Books with author Helen Joslin

Make it work! This chic boxed set holds everything you need to create fifty fabulous miniature paper outfits based on real styles.Embrace your inner designer with your very own fashion studio! A designer's handbook gives step-by-step instructions for creating and styling picture-perfect outfits, each with its own irresistible accessories. Use the included designer paper and tissue to put together red carpet looks, little black classics, and summer styles. Then mix and match the versatile pattern templates and design dozens more outfits in your own original style. Card hangers, clothes racks, a dressmaker's dummy, and, of course, the studio set provide budding designers with everything they need to display their wares. Create a complete new (miniature) wardrobe for every season!

It’s the night before Christmas. A boy dreams of catching Santa. No, it's not a silly dream. He is prepared! He mastered all the tricks to stay awake. He even built a secret passage to move quickly in pursuit of Santa! Then, he wakes up to a sudden noise. He feels everything in his house seems a bit peculiar. Something is definitely going wrong! He has to fix whatever it is before it ruins Christmas!

There is a ferocious dragon who guards the world’s most precious treasure. One day, a boy named Alok comes and asks the dragon to tell him where the treasure is. How dare you! The dragon snorts and scares him with a menacing roar and the billow of fire. Does the boy run away? Not at all! He even teases the dragon if she is sure to know where the treasure is. Of course, the dragon knows the way. There is a secret treasure map, and it belongs to her! It is a breeze to get to the hidden treasure as long as the map is right there with her in the pocket. Uh-oh! Then, the dragon realizes that she is in big trouble; her one and only treasure map is GONE! Now, what is the dragon who lost the map going to do?!

1. So, Christmas is only a night away.I've come around a long, long way. Last year I didn’t make it far.I was so close though, I gnar! If only I didn’t fall asleep last minute,I’ve probably seen the magical scene of Santa Claus’s visit. 2. This year I am ready to make it happen, and this is not a groundless hope.364 days and 14 hours of preparedness should cope. (scaffolding, taping, Aerodynamic encounters, Spiking with cold water, A duster buster, Playlist blaster) 3.No, I am not falling asleep! Oh, I am not…zzz 4. Woughhhhh-Startled from a screeching sound, I pop my eyes open. Things seem quiet as normal, but I promise I heard somethin’.I move as quickly and quietly to check if I am not mistaken. 5.I was right! Every single thing in the house is very slightly in its tilt! Chink! Clack! Squeak! There goes another clatter.Then the entire house tips over even more.Something is seriously going wrong, I patter.I must fix whatever it is before it whacks Christmas forevermore. 6.Swiftly through my secret passage,Up I go to look out for any damage. 7.Then I feel a sudden chill. No, it's not the winter nip!My heart starts pounding hard. No, climbing up was easier than zip!I think I am not the only one up here, oh my!On a night before Christmas who would possibly be on someone else’s roof and why? 8.“ Aaahhh-If you are a monster, a werewolf-ster, a ghost-in-turn, Jack O’ Lantern, a zombie, a villain newbie, a notorious pirate, the world’s baddest guy candidate, a scary bear, an alligator, a grownup vampire, a toddler vampire, a baby vampire, or mummies that never expire, GET LOST!!!” 9.“What if I am none of them?” a surprisingly cheerful voice responses.Out of a shadowy roof, comes a dark gigantic figure to my squint open eyes.

There is a dragon who guards the most precious treasure in the world. No one exactly knows for how long the dragon has been there guarding it. It’s only known that the dragon is VERY fierce.And the dragon is... ME! Today I am getting my nails done. I enjoy this alone time very much - even though I’ve been alone almost all my life! Until…This human bothers me saying, “Hi, my name is Alok.” Then he dares to ask me if I know the way to the treasure. The world’s most precious treasure! he adds. I tell the fearless human being that I absolutely cannot tell him where the treasure is. I warn him that if he does not leave right now I will eat him up.