Books with author Alexander Calder

Kids love origami—and what could be cooler than transforming a piece of paper into Boba Fett, Princess Leia, Yoda, or R2-D2? And not just any paper, but custom-designed paper illustrated with art from the movies. Star Wars® Origami marries the fun of paper folding with the obsession of Star Wars. Like The Joy of Origami and Origami on the Go, this book puts an original spin on an ancient art. And like Star Wars® Scanimation® and Star Wars® Fandex®, it’s a fresh take on Star Wars mania.Chris Alexander is a master folder and founder of the popular website StarWarsOrigami.com, and here are 36 models, clearly explained, that range in difficulty from Youngling (easy) to Padawan (medium), Jedi Knight (difficult), and Jedi Master (tricky!). A front section introduces origami definitions and basic folds. Bound in the back is the book’s unique folding paper, two sheets for each figure. Illustrated with original art, it makes each creation—the essential lightsabers, the Death Star, and much more—true to the movies.Star Wars Origami includes a foreword by Tom Angleberger, author of the New York Times bestsellers The Strange Case of Origami Yoda and Darth Paper Strikes Back, and is scheduled to be published at the same time as Angleberger’s upcoming book, The Secret of the Fortune Wookiee.

Madmalen, city of whimsical and wealthy wizards, faces the first serious challenge in its history when a brutal army of unknown monsters lays siege to its walls. To come through unscathed from the greatest war the planet has ever known, the sorcerers from the Metropolis spare no expense and recruit all sort of foreign armies. This will give rise to infinity of conflicts and betrayals. Dragons will fly over the Kingdom to protect its borders. Airships will drop their bombs. Swords will be sharpened. And cannons will thunder night and day. However, the approaching enemy is bigger than expected and it will take everyone by surprise with its groundbreaking technologies.

Heart meets struggle in this new adventure novel! Our story picks up with Ardo, a thirteen-year-old orphan boy, struggling to survive in the city. He works day by day at the city piers hauling buckets of fish guts for the local stall owners. Finally, he has been able to save up enough for a coveted item he has been eyeing for months... a brand new blanket!Little does he know, however, that this blanket will be the catalyst for a journey that will change his life forever!Join Ardo as he buys his coveted blanket... and see what it brings him!

Dawn of Lackmagic Thea is now at the Ivy League school, Amford, but she senses something isn’t quite right. It has put her in a bad mood – and soon she learns what it is. Something has gone terribly wrong. Thea and other mages sense it – magic is slowly draining away from the world. Faced with Lackmagic, Thea and her friends set out with the only quad-Elemental mage ever to exist, Nikolai Tesla, and Corey the Trickster, to find the source of magic. But,what they find may change humanity’s future forever...