Books with author Steven Harper

Put on a happy face!You just gotta love the spuds! Children who put silly faces on MR. POTATO HEAD generally end up with happy faces of their own. Versatility has always been at the heart of this potato family’s style, and that’s why kids find this popular toy so irresistible. Now, young artists can experience that same creative pleasure on the page—while building their drawing skills, too.As always, Pencil, Paper, Draw! makes the artistic process simple and reassuring: children just trace the easy-to-follow colored guidelines to create great pictures. They’ll start with a basic potato shape, and then have hours of fun choosing their favorite facial features, clothing, and accessories. When they’re done, their MR. POTATO HEAD will truly be one of a kind! MR. POTATO HEAD is a trademark of Hasbro and is used with permission. © 2007 Hasbro. All Rights Reserved. Licensed by Hasbro.

With just their pencils, and this very basic drawing course, kids can grow a bright and blossoming garden on the page! It’s so simple: every spread presents budding artists with colorful numbered lines to trace. Blue is for the new steps, black ones are for the lines done previously, and the gray lines are just for guidance—they can be erased before the picture is done. Kids will happily draw bluebells and chrysanthemums, daffodils and sunflowers, daisies in a vase, geraniums in a flowerpot, apple tree blossoms on a branch, and more. Instructions explain the different parts of the flower and provide tips on what makes them look realistic.

Parties, games, amusement parks, haunted houses, sleepovers--these are just some of the appealing topics children will find in this collection of simple, fun searches. Each puzzle is organized around a single letter or subject, and there's a word list to guide them as they look. As kids become involved in solving such puzzles as "Parts of the Body," they'll learn to recognize basic, important words--including arm, leg, knee, wrist, and toe--and improve their vocabulary. It's an enjoyable way to set the stage for future reading success.

Since 1947, when the very first TONKA vehicles came out, these sturdy and dependable toys have been family favorites. With these bulldozers, dumpsters, cranes, and trucks in hand, kids have pretended to drive, dig, lift, even construct entire cities. Now, this colorful fleet is about to inspire young artists: art. The appeal of Hasbro’s perennially popular toy combines with the bestselling Pencil, Paper, Draw! series to entice children to create wonderful pictures. By just following the lines, young TONKA fans can capture a big rig, mighty cement mixer, back hoe, and other equipment, along with workers and signs. The result: an entire construction scene!

Skulls and swashbucklers, treasure maps and gold: with this fun and easy-to-follow drawing book, kids can create their own pirate world. Slowly, in manageable stages, they’ll learn how to produce some cool characters, along with all the things associated with these seafaring buccaneers. Each page features several numbered figures, with lines to copy or trace that build the picture. Blue lines are the new additions; black lines were done in a previous step; and gray lines are guides that you won’t need in the final illustration. Make a scary pirate flag; a spooky skeleton pirate with a sword; burly and bearded Peg Leg Pete; Rose, the lady pirate; one-eyed Harpoon Hank; and sea monsters, too!

With more than 250 million TONKA trucks zipping across floors, tables, and other surfaces, these toys have zoomed right into kids’ hearts. And this clever Mix & Match book gives them a chance to play with these terrific vehicles as never before! The variety of permutations as children come up with new machines to build is simply irresistible: Combine the front of a steamroller with the bed of a dump truck, the bucket of a front loader with the arms of a mighty logger, and lots more.

There's been a resurgence of interest in phonics as a way for kids to sound out the letters they see on the page and master reading. These puzzles, each focusing on a particular combination of letters, will help them along. Children will delight in working their way through long A sounds (maze, gray, play); short A (crab, grab, jam); hard C (crack, call, cool), the blend of DGE (fudge, nudge, fridge), and more, from "spooky" OO to the "thrill" of TH. As youngsters happily solve the searches, they'll absorb crucial knowledge of fundamental consonant blends and vowels.

Put on a happy face!You just gotta love the spuds! Children who put silly faces on MR. POTATO HEAD generally end up with happy faces of their own. Versatility has always been at the heart of this potato family’s style, and that’s why kids find this popular toy so irresistible. Now, young artists can experience that same creative pleasure on the page—while building their drawing skills, too.As always, Pencil, Paper, Draw! makes the artistic process simple and reassuring: children just trace the easy-to-follow colored guidelines to create great pictures. They’ll start with a basic potato shape, and then have hours of fun choosing their favorite facial features, clothing, and accessories. When they’re done, their MR. POTATO HEAD will truly be one of a kind! MR. POTATO HEAD is a trademark of Hasbro and is used with permission. © 2007 Hasbro. All Rights Reserved. Licensed by Hasbro.