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What If You Met A Pirate?
Jan Adkins
Hardcover (Roaring Brook Press, Oct. 1, 2004)"You know all about pirates. They were big guys with fancy hats, silk jackets, peg legs, and parrots cursing on their shoulders. They sailed big ships with brass guns and made lubbers walk the plank . . . right?Wrong. . . . "Pirates and piracy, buried treasure, and life on the high seas are brought to life in this colorful, appealing book.Jan Adkin's talent for combining words, illustration, and design is uniquely well-suited to the world of Pirates: ships and seafaring, maps, weapons, larger than life characters and larger than life stories are vividly presented in Jan's signature, design-driven style. This large format, full color picture book presents pirate history and pirate lore, pirate ships and equipment, and pirate life.
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Wooden Ship: The building of a wooden sailing vessel in 1870
Jan Adkins
Hardcover (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Oct. 1, 1978)A chronicle of the fictional whaleship, Ulysses, describing the details of her building from design to launching.
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Toolchest
Jan Adkins
Paperback (Walker, Jan. 1, 1973)Explains basic facts and tool uses for the beginning woodworker.
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Moving Heavy Things
Jan Adkins
Paperback (Macmillan / McGraw - Hill, Aug. 16, 1980)From the back cover: "A fieldbook of powerful ingenuity, shrewd manipulation, and mechanical advantage."
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What If You Met a Knight?
Jan Adkins
eBook (Roaring Brook Press, Dec. 29, 2015)Forget jousts and quests and dragons—a real knight had real work to do, lots of mouths to feed, and trouble could ride over the hill at any moment. Castles were dark, armor was uncomfortable, and jousts and tournaments (not to mention real battles) were dangerous—and expensive. As in the popular and successful What If You Met a Pirate? an informative, entertaining text and energetic illustrations, diagrams, and cross sections combine to explore a subject with loads of kid appeal.
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Heavy Equipment
Jan Adkins
Hardcover (Atheneum, Oct. 1, 1980)Detailed drawings and brief text document the shape and function of such heavy machinery as compactors, excavators, graders, crawlers, and cranes.
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Toolchest.
Jan Adkins
Library Binding (Walker & Co, May 1, 1973)Explains basic facts and tool uses for the beginning woodworker.
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What If You Met a Cowboy?
Jan Adkins
eBook (Roaring Brook Press, Aug. 27, 2013)You know all about cowboys, right? They're the good guys in the white hats, carrying six-shooters and wearing fancy boots. Well, no. Cowboys weren't like that at all. Come inside and meet Jake Peavy. He's the real deal. Jake's a crackerjack cattle herder but he wears a grubby hat and he limps from when that horse fell on him. He's small, wiry, has bad teeth, and it's been a while since he washed. Come spend some time with Jake, his saddlemates, and his fleas. You'll learn all about riding the range, roping dogies, and surviving in the down-and-dirty world that was the REAL wild West.
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Toolchest
Jan Adkins
Hardcover (Walker & Co, Feb. 1, 1984)Offers information on the qualities and uses of various woods and describes efficient tools, measuring procedures, and woodworking techniques
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Letter Box: The Art and History of Letters
Jan Adkins
Hardcover (Walker & Co, Nov. 1, 1986)Traces the history of letters and examines the evolution of different styles of calligraphy and printing.
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String: Tying It Up, Tying It Down
Jan Adkins
Hardcover (Atheneum, April 30, 1992)An illustrated primer of stringology teaches readers everything they would ever need to know about the uses of string, from hoisting a bucket and sewing a button to lassoing a steer and skydiving.
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Bridges: From My Side to Yours
Jan Adkins
Hardcover (Roaring Brook Press, March 15, 2002)Bridge building is given fascinating life in this accessible, wonderfully illustrated study. Ranging from ancient Rome to the present day, from simple log bridges to marvels of industrial technology, and from well-known landmarks to little-known feats of engineering and art, this book gives readers a new appreciation for that most familiar of structures, the bridge.
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