Books published by publisher weldon owen usa

Boredom is not an option with this engaging collection of more than 70 entertaining craft projects and ideas.Hey, rainy days happen. And when they do, Make Fun Stuff! comes to the rescue of parents everywhere, providing them with more than 70 awesome crafting projects (like making a pop-up 3-D card) and delicious, clever recipes (like cooking up taffy from scratch). Best of all, the activities are shown in vivid, colorful, and cheeky step-by-step art with short instructions that make completing them a snap—and a blast! Culled from the creative minds of two zany moms who still remember what it’s like to be a kid, Make Fun Stuff! is the perfect answer to summertime boredom. In its cheerful and colorful pages, you’ll find DIY activities that range from old favorites (marbelize paper, anyone?) to quirky and stylish crafts (such as making a messenger bag out of comic books) to low-tech adventures (like rigging up simple speakers out of used cereal boxes).

With more than 80 amazing jokes, stunts, and games that range from blowing bubbles with your nose to popping a wheelie to spinning a place on a stick, Do Rad Tricks! is the illustrated guide to being plain awesome.In every kid, there’s a total show-off waiting to emerge—a zany impresario who can’t wait to wow with a good magic trick or nail a crazy dance-floor move. And now with this book, they can learn how! Far from your annoying uncle’s collection of bad jokes and pranks, Do Rad Tricks! captures young readers’ imaginations with its zany, just-for-kids ideas, bright artwork, and easy-to-rock-out instructions. Authors Sarah Hines Stephens and Bethany Mann know a thing or two about goofing off—they’ve got kids of their own to learn from!—and they’ve collected the best into this volume of 80 activities ranging from faking zombie makeup to boobytrapping a bathroom, from rollerskating backward to running a ninja obstacle course. Kids’ll be thrilled–and parents’ll be amused—with Do Rad Tricks! This book contains two chapters—one of hilarious pranks and stunts, and one of active, outdoors activities to get kids moving—that update the stale, tried-and-true magic tricks and overdone pranks with fresh, modern, and above all fun activities for the next generation.

Vampires are hot in the YA market. Year after year, there’s a new crop of successful novels, TV shows, and movies. This book, tongue firmly in cheek, addresses the teen who wants to be a vampire, or secrets hopes that he or she already is—with fashion, dating, and lifestyle tips for the 21st century bloodsuckers (hint: capes are so last millennium).Written for the teen who loves vampires and secretly wants to be one (or suspects they may already have been bitten), this stylish, humorous guide gives a history of the vampire myth, to-do lists of movies to watch and places to visit, and all-important fashion and makeup tips for the aspiring vampire.