Books with author David R. Stiles

Treehouses & Playhouses You Can Build shows how average "do-it-yourself" families can easily and affordably bring to life a "Hobbit's Treehouse," a "Pirate's Playhouse," or a "Crow's Nest" in their own backyards! There are a lot of books out there filled with enchanting photos of elaborate treehouses and playhouses built by professionals and costing tens of thousands to build. For the rest of us, there's bit of elbow grease, a lot of imagination, a trip to the hardware store-and Treehouses & Playhouses You Can Build. Authors David and Jeanie Stiles are the best-selling authors of a number of books on treehouses with sales of over 150,000 copies. They have created another straightforward how-to-build book filled with beautiful hand-drawn step-by-step illustrations that are easy to follow and describe in detail how to create each project. They include tips on budgeting, using basic tools, buying materials, and kid- and adult-friendly instructions! Even for DIY novice types, this book simplifies the building process and inspires families of all types to work together and build cool stuff.

A dreamer's handbook for kids―and parents―offering practical results All kids love the idea of a hideaway―a place that is theirs, no parents allowed. But how on earth can they actually build one? In Forts for Kids, an inspirational yet practical guide, David Stiles, the most trusted authority on DIY building projects, shows them how. Assuming no previous experience from the fort builder, the book starts with the basics for kids and their parents: how to buy wood, and essential skills such as sawing and nailing. It includes a brief history of forts and more than twenty projects ranging from the simple (a blanket and umbrella fort) to the more challenging (a stockade fort). The book even includes forts made of snow, sand, or branches. An accessories section features projects that can be made in just a few hours, such as a slide, swing, catapult, periscope, cannon, and water balloon launcher.

This is a coloring and planning book that the entire family can enjoy: relaxing together while also getting inspired to perhaps design and build their own tree house in the future. There will be a few pages at the end with beautiful trees that have a space for readers to draw their own tree house designs, and a large pencil-wielding hand directing them to the empty space. A source page at the end of the book lists other tree house coloring books as well as simple directions on mixing watercolors and choosing brushes.

A dreamer's handbook for kids—and parents—offering practical results All kids love the idea of a hideaway—a place that is theirs, no parents allowed. But how on earth can they actually build one? In Forts for Kids, an inspirational yet practical guide, David Stiles, the most trusted authority on DIY building projects, shows them how. Assuming no previous experience from the fort builder, the book starts with the basics for kids and their parents: how to buy wood, and essential skills such as sawing and nailing. It includes a brief history of forts and more than twenty projects ranging from the simple (a blanket and umbrella fort) to the more challenging (a stockade fort). The book even includes forts made of snow, sand, or branches. An accessories section features projects that can be made in just a few hours, such as a slide, swing, catapult, periscope, cannon, and water balloon launcher.

This captivating debut novel from Australia's David Still, the first in the It's Our Earth Too trilogy, weaves themes relating to Human and Planetary Evolution into an engaging and entertaining plot that has readers desperate to read the second instalment (the Gathering). The Awakening is told through the eyes of Australian teenagers Jay, Dane and Craig, their beautiful new teacher Crystal, and unemployed lawyer Tommy O'Brien, handling complex issues with great simplicity and humour. A fantastic read for all ages.

The follow up to The Tail of Posy Brown, George and the Rat War is the latest edition in the Childrens series of the Windmill Browns books. Having allowed a ladder to slip resulting in his Father ending up in the Fish Pond, George is banished to his room at the top of the Windmill for three days. Whilst there he spies a bunch of Rats making their way to the shed. He convinces Smudge to help him evict them. Will everything go to plan and will George succeed and will Posy manage to get George into trouble?The new tale from the Windmill Browns.

The follow up to The Tail of Posy Brown, George and the Rat War is the latest edition in the Childrens series of the Windmill Browns books. Having allowed a ladder to slip resulting in his Father ending up in the Fish Pond, George is banished to his room at the top of the Windmill for three days. Whilst there he spies a bunch of Rats making their way to the shed. He convinces Smudge to help him evict them. Will everything go to plan and will George succeed and will Posy manage to get George into trouble?The new tale from the Windmill Browns.