3D Art Lab for Kids: 32 Adventures in Sculpture and Mixed Media by Susan Schwake

$30.00 AUD

Category: Creative Arts and Drama | Series: Lab

An inspiring collection of ideas and projects for encouraging an artistic spirit in children 3D Art Lab for Kids includes 36 kid-friendly fine art projects in paper, clay, textiles, sculpture, and jewelry. Each project is inspired by the work of a prominent artist and is illustrated with step-by-step fu ll-color photographs of the process as well as finished samples and variations. Whether you use these projects independently or as a curriculum for hands-on 3D art experiences, you'll find that the lessons in this book are open-ended so they can be explored over and over-with different results each time Colorful photos illustrate how different people using the same lesson will yield different results, exemplifying the way the lesson brings out each artist's personal style. 3D Art Lab for Kids is the perfect book for creative families, friends, and community groups and works as lesson plans for both experienced and new art teachers. Children of all ages and experience levels can be guided by adults and will enjoy these engaging exercises. ...Show more

1939: THE MAKING OF SIX GREAT FILMS

$21.00 AUD

Category: Creative Arts and Drama

COMPLETE WORKS: ARDEN SHAKESPEARE by SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAMS

$50.00 AUD

Category: Creative Arts and Drama | Series: Arden Shakespeare

This collection contains the texts of all Shakespeare's plays, as edited by leading Shakespeare scholars for the Arden Shakespeare series. Brief introductions to each play, discuss the date and contemporary context of the play, its position within Shakespeare's oeuvre, and its subsequent performance his tory. A general introduction, also by the Arden General Editors, gives the reader an overall view of how and why Shakespeare has become such an influential cultural icon, and how perceptions of his work have changed in the intervening four centuries. The introduction summarizes the known facts about the dramatist's life, his reading and use of sources, and the nature of theatrical performance during his lifetime. An extensive glossary explains vocabulary which may be unfamiliar to 20th-century readers. ...Show more

Rapunzel's Supermarket by Ursula Kolbe

$69.95 AUD

Category: Creative Arts and Drama

An inspirational book filled with ideas for helping children realise their potential as image makers. Building on children's curiosity about their world, it offers many suggestions for drawing, painting, collage, clay work, puppet making and much more. A wonderful resource for all who live and work with young children. ...Show more

Doctor Who: The Secret Lives of Monsters by Justin Richards

$39.95 AUD

Category: Creative Arts and Drama

A unique, in-depth look into the hidden lives and mysteries of the monsters from the hit BBC series Doctor Who a fully illustrated color compendium that reveals proof of the existence of alien life out there and among us, packaged with removable artwork commissioned exclusively for the book.For years, w orld governments and multinational organizations like the secretive UNIT have suppressed the truth. In this book, leading alientologist Justin Richards finally blows the lid off the biggest conspiracy to radically alter our world since The Scarlioni Incident.Not only is there proof that alien life exists. The aliens are already here. Based on exclusive access to classified UNIT and Torchwood files shocking information that has been suppressed for centuries The Secret Lives of Monsters reveals the terrifying truth behind the rumors and legends.Packed with iconic photographs, eyewitness accounts, diagrams and illustrations, and sixteen removable color prints, The Secret Lives of Monsters offers background details on a diverse range of alien species including planetary and genetic origins, habits, social organization, and first human contact. If you want to know why the Sontaran s probic vent is his weak point or what it is used for; how Daleks reproduce; or how to determine whether your best friend is a Zygon, the answers as well as everything you need to know to survive future invasions are here in The Secret Lives of Monsters." ...Show more

Close-Ups #1: Wes Anderson by Sophie Monks Kaufman; Little White Lies Staff

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Category: Creative Arts and Drama | Series: Close-Ups Ser.

The indispensable, illustrated pocket guide to the films of Wes Anderson, from Bottle Rocket to Isle of Dogs. ALSO AVAILABLE: Close-Ups: Vampire Movies Close-Ups: New York Movies Wes Anderson has quickly become one of the auteurs of modern American cinema, creating his own distinctive world with pastel colour palettes, meticulous set design, nostalgic soundtracks and a kooky troupe of actors. In this illustrated pocket guide Sophie Monks Kaufman navigates his off-kilter world, strolling across the quadrangles of Rushmore Academy, diving beneath the sea with Team Zissou and checking into the Grand Budapest Hotel to discover how an awkward indie film nerd from Texas became the most celebrated director of his generation. ...Show more

Close-Ups #2: Vampire Movies by Charles Bramesco; Little White Lies Staff

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Category: Creative Arts and Drama | Series: Close-Ups Ser.

The indispensable, illustrated pocket guide to the world of vampire movies, from Nosferatu to A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night. ALSO AVAILABLE: Close-Ups: Wes Anderson Close-Ups: New York Movies When F. W. Murnau brought Nosferatu to the screen in 1922 he ushered in the bloody reign of cinema's most ven erable villain - the vampire. Nocturnal, fanged and insatiable for human blood, the vampire has infected the public consciousness like no other movie monster. In this illustrated pocket guide, Charles Bramesco goes vampire hunting across a century of cinema, stalking around lonely Transylvanian castles, dusty New York apartments and rain-soaked Washington woods to discover why the vampire has become cinema's most enduring villain. ...Show more

Close-Ups #3: New York Movies by Mark Asch; Little White Lies Staff

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Category: Creative Arts and Drama | Series: Close-Ups Ser.

The indispensable, illustrated pocket guide to New York movies, from Martin Scorsese and Woody Allen to Lena Dunham and Noah Baumbach. ALSO AVAILABLE: Close-Ups: Wes Anderson Close-Ups: Vampire Movies New York has always been one of the world's most filmed cities, with its apartments housing tenants lik e Rosemary's baby and the Royal Tenenbaums, its skyscrapers scaled by the likes of King Kong and graffiti artists and its rubble-strewn streets prowled by everyone from Travis Bickle to Carrie Bradshaw. In this illustrated pocket guide to New York and its movies, Mark Asch explores the Big Apple block by block and neighbourhood by neighbourhood, jogging past the iconic bench from Manhattan, eating at Katz's Deli from When Harry Met Sally and mooching around the Coney Island boardwalk like one of The Warriors. Retracing the steps of countless iconic actors, cinematographers and directors, he draws up a unique cinematic map of The City That Never Sleeps. ...Show more

CREATIVE ACTIVITIES FOR YOUNG CHILDREN 10ED by Mary Mayesky

$132.95 AUD

Category: Creative Arts and Drama | Series: What's New in Early Childhood Ser.

In this very special book, teachers, parents and care givers will be exposed to hundreds of age-appropriate activities for young children through grade 5-all aimed at promoting creativity through art activities across the curriculum. The author presents a wealth of information about developing creativit y in children and in their adult educators with such activities as art and food recipes, finger plays, and poems and through the use of such resources as book and software lists, advice for choosing children's books, hundreds of resource Web sites and much more. Readers will appreciate the sound theoretical base presented for the hundreds of practical activities designed to encourage creativity in children and their educators. "This One's for You" and "Think About It" sections make the text more interesting by expanding coverage to related, thought-provoking research in early childhood education. This book is a must have for those looking to bring creativity to young children in a very engaging way. ...Show more

Goon Show Compendium 1 7XCD by Spike Milligan (Read by); Harry Secombe (Read by); Peter Sellers (Read by)

$120.00 AUD

Category: Creative Arts and Drama | Series: BBC Radio Collection

Immensely popular and hugely influential, legendary series "The Goon Show" changed the face of British comedy. Now, for the first time, this box set collection presents the episodes in chronological order of original broadcast date. This volume includes: "The Whistling Spy Enigma, The Lost Gold Mine (of Charlotte), The Dreaded Batter Pudding Hurler (of Bexhill-on-Sea), The Phantom Head Shaver (of Brighton), The Affair of the Lone Banana, The Canal, Lurgi Strikes Britain (aka Lurgi Strikes Again), The Mystery of the Marie Celeste (solved), The Last Tram (from Clapham), The Booted Gorilla (found?), The Spanish Suitcase, Dishonoured or The Fall of Neddie Seagoon, " and "Forog." Also featured are some rare archive bonus items, including out-takes and the program "Me and My Shadows: Peter Sellers." Two illustrated booklets tell the story of the show s development with reference to original archive paperwork, plus the history of the recordings themselves. Remastered using new material and the latest technology to give the best possible sound quality, these recordings are sure to appeal to all collectors of "The Goon Show." The majority of the episodes on this first volume have been previously released on cassette and CD, but their sound has here been remastered using new source material and technology.7 CDs. 7 hrs." ...Show more

Growing Artists: Teaching the Arts to Young Children by Joan Bouza Koster

$137.95 AUD

Category: Creative Arts and Drama | Series: What's New in Early Childhood

GROWING ARTISTS: TEACHING THE ARTS TO YOUNG CHILDREN, 5th Edition, provides early childhood educators with the theoretical framework and background knowledge needed to design creative arts activities for young children from infancy through the primary grades. Beautifully illustrated with children's artw ork, it features a wealth of child-tested, open-ended dramatic arts, music, creative dance, and visual art activities that foster children's creativity. Examples of teaching in action model how to be an enthusiastic and effective teacher of the arts process. This book provides a rich-resource of ideas and approaches that will inspire all those who work with young children to explore the arts process with them. ...Show more

CURRICULUM ART MUSIC MOVEMENT DRAMA BEGINNINGS WORKSHOP BOOK by Bonnie Neugebauer (Editor)

$69.95 AUD

Category: Creative Arts and Drama