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Books in Build My Own series

  • Build Your Own Dinosaur Museum

    Lonely Planet Kids, Jenny Jacoby, Mike Love

    Hardcover (Lonely Planet, Oct. 16, 2018)
    Calling all dinosaur experts! We need your help. We have just received a crate of dinosaur fossils â?? and they need assembling! Fast! Can you find the right room for each skeleton and build them in time for the museum's big opening? There are five pop-up dinosaurs to put back together, including a Triceratops, Stegosaurus and T-rex. It's going to be roarsome! Lonely Planet's Build Your Own Dinosaur Museum is an activity book with a difference, where you get to play chief paleontologist. The museum rooms are ready, but there aren't any skeletons to display. It's up to you to figure out which one is which and where they need to go. Fun, interactive and with lots of facts to discover, this book is perfect for any dinosaur fan, budding biologist or model maker. About Lonely Planet Kids: Lonely Planet Kids â?? an imprint of the world's leading travel authority, Lonely Planet â?? published its first book in 2011. Over the past 45 years, Lonely Planet has grown a dedicated global community of travelers, many of whom are now sharing a passion for exploration with their children. Lonely Planet Kids encourages the next generation of global citizens to learn about the world around them with engaging books on culture, sociology, geography, nature, history, space and more. Whether at home, in school or on the road, every day can be an adventure. Come explore!
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  • Build Your Own History Museum

    Lonely Planet Kids, Claudia Martin, Mike Love, Beatrice Blue

    Hardcover (Lonely Planet, April 21, 2020)
    Calling all archaeologists! A crate has arrived for you and it's packed with treasures from the ancient world! Can you assemble them and assign each to the right room in time for the museum's big opening? Among the treasures to display are an Egyptian sarcophagus, a Greek temple and a Chinese Terracotta Army. Fun, interactive and with lots of facts to discover, Lonely Planet Kids' Build Your Own History Museum is a hands-on way to learn about ancient people, cultures and traditions. It's packed with amazing facts and awesome illustrations that reveal how people all over the world once lived and worked. Perfect for history fans of all ages, this follow-up to Build Your Own Dinosaur Museum features the ancient civilizations Mesopotamia, the Indus Valley, Egypt, Greece, China, Rome, the Maya, and the Vikings. About Lonely Planet Kids: Lonely Planet Kids-an imprint of the world's leading travel authority Lonely Planet-published its first book in 2011. Over the past 45 years, Lonely Planet has grown a dedicated global community of travelers, many of whom are now sharing a passion for exploration with their children. Lonely Planet Kids educates and encourages young readers at home and in school to learn about the world with engaging books on culture, sociology, geography, nature, history, space and more. We want to inspire the next generation of global citizens and help kids and their parents to approach life in a way that makes every day an adventure. Come explore!
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  • Build Your Own Transistor Radios: A Hobbyist's Guide to High-Performance and Low-Powered Radio Circuits

    Ronald Quan

    Paperback (McGraw-Hill Education TAB, Dec. 11, 2012)
    Publisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product.A DIY guide to designing and building transistor radiosCreate sophisticated transistor radios that are inexpensive yet highly efficient. Build Your Own Transistor Radios: A Hobbyist’s Guide to High-Performance and Low-Powered Radio Circuits offers complete projects with detailed schematics and insights on how the radios were designed. Learn how to choose components, construct the different types of radios, and troubleshoot your work. Digging deeper, this practical resource shows you how to engineer innovative devices by experimenting with and radically improving existing designs. Build Your Own Transistor Radios covers: Calibration tools and test generators TRF, regenerative, and reflex radios Basic and advanced superheterodyne radios Coil-less and software-defined radios Transistor and differential-pair oscillators Filter and amplifier design techniques Sampling theory and sampling mixers In-phase, quadrature, and AM broadcast signals Resonant, detector, and AVC circuits Image rejection and noise analysis methods“This is the perfect guide for electronics hobbyists and students who want to delve deeper into the topic of radio. Overall, this extremely well written and comprehensively illustrated guide and reference deserves a place on the inquisitive radio amateur's bookshelf.” ― QST“I would definitely recommend this book to novices and all hobbyists and engineers who have not have much practical exposure to radio design and development.” ― EDNMake Great Stuff!TAB, an imprint of McGraw-Hill Professional, is a leading publisher of DIY technology books for makers, hackers, and electronics hobbyists.
  • Build My Own: A Magical Christmas

    Thea Feldman, Elizabeth Bennett

    Paperback (Studio Fun International, Oct. 14, 2014)
    Read the book and assemble awesome models with the included building bricks! Ho! Ho! Ho! Youngsters will love getting into the holiday spirit by exploring this super fun treasury filled with stories, songs, crafts, and more, and using the 86 building bricks to make their very own tree, presents and Santa! Specially designed to help reinforce engineering concepts, this magical building block set will make the perfect Christmas (or pre-Christmas) gift for a wide range of ages.
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  • Build My Own Mighty Machines: Construct 3 Amazing Machines!

    Lori C Froeb

    Hardcover (Studio Fun International, July 29, 2014)
    Read about construction machinery and assemble three awesome vehicles with the included building bricks!Grab your hard hat and let's get building! First, we need to call in the bulldozers, backhoes, and dump trucks to prepare the construction site. Foreman Max will tell you all about these and many more powerful machines in this fact-packed book. Then build three of your very own vehicles with the included 114 bricks. Ready, set, construct!
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  • Viking Ship

    David Woodroffe

    Paperback (Siena, )
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  • Build My Own Rescue Machines: Construct 3 Amazing Machines!

    Lori C Froeb

    Hardcover (Studio Fun International, July 29, 2014)
    Read about all the cool machines used to rescue people and then build them with the included bricks! This set of 122 building bricks plus book is an amazing value when priced against similar products.Sirens blare, lights flash…it’s a rescue vehicle rushing to the scene. How much do you know about the fire trucks, coast guard helicopters, and ambulances that help people every day? Do you know what equipment a fire truck carries? What the inside of an ambulance looks like? Find out inside, then build a police helicopter, fire truck, and rescue ATV of your very own with the included 122 bricks. Ready, set, construct!
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  • Build My Own Farm Machines

    Cynthia Stierle

    Paperback (Studio Fun International, Feb. 10, 2015)
    Read about all the cool machines used on a farm and then build them with the included bricks! This set of 115 building bricks plus book is an amazing value when priced against similar products.Ready, set, construct! This colorful book and building blocks provides hours of fun, and help reinforce engineering concepts. While reading the enclosed book, Plow, Plant, Harvest, about farm equipment, kids are encouraged to assemble the awesome models using the building blocks provided. A mini figure farmer is also included to drive the vehicles!
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  • Build My Own Spacecraft

    Cynthia Stierle

    Paperback (Studio Fun International, July 21, 2015)
    Read about all spacecraft and space stations, and then build three space vehicles with the included bricks! This set of over 100 building bricks plus book is an amazing value when priced against similar products.Ready, set, construct . . and blast off! This colorful book and building blocks provides hours of fun, educates about space exploration, and helps reinforce engineering concepts. While reading the enclosed book about space exploration, kids are encouraged to assemble the three awesome spacecraft models using the building blocks provided. A mini figure astronaut is also included to launch in space!
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  • Build My Own Race Cars

    Cynthia Stierle

    Paperback (Studio Fun International, July 21, 2015)
    Read all about the world of car racing, and then build three race cars with the included bricks! This set of over 100 building bricks plus book is an amazing value when priced against similar products.Ready, set, construct! This colorful book and building blocks provides hours of fun, and help reinforce engineering concepts. While reading the enclosed book about car racing, kids are encouraged to assemble three awesome race car models using the building blocks provided. A mini figure driver is also included participate in the race!
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  • Build My Own Main Street

    Gina Shaw, Steven Wood

    Paperback (Studio Fun International, Feb. 10, 2015)
    [ Build My Own Main Street: Build My Own Books with Building Bricks Shaw, Gina ( Author ) ] Paperback 2015
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  • Build Your Own Haunted Mansion

    Disney Book Group

    Hardcover (Disney Press, Nov. 1, 2003)
    One of the most popular Disney theme park attractions comes to life in this spook-tacular new storybook format. Kids will love reading the ghostly story, then punching out the walls of the mansion and assembling it with the nifty nuts, bolts, and wrench blister-packed on the front of the book. Using the die-cut characters included, children can create their very own spooky adventures for continued play.
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