Books with author Tom Tierney

A strong-willed monarch who led 16th-century England to a period of great strength and enormous prosperity, Elizabeth I is featured in this meticulously detailed paper doll collection that also depicts two of her admirers — Sir Walter Raleigh and Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex. The Queen's seven magnificent gowns of silk, satin, and brocade are accented with pleated ruffs, pearls, and polished gemstones. Detailed descriptive notes provide a wealth of information on each outfit.

It's hard to believe that it's been fifty years since the famous "Three Days of Peace, Love, and Music." Return to Yasgur's farm in Bethel, New York, and recapture the spirit of the Sixties with these eight colorful paper dolls of festival performers: Joan Baez, Roger Daltrey, Jerry Garcia, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Carlos Santana, Grace Slick, and Sly Stone. Resplendent in full psychedelic regalia, each doll comes with a groovy extra outfit!

This pretty, perky paper doll depicts a real-life figure skater named Andrea Louise Johnson—who’s only six years old! The paper doll shows Andrea skating gracefully in a sparkling leotard. Other eye-catching costumes include a jeweled, tightly pleated dress with a Restoration look; a 1930s-look costume complete with a leopard-skin pillbox hat; a wispy rose print, with a matching diadem of roses; and 5 other glamorous ensembles. A variety of hairstyles and attractive headpieces complete an easy-to-cut-out collection that will delight paper doll lovers and skating fans of all ages. 1 doll printed on gatefold cover and 8 plates of costumes on lightweight stock.

Aspiring ballerinas and young dance enthusiasts will treasure this enchanting collection of 6 little girl dolls and 48 dazzling costumes. A captivating introduction to the dance world, it features a variety of styles, including Irish step dancing, jazz, and tap. Highlights include authentic costumes from Nutcracker,Swan Lake, Giselle, Sleeping Beauty, and other classical ballets.

Here is a wonderful paper doll tribute to one of the greatest American presidents and his family, a meticulously detailed re-creation of the mid-nineteenth-century clothing worn by Abraham Lincoln; his wife, Mary Todd Lincoln; and three of their four sons: Robert Todd, William Wallace ("Willie"), and Thomas ("Tad"). Their second child, Edward Baker, died at the age of four, and is not pictured here. Included are five dolls and 32 authentic costumes, carefully researched and rendered with extraordinary skill and attention to every nuance of fabric and style. Among the costumes presented:President Lincoln: a white frock coat with white straw hat, worn during the Lincoln-Dougles debates; a formal cutaway jacket with claw-hammer tails, white tie and vest, and familiar stovepipe hat; the suit Lincoln wore when he gave the Gettysburg Address, including the legendary fringed shawl over his shoulders, and more. Mary Todd Lincoln: an evening gown of gold silk, trimmed in gold lace, satin bows and braid; a walking ensemble of red, gold, and turquoise brocaded silk with a black velvet vest and shawl; a military-style cape with gold bouclé epaulettes atop a navy silk traveling dress, and others.Robert, Willie, and Tad Lincoln: Among the outfits worn by the three boys, Tad sports a canvas coat with a knitted-wool lining and a black bearskin hat; one of Robert's costumes is a Chesterfield-style coat with a velvet collar and checked woolen trousers; Willie is resplendent in a formal jacket of wine velvet with a gold closure in the front, black wool trousers with a gold stripe, and a soft velour wide-brimmed hat. These and many other colorful ensembles recall the clothing and style of the first family in the 1860s. Paper doll enthusiasts, lovers of Americana and period fashion, and students of American history will find much inspiration and enjoyment in this realistic and historically accurate collection.

The dean of detectives, Sherlock Holmes is a master of disguise — so his doll comes with 10 different costumes, plus the familiar magnifying glass, deerstalker cap, and calabash pipe. This collection also includes five of his colleagues and adversaries: the loyal Dr. Watson, the nefarious Professor Moriarty, Inspector Lestrade of Scotland Yard, Mrs. Hudson, and Irene Adler, the only woman to outwit Holmes. Plus, 60 interchangeable heads portray a variety of actors who have played Holmes and Watson over the years.

Who were the cavaliers, and what elaborate hairstyles did they introduce? Did Puritans really wear only simple, unadorned black clothing? Tom Tierney answers these questions and more in this carefully researched and rendered coloring book on seventeenth-century apparel worn by the English, the American colonists, and other Europeans.Forty-five illustrations reveal that cavaliers (those loyal to the royal cause during the English civil war) loved ribbons, bright colors, and fancy hats on heads of long, curly hair. Puritans preferred browns, grays, deep greens, and other dark colors but didn't always wear black. And — they liked white cuffs and collars! Other figures portrayed include farmers, soldiers, prosperous middle-class couples, and landed gentry.Informative captions and descriptive notes accompany handsome, full-page drawings that will not only appeal to coloring book fans of all ages but will also be valued by costume historians and fashion designers.