The world has changed, and with it the craft of writing. In addition to the difficulties of putting pen to paper, authors must now contend with a slew of new media. This has forever altered the relationship between writers and their readers, their publishers, and their work. In an era when authors are expected to do more and more to promote their own work.
This petite gift book collects words of wisdom from history's greatest creative minds--from Socrates to Lewis Carroll, Julia Child to Walt Whitman, Jane Austen to Nora Ephron--lettered and illustrated in Lisa Congdon's signature hip hand-drawn style. Readers will find inspirational insights, calls to action and encouragement to creativity.
Next in the bestselling tradition of Animals: A Visual Encyclopedia and the first substantial human body encyclopedia aimed at young children, Human Body: A Visual Encyclopedia entertains and excites, while putting key biological information at young readers' fingertips. Employing a dynamic visual approach, this children's encyclopedia explains how the body works through pictures, making the subject matter accessible and intuitive to readers of all ages. The accompanying text is simple, lively, and packed with amazing facts and surprising stories that appeal to curious minds. Specially-commissioned 3-D imagery of the body systems and organs will delight every budding scientist and doctor!
This is an examination of the past, present and future role of the British Royal Family. The book looks at the individual members of the most famous family in the world - their woRK, their hobbies and some of the events, both happy and sad, which have affected them all
Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! A brilliantly simple book that is absolutely true to life, as anyone who interacts with an obdurate three-year-old can attest. The bus driver has to leave for a while, and he makes one request of readers: "Don't let the pigeon drive the bus." It's the height of common sense, but the driver clearly knows this determined pigeon and readers do not - yet.
