Starting Cooking

The Usborne First Skills book called Starting Cooking is a very inspiring and practical cooking book that is perfect for children between the ages of 5 years old and 8 years old. The book measures 8 x 9 1/2 inches and has 32 pages. This book is so good that it earned the Parents’ Choice Approved Titles Award. parents-choice-award

Inspiring practical guide for young chefs, packed with delicious recipes. How to chop onions, fold egg whites and knead dough. Step-by-step explanations, mouth-watering photographs and helpful pictures make it easy for a beginner to acquire all the necessary skills, and to have fun improving technique.

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Kane Miller Catalogs

Kane Miller Catalogs come out more often than Usborne Books catalogs. Below is an example of a Kane Miller Catalog for Fall 2009. Kane Miller Book Publishers publishes award winning children’s books from all over the world.There are currently 23 countries represented. See the list of countries represented below. Kane Miller catalogs are much thinner than Usborne Books catalogs with only 24 pages. The catalog costs $1 but you can view all the Kane Miller books for free on the Usborne Books website. There are 11 pages on the Usborne Books website that are dedicated to Kane Miller books. You can read more about each book on the website than in the catalogs.

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Encyclopedia of Seas & Oceans

The Usborne First Encyclopedia of Seas & Oceans is an excellent book for children ages 8 years and up to learn more about the seas and the oceans. The book measures 8 1/2 x 10 7/8 inches and has 64 pages of fascinating facts and information. The book is so great that it earned the 2002 Austin Young Engineer’s Book Award for Grade 3-6 Resource Books. This Usborne First Encyclopedia of Seas and Oceans is Internet-linked. It is also sold through Scholastic Publishing company even though it is an Usborne book.

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Calligraphy

This book is called the Usborne Guide to Calligraphy: from Beginner to Expert. This Calligraphy book is excellent for children ages 11 years and up. It earned the 1996 Dr. Toy’s 100 Best Children’s Products Award. Calligraphy is the art of beautiful writing. It was first developed by Medieval scribes, when books and documents were written by hand. Today, it is a creative skill with many practical uses. In this book you can learn to write more than 15 popular calligraphy styles, including some designed especially for the book.

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The Usborne Introduction to the Second World War

The Usborne Introduction to the Second World War is a great reference book on world wars. It is a big book that measures 8 3/4 x 11 1/4 inches, has 128 pages and it is perfect for children ages 10 years old and older. This book and the Usborne Introduction to the First World War are part of the Usborne Library Internet-Linked History Set. This Usborne reference book is so good that it earned the 2007 Mom’s Choice Award Winner for Young Adult Chapter Book Category.

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