Books with author Marsha Norman

Build hours of fun for generations to come with these classic wooden toys! Projects include: Cars, trucks, & trailers Bulldozer, steamroller, & crane Planes including P-40 & F-16 Fighters Steam engines, locomotives, & pull-along trains Animal train including a lion, camel, elephant, hippo, giraffe, and bear In today's era of mass production and plastic, there may well be no other woodworking project as rewarding to build as a wooden toy. A wooden toy gets back to the basics of handmade craftsmanship, natural and safe materials, and best of all, good old-fashioned fun! Wooden toys are a joy to build, rewarding to give, and endless fun to play with—especially the ingenious designs in Great Book of Wooden Toys. Detailed and clearly illustrated, this in-depth handbook offers instruction for constructing more than 50 wooden toys designed to appeal to a child's sense of imagination and playfulness! From a powerful bulldozer to a pioneer-inspired paddleboat, Great Book of Wooden Toys includes 37 three-dimensional toys any child will love, along with 16 "pull-along" classics that are perfect for toddlers. A brief introduction covers the basic techniques like gluing, sanding, and making wheels. Each project presents a meticulous diagram, a handy materials list, detailed step-by-step instructions, exploded views, and a photograph of the completed toy, for a foolproof building experience. More than 125 photographs show you how every piece goes together, and a special chapter is devoted to finishing or painting your toys for a professional look. Designs include stylized versions of a Model T car, a crane, and the "Spirit of St. Louis" airplane, as well as projects specifically for beginning woodworkers, such as pull-along trains and circus animals. Instructions for finishing and detailing (using child-safe finishes and materials) ensure that the completed crafts will last for years. Author Norm Marshall (1932-1982) was a well-known toy maker whose classic toys were loved by children and woodworkers alike. They provided hours and hours of entertainment for countless generations, and best of all, they were easy to build. Now you can build a Norman Marshall wooden toy with Great Book of Wooden Toys!

Considered the first comic book with original material ever produced, 1933’s "Detective Dan, Secret Op. 48" was a landmark. It only lasted one issue before morphing into the Dan Dunn newspaper strip. A blatant copy of Chester Gould’s Dick Tracy (Norman Marsh had been an art assistant to Gould), Dan Dunn was a rough and tumble Secret Service agent who exacted violent retribution on any criminal who dared cross his path. This book reprints the entire first year of daily comics.LOAC Essentials reprints, one year at a time, the daily newspaper strips that are essential to comics history, in a format that preserves, as closely as possible, the original reader experience. By reproducing the strips one per page in an oblong format, it allows us to have the experience of reading the comics one day at a time. Each volume contains seminal strips that are unique creations in their right and also contributed to the advancement of the medium, along with panel-by-panel annotations.

Transformation is never easy. But like the caterpillar and the butterfly, it often occurs in a tough, dark place, out of our own line of vision. Usually its form is not what we expect, and adjusting to this new way of life comes easier and more quickly for some than for others. But come it must, if we are open and willing. Learning how to fly when all we've known is crawling on the ground can be frightening and overwhelming. But each of us has a deepness inside. When we dig deep and draw long, we often surprise ourselves by discovering that just below the surface resides a character of courage. Tapping into its potential takes us to heights we never knew or dreamed possible.