Moira Butterfield

From leaping lemurs to slippery seasnakes, this lively fact-filled book introduces young readers to the fascinating world of wild animals.

Easy to follow instructions on shading, perspective, light effects, and other basic principles explain how to make pictures really lifelike. Once these are mastered, coloring adds the finishing touches in paints, pastels, chalks, and crayons.

Fun and informaative, THE EARTH is crammed with facts about volcanoes, rivers, deserts, rain forests, mountains, oceans, and the weather - plus it takes you right inside our planet!

Describes parts of a well-known animal and invites the reader to identify it.

Illustrations and simple text describe the different parts of a dairy cow and its daily life.

"How is your house similar to others around the world? How is it different? From tents and huts to bobbing boats and apartments high up in the sky -- they are all wonderfully varied, but there is something that makes them all special. Discover what makes a house a home in this fabulous celebration of the world we live in."--Back cover.