A valuable, one-stop guide to collection development and finding ideal subject-specific activities and projects for children and teens. For busy librarians and educators, finding instructions for projects, activities, sports, and games that children and teens will find interesting is a constant challenge. This guide is a time-saving, one-stop resource for locating this type of information—one that also serves as a valuable collection development tool that identifies the best among thousands of choices, and can be used for program planning, reference and readers' advisory, and curriculum support. Build It, Make It, Do It, Play It! identifies hundreds of books that provide step-by-step instructions for creating arts and crafts, building objects, finding ways to help the disadvantaged, or engaging in other activities ranging from gardening to playing games and sports. Organized by broad subject areas—arts and crafts, recreation and sports (including indoor activities and games), and so forth—the entries are further logically organized by specific subject, ensuring quick and easy use.

Provides step-by-step instructions for drawing a variety of monsters, including vampires, aliens, skeletons, and specific favorites such as King Kong and Godzilla.

"Includes easy step-by-step instructions for creating fingerprint illustrations of characters"--

Solve the mystery behind drawing Scooby-Doo's most popular ghosts and ghouls! With step-by-step instructions, you'll sketch the 10,000 Volt Ghost, the Creeper, the Ghost of Captain Cutler, and so much more! Best of all, drawing these classic Scooby characters has never been more fun and easy!

Provides step-by-step instructions for drawing Halloween motifs including pumpkins, ghosts, a black cat, gravestones, a witch, a skeleton, and a haunted mansion.

Drawing a horse just standing alone on the page is tricky enough, but with the help of this book you’ll not only be able to draw as many as you like, but you’ll master the art of horses in action—horses rearing up, kicking out, pulling a plow, running through a field, and so much more. You’ll learn how to draw rodeo horses and race horses, military horses and farm horses. With easy step-by-step instructions, kids can learn how to draw: A galloping horse A rolling horse A dressage horse A Shetland pony A pony family A pony in a stable And eight more! Each spread features a unique horse or pony illustration with unintimidating and easy-to-follow directions. New lines are always drawn in red so that kids can see how the drawing builds from step to step. Experiment with markers, crayons, scrap paper, paint, and more! Once little artists grow confident in their horse-drawing abilities, they can use the skills they learn from this book to create their own personal masterpieces! And while you learn how to draw horses, you may even discover a few horse facts you didn’t know. Perfect for anyone who has fallen in love with horses and wants to explore their artistic side!

'[A] spine-tingling new activity book' - The Evening Standard, London The Week Junior UK, Science + Nature Magazine Book of the Week, October 2019. 'This book is fantastic...a great way to get the creative juices flowing.' The Inspiration Edit The Monster Book of Zombies, Spooks and Ghouls is the perfect book for Halloween or for spook-tastic fun at any time of year! The book is packed full of fun and eerie activities that will keep children busy as they draw and create zombies, ghosts, monsters, werewolves and vampires. The Monster Book of Zombies, Spooks and Ghouls is illustrated in Jason Ford's quirky trademark style, recognisable from his superhero books series, including The Superhero Handbook and The Superhero Comic Kit. Readers will meet the zombies and all their undead friends as they design a zombie diner menu, learn to draw a vampire, cause chaos with scary spiders, and much more! This is an ideal gift book for kids aged 6+