book of Chinese Calligraphy is a fun and engaging introduction to one of China's most popular arts and crafts for kids. Calligraphy—the art of producing decorative handwriting or lettering with a pen or brush—has been around for thousands of years. In this fun calligraphy for kids book, readers will follow along with Mimi, an eight year old, who takes her first steps towards learning this magical art. Dive in, and explore: The Evolution of Chinese Writing—how Chinese characters first began, thousands of years ago, and how they have evolved The Order of the Strokes—learn how to write the strokes in the correct order The Radicals—what are they, and how to unlock their secrets The Four Treasures of Calligraphy— the four essential tools to get started Movements and Position—how to master your mind's focus, your breathing and even how to move The Five Styles of Calligraphy—Zhuan Shu (seal), Li Shu (clerical), Kai Shu (regular), Cao Shu (cursive), and Xing Shu (running) The Eight Strokes— how to draw the 8 strokes; with them, you can write anything Writing a Character in Calligraphy—create an entire character in calligraphy

A fly is followed by a menagerie of characters in this humorous cumulative tale edited by Dr. Seuss. When a young boy sees a frantic fly buzzing past, he asks where the fly is headed—and with that, a chase begins. The fly and the frog, the cat and the dog, the pig and the cow, the fox and the hunter . . . who is causing all the fuss? A Fly Went By will have young readers buzzing with excitement! Originally created by Dr. Seuss, Beginner Books encourage children to read all by themselves, with simple words and illustrations that give clues to their meaning. "The writing is merry and the pictures are real fun. Recommended."--School Library Journal.

A unique, "Consumer Reports" of the CD-ROM world, complete with a CD-ROM disk sampler. With rankings of hundreds of CD-ROMs by a panel of multimedia experts, this book/disk package will help millions of CD-ROM drive owners to choose among seemingly similar encyclopedias, directories, educations, titles, etc., before spending $50 and up.