Books with author Barbara Levy

How-to book shows youngsters and beginning artists of all ages a simple way to draw portraits of 30 amazing inhabitants from a magical world. Step-by-step illustrations incorporating circles, ovals, squares, rectangles, and other basic shapes show how to depict graceful mermaids, appealing dragons, gentle giants, and other fanciful creatures.Book Details:Format: PaperbackPublication Date: 3/16/2004Pages: 32Reading Level: Age 6 and Up

Step-by-step illustrations show how to use simple shapes to draw accurate, character-filled likenesses of 30 favorite breeds: hunting, working, sporting, hounds, terriers, and more. Artists of all ages can learn to draw a beagle, cocker spaniel, collie, Dalmatian, Old English sheepdog, golden retriever, 24 others. 120 black-and-white illustrations. Introduction. Captions.

Take a field trip to the zoo and find out who's who! From the aardvark to the zebra, these 30 easy dot-to-dot puzzles take kids on a far-ranging journey through the animal kingdom. They'll encounter a gorilla, an elephant, a rhinoceros, a leopard, and three kinds of bears, plus birds such as the cockatoo, ostrich, and penguin. The big, full-page drawings are fun to color, too.

Love is in the air as Barbara Levine and Paige Ramey take on humankind's oldest pastime: kissing. In racy candids, humorous vintage postcards, and snapshots taken on the sly, couples from the Victorian era through the Swinging Sixties smooch, canoodle, neck, and spoon. The collected photographs are sweet, sincere, and saucy, occasionally awkward, and always intriguing: Who took these photos? And what lay in store for these amorous couples after the shutter clicked—true love or just a passing fancy? People Kissing is the perfect gift to share with a sweetheart any day you feel like making a public display of affection.

Just like magic, a few easy-to-follow steps will have artists of every age creating thirty amazing inhabitants from a mythical world! Simple illustrations incorporating circles, ovals, squares, and other basic shapes show how to depict graceful mermaids, appealing dragons, gentle giants, and other fanciful creatures. A special format features easy instructions on the left side and practice-until-perfect blank pages on the right. And a pencil, eraser, and sharpener are included as your ideal aids to drawing success!

Chanukah is a Jewish holiday celebrating the victory of the Maccabees over the Syrians in 165 B.C. Known as the Festival of Lights, it is a time to remember the early Jews' struggle for religious freedom. It is also a time of gift giving and game playing.Each of the 12 easy-to-read pages in this book describes a Chanukah-related object or term: Eternal Light, menorah, Maccabee shield with the Star of David, dreidel, and more. Also included are 12 full-color sticker illustrations, each of which can be applied to a blank space on the appropriate page.

Aspiring artists will find it a snap to create humorous portraits with this easy-to-follow guide. Step-by-step diagrams show how to draw little girls with unusual ponytails, a bearded leprechaun, a balding man, a lady with a funny hat, and other odd faces by combining ovals and circles and adding curvy lines and squiggles. 116 black-and-white illustrations.

Simple directions make it easy to draw your favorite Mother Goose characters. Just combine a few circles, ovals, rectangles, and other basic shapes. Before you know it, you'll have drawn amazing likenesses of the Three Blind Mice, the Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe, Little Bo Peep, the Queen of Hearts, and 21 other nursery rhyme favorites. For even more fun, you can color those likable characters you've created!