Books with author Angela Porter

Thirty-one exuberant full-page illustrations to color feature dragonflies in imaginative renditions of natural settings. Inspired by Zentangle, a mode of repetitive patterns, the sweeping designs incorporate a dazzling array of flowers, leaves, and swirling interlocking shapes. Pages are perforated and printed on one side only for easy removal and display. Specially designed for experienced colorists, Entangled Dragonflies and other Creative Haven® adult coloring books offer an escape to a world of inspiration and artistic fulfillment. Each title is also an effective and fun-filled way to relax and reduce stress.

Experience the soothing power of adult coloring with these intricate animal tangles created by New York Times bestselling illustrator and master of the abstract Zen style Angela Porter!Zentangle, a fun and relaxing art form that emerged in the last decade, is often referred to as a meditative practice. Its free-form style, abstract images, and repetitive patterns unite to form elaborate illustrations. This method has been said to increase mindfulness and aid in relaxation, while simultaneously expressing creativity—an ideal remedy for stress. Recently, the form has inevitably made its way into the adult coloring book world and has been helping colorists unwind ever since.Based loosely on the Zentangle method, Angela Porter’s Zen Doodle Designs embraces this style in both the creation of the designs and the coloring of the finished illustrations—only the latter is up to you! Bestselling author and master Zen illustrator Angela Porter takes you on a relaxing journey with this beautiful collection. Featured are forty-nine soothing designs for you to color, each incorporating intricate florals, beautiful swirling and circular patterns, and other aesthetically pleasing, geometric shapes. The pages are perforated and printed on one side, making it simple for you to remove and display your finished works.So sit down, relax, and break out your colored pencil box along with Angela Porter’s Zen Doodle Designs—it’s the perfect way to have some fun and decompress!

Welcome to a world of spooky patterns filled with quirky images of pumpkins, skulls, ghosts, bats, and all sorts of spine-tingling themes. Thirty-one densely interwoven designs are perfect for coloring on Halloween and the Day of the Dead — or any other time of the year. Pages are perforated and printed on one side only for easy removal and display. Specially designed for experienced colorists, Erie Entangled and other Creative Haven® adult coloring books offer an escape to a world of inspiration and artistic fulfillment. Each title is also an effective and fun-filled way to relax and reduce stress.

The Forever Inspired Coloring Books are designed specifically for younger colorists. This exciting new series includes tons of whimsical illustrations designed to spark creativity in growing young minds and to provide hours of fun at the same time! Additionally, the books’ outlines aren’t overly complicated, so coloring can be a blast for the whole family—they’re perfect to share with a younger sibling, a friend, or even a parent!Forever Inspired Coloring Book: Angela Porter’s Tropical Rainforest Hidden Pictures features forty-four beautiful black-and-white rainforest designs for Tweens to color. Created by New York Times bestselling illustrator Angela Porter, these unique and fun designs employ Porter’s trademark hand-drawn and whimsical style but cater to a younger audience. This book includes beautiful images of tropical rainforest animals and plant-life—parrots, snakes, flowers, trees, and more! Adding an additional element of fun, these doodle illustrations also contain hidden pictures for Tweens to find and fill with color throughout the book.As an added bonus, each page is perforated so that Tween colorists can easily remove their masterpieces and use them to decorate any place or space they want to—whether it’s their bedroom ceiling or their locker at school! It’s never been simpler to share and display their creations with their pals. So grab a copy for your young colorists, and see them be transported by the beauty of the rainforest with Forever Inspired Coloring Book: Angela Porter’s Tropical Rainforest Hidden Pictures.

Picture yourself in a panorama of giant flowers, mushroom-shaped houses, grinning suns and snoozing moons, with spaceships soaring between the stars. Then let your imagination run wild as you color these 31 fabulously detailed fantasy landscapes. Pages are perforated and printed on one side only for easy removal and display. Specially designed for experienced colorists, Insanely Intricate Entangled Landscapes and other Creative Haven® adult coloring books offer an escape to a world of inspiration and artistic fulfillment. Each title is also an effective and fun-filled way to relax and reduce stress.

Winner of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction From the master of the literary supernatural and author of The Bloody Chamber, her acclaimed novel about the exploits of a circus performer who is part-woman, part-swan Sophi Fevvers—the toast of Europe's capitals, courted by the Prince of Wales, painted by Toulouse-Lautrec—is an aerialiste extraordinaire, star of Colonel Kearney's circus. She is also part woman, part swan. Jack Walser, an American journalist, is on a quest to discover Fevvers's true identity: Is she part swan or all fake? Dazzled by his love for Fevvers, and desperate for the scoop of a lifetime, Walser joins the circus on its tour. The journey takes him—and the reader—on an intoxicating trip through turn-of-the-century London, St. Petersburg, and Siberia—a tour so magical that only Angela Carter could have created it.

Experience the soothing power of adult coloring with these intricate animal tangles created by New York Times bestselling illustrator and master of the abstract Zen style Angela Porter!Zentangle is a fun and relaxing art form that has emerged in the last decade. Its free-form style, abstract images, and repetitive patterns all unite to create elaborate and soothing illustrations. This method has been said to increase mindfulness and aid in relaxation while simultaneously expressing creativity—an ideal remedy for stress.Animals and nature are believed to have similar antistress properties. Combining this idea with the Zen style, bestselling illustrator Angela Porter takes you on a relaxing journey through the wilderness in this breathtaking collection that will help you de-stress and decompress. Featured are forty-nine beautiful designs for you to color and decorate—each weaving together intricate swirling patterns and other geometric shapes to form some of your favorite members of the animal kingdom.As an added bonus, the pages are perforated and printed on one side, making it simple for you to remove and display your finished masterpieces. Instead of wasting your time with generic designs, color on the wild side with Angela Porter’s Zen Doodle Animal Tangles. Whether you love cats, dogs, fish, birds, or even bears, this coloring book has them all. It’s great for animal lovers and colorists alike!

This 72-page book teaches students how to diagram sentences so they see the underlying structure of English grammar. Diagramming sentences gives many visual and logical learners an alternative way to learn grammar. Students who understand the finer points of English grammar will apply this knowledge to their writing. For many students, boring old grammar lessons become understandable and fun-even kids who are traditionally more "math minded" begin to enjoy English lessons. The diagramming begins with simple subject-verb sentences, but continues step-by-step to complex sentences with dependent clauses. Each lesson provides plenty of practice diagramming. After completing all the lessons, there is a review where students diagram sentences using all the grammar rules they have learned. The grammar lessons in Sentence Diagramming Beginning are: Simple Subject and Main Verb Direct Object Adjectives Adverbs Modifying Verbs Predicate Adjectives Predicate Nouns Prepositional Phrases (Adjectival) Prepositional Phrases (Adverbial) Compound Subjects Compound Predicates Compound Direct Objects Compound Predicate Adjectives and Nouns Cover design may vary.

The Forever Inspired Coloring Books are designed specifically for younger colorists. This exciting new series includes tons of whimsical illustrations designed to spark creativity in growing young minds and to provide hours of fun at the same time! Additionally, the books’ outlines aren’t overly complicated, so coloring can be a blast for the whole family—they’re perfect to share with a younger sibling, a friend, or even a parent!Forever Inspired Coloring Book: Angela Porter’s Tropical Rainforest Hidden Pictures features forty-four beautiful black-and-white rainforest designs for Tweens to color. Created by New York Times bestselling illustrator Angela Porter, these unique and fun designs employ Porter’s trademark hand-drawn and whimsical style but cater to a younger audience. This book includes beautiful images of tropical rainforest animals and plant-life—parrots, snakes, flowers, trees, and more! Adding an additional element of fun, these doodle illustrations also contain hidden pictures for Tweens to find and fill with color throughout the book.As an added bonus, each page is perforated so that Tween colorists can easily remove their masterpieces and use them to decorate any place or space they want to—whether it’s their bedroom ceiling or their locker at school! It’s never been simpler to share and display their creations with their pals. So grab a copy for your young colorists, and see them be transported by the beauty of the rainforest with Forever Inspired Coloring Book: Angela Porter’s Tropical Rainforest Hidden Pictures.

Once upon a time fairy tales weren't meant just for children, and neither is Angela Carter's Book of Fairy Tales. This stunning collection contains lyrical tales, bloody tales and hilariously funny and ripely bawdy stories from countries all around the world- from the Arctic to Asia - and no dippy princesses or soppy fairies. Instead, we have pretty maids and old crones; crafty women and bad girls; enchantresses and midwives; rascal aunts and odd sisters. This fabulous celebration of strong minds, low cunning, black arts and dirty tricks could only have been collected by the unique and much-missed Angela Carter. Illustrated throughout with original woodcuts.