"In this lively nonfiction book for young readers, bestselling author Gail Carson Levine shares her secrets of great writing"--

Offers suggestions for using arts, crafts, and other creative activities to nurture family relationships.

A little girl has a wonderful idea. With the help of her canine assistant, she is going to make the most magnificent thing! She knows just how it will look. She knows just how it will work. But making the most magnificent thing turns out to be harder than she thinks. All of her efforts are "wrong, " so she has a tantrum and talks about quitting. Fortunately, her assistant leads her to look at her work anew.

"Repasa algunas de las mentes más brillantes del pasado y el presente. Descubra los métodos y rituales que utilizaron para trazar sus trayectorias creativas, desde los más peculiares hasta los más terrenales. Disfrute de esta colección ilustrada de ideas ingeniosas para dar un impulso a su creatividad y comenzar a trabajar" --Back cover. Great minds do not think alike reviews some of the brightest minds of the past and present. Discover the...

Nikki has spent most of her life distancing herself from the traditional Sikh community. After her father's death she takes a job teaching a creative writing course in the heart of the Punjabi community. When one of the women students brings a book of erotica to class, Nicki use it as the basis for helping these modest women unleash creativity by telling their own stories.

Dazzle your friends with the old exploding volcano trick, then slyly ease an egg into a bottle. Or you can really get cooking by slipping fortunes into a batch of cookies and folding them like a pro. From taking funny fake photos to breeding butterflies, from running a ninja obstacle course to reading minds to, yes, whipping up some edible fake barf, here is the source for learning how to do absolutely everything. With minimal text and maximal humor,...

Molly Mouse and her friends struggle to come up with ideas for birthday gifts for their friend Turtle.

Oliver Sacks, a scientist and a storyteller, is beloved by readers for the extraordinary neurological case histories (Awakenings, An Anthropologist on Mars) in which he introduced and explored many now familiar disorders--autism, Tourette's syndrome, face blindness, savant syndrome. He was also a memoirist who wrote with honesty and humor about the remarkable and strange encounters and experiences that shaped him (Uncle Tungsten, On the Move, Gratitude)....

"Introduces and defines essential elements of writing nonfiction accompanied by compelling writing prompts for practicing new skills. Real-life author bios and excerpts enhance skills and understanding"--

From the Publisher: No organization can survive without iconoclasts -- innovators who single-handedly upturn conventional wisdom and manage to achieve what so many others deem impossible. Though indispensable, true iconoclasts are few and far between. In Iconoclast, neuroscientist Gregory Berns explains why. He explores the constraints the human brain places on innovative thinking, including fear of failure, the urge to conform, and the tendency to...