Books published by publisher B.E.S.

LEGO® builders, rejoice! The celebrated author of Brick City, Brick Wonders, Brick Flicks, Brick History and Brick Vehicles is back with this new title that offers 40 original, ingenious, and unique buildable projects to make from LEGO pieces. In Brick Animals, anyone with a drawer full of LEGO bricks will be able to build and customize cute animal models, including a cute cat, wild swan, big polar bear, friendly monkey, and more. Based on the brick selection found in some of LEGO's Classic series, each project is a great way to test out unusual building techniques or to mix up pieces from existing kits that have already been broken up. Free your inner architect with these fun projects that really get your creative juices flowing. You can follow the instructions to the letter or go off in your own direction--it's your choice! Many of the designs in these books use fewer than 100 bricks, so you don't need a lot of bricks to get started. Discover loads fun projects showcasing advanced techniques that are perfect for every LEGO enthusiast.

LEGO® builders, rejoice! The celebrated author of Brick City, Brick Wonders, Brick Flicks and Brick Vehicles is back with this new title that offers 40 original, ingenious, and unique buildable projects to make from LEGO pieces. In Brick Cars and Trucks, anyone with a drawer full of LEGO bricks will be able to build and customize amazing vehicles, including a Ford Model T, SUVs, monster trucks, fire engines, and more. Based on the brick selection found in some of LEGO's Classic series, each project is a great way to test out unusual building techniques or to mix up pieces from existing kits that have already been broken up. Free your inner architect with these fun projects that really get your creative juices flowing. You can follow the instructions to the letter or go off in your own direction--it's your choice! Many of the designs in these books use fewer than 100 bricks, so you don't need a lot of bricks to get started. Discover loads of fun projects showcasing advanced techniques that are perfect for every LEGO enthusiast. showcasing advanced techniques for every LEGO enthusiast.

Little Ella Bella loves attending Madame Rosa's ballet class at the old theater. Most of all she loves the music that plays from Madame Rosa's special music box, the theme from The Sleeping Beauty ballet. One day, after ballet class has ended, Ella Bella is left alone with the music box on the theater stage. As its music begins playing, Ella is transported to the magical world where the Sleeping Beauty's story takes place. Entering the palace of Princess Aurora, the Sleeping Beauty, Ella meets all the story's characters--not only the good ones, but also the sinister bad fairy--and she sees the famous story unfold before her very eyes. Here is an unusually imaginative retelling of the classic fairy tale, with illustrations that capture the story's magic and mystery. A brief postscript on the book's final page summarizes the history of ballet from its origins during the Italian Renaissance to the late nineteenth-century, when the famous Russian composer Piotr Ilich Tchaikovsky wrote music for The Sleeping Beauty ballet.

How many peacocks in the jungle? How many seagulls in the sky? How many aliens on a faraway planet? Kids will laugh as they learn to count from one to ten. This series of books challenges kids to open their eyes and find special hidden treasures. All of the objects in the colored boxes are hiding inside each picture. Can kids spy them? Can they count them? Whether they're searching for numbered objects at the beach or spying vehicles on the road or in the sky, children will have fun learning how to count numbers with these big, bold, and brightly illustrated books.

Toddlers will have fun with this book at bath time. Each foam-padded page is constructed of sturdy, floatable vinyl, and shows a picture of a friendly animal. When kids dunk these books into the bath water they get a big surprise. A duck, a sheep, a frog, a butterfly, and a fish magically change their colors. When the pages dry out, the animals return to their original white. The book is packaged in a transparent plastic bag with a hanger card.

Learn about different types of rock, how crystals are formed, where gems can be found in the earth's crust, and more. Engaging text, detailed facts, and impressive statistics give children exciting scientific insight into the rocks, crystals, and gems…and the world around them. A glossary at the end of the book helps reinforce the information. Parents, teachers, and librarians will want to collect all of the books in this series to create a very cool first encyclopedia to build early research skills.

Give budding young artists the tools they need to let their creativity soar!These small but informative drawing books will help children discover and expand on their creative drawing talent. Inside this book, they'll find easy, step-by-step instructions for drawing everything from tiny airplanes and jumbo jets to helicopters, blimps and more. Each title in the How to Draw series features more than 100 weird and wonderful drawing projects in a variety of categories. A handy index in the back of the book makes it easy to find favorites to practice again and again.

Do you know how the U.S. Constitution works to protect you, your friends, and your family? It gives you and every American citizen many rights including the right to vote, as well as to enjoy freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom to worship -- or not worship -- according to your beliefs, to disagree openly with government policy, and to defend yourself in courts of law. You'll learn about our rights as a citizen…and also learn which rights are reserved for the state and the community where you live. New to this edition is the addition of new, more complex words that will raise the reading level and an updated emphasis on the distinction between federal and state judges and courts. (Ages 8-10)

Give budding young artists the tools they need to let their creativity soar!These small but informative drawing books will help children discover and expand on their creative drawing talent. Inside this book, they'll find easy, step-by-step instructions for drawing tiny songbirds, magnificent birds of prey, penguins, and more. Each title in the How to Draw series features more than 100 weird and wonderful drawing projects in a variety of categories. A handy index in the back of the book makes it easy to find favorites to practice again and again.

Introduce children to the natural world with this fresh, bold, and bright nonfiction book!From moth to chrysalis to beautiful butterfly, learn about a butterfly's life. Children have lots of questions about the world around them, and this book helps them discover many amazing and wonderful scientific facts about butterflies. The charming collage-effect illustrations are inspired by farms and scenery that the illustrator sees around her home in New Hampshire. Lively texts engage children and make this book a favorite to return to again and again. There are also Notes to Parents and Teachers at the end to encourage further exploration and learning.

Boys and girls discover the importance of eating sensibly and keeping to a balanced diet. They learn that good eating habits are important for health and fitness. Titles in the enlightening and entertaining Why Should I? series of picture storybooks answer questions that younger boys and girls are likely to ask about a wide range of topics. Part of every child's development consists of asking questions about themselves, their friends and neighbors, and their surroundings. Why Should I? books help them discover good answers. Kids will be attracted by the amusing color illustrations on every page, and parents and teachers will appreciate the note at the back of each book offering further suggestions on answering children's questions.