"This book is packed with a selection of beautifully designed cross stitch to suit all stitchers. The themes include flowers, cup cakes, summer days, wedding and baby samplers, afternoon tea, butterflies and floral garlands. There are projects to suit all level of stitcher and some of the designs can be easily personalised by adding names and dates using the alphabet charts available."--Publisher's website.
The Den Book uses descriptive text and ample photographs to inspire children (and their adults) to build amazing dens outdoors, for themselves, for their toys, or for the imaginary creatures who live in the woods or the park.
The Beach Book presents a whole host of activities and adventures to be enjoyed on the water's edge by the sea, lakes and rivers.
A wild, surprising world of plants and animals is always waiting to be discovered round the corner, right now, in every city. You just need to keep your eyes open and know where to look.
'A beautiful and inspiring book, bursting with practical suggestions which will appeal to every child’s imagination. Reading it, I wanted to rush out to my nearest wood immediately!' Julia Donaldson, author of The Gruffalo Who doesn’t love a stick? The universal toy for children and adults alike, sticks can provide endless opportunities for outdoor adventures, creative play, woodcraft and conservation. Packed with 70 ideas and projects, The Stick Book will give you loads of ideas for using the wonderful, free and all-natural toy: the stick. As The National Museum of Play (New York) pointed out when they selected a stick for inclusion in their National Toy Hall of Fame, 'It can be a Wild West horse, a medieval knight's sword, a boat on a stream, or a slingshot with a rubber band …' A stick can be anything you want it to be. This book will give you loads of inventive ideas for spending quality time outdoors with your children – from the adventurous to the magical, getting creative to playing games, making music to building bug hotels. Try your hands at: Making a DIY tent or den Creating a woodland monster or magic carpet Wild weaving or making your own natural wind chimes Playing capture the flag or a woodland mapping game Making a bird feeder or bug hotel With 70 ideas and projects, there will be something for every little adventurer, dreamer or budding ecologist in The Stick Book. All you need to get started is … a stick!