Archives: Walter Foster Jr. Books
101 Ways to Amaze & Entertain makes kids into magicians who are always ready with a trick or a gag. The easy-to-follow illustrations make learning magic simple!
Who isn't amazed by a perfectly pulled off magic trick? 101 Ways to Amaze & Entertain turns you into the charismatic magician who's always ready with a trick and clever quip. This magic guide is the perfect combination of tricks, jokes, pranks, and illusions that aren't only entertaining for you, but also acts as your manual to learning new tricks and jokes that will amaze and entertain your friends and family members.
With this book you can:
- Make a magic wand vanish up your nose
- Remove a ring from a piece of string
- Make predictions
- Read your friends’ minds
- Make one arm longer than the other
- Plus 96 other fun gags, magic tricks, and jokes to perform!
101 Ways to Amaze & Entertain can help you become a confident, funny magician by showing you unique tricks and gags with clear, easy-to-follow instructions and humorous illustrations. It provides tips on effectively telling jokes, how to deal with hecklers, as well as step-by-step instructions for 50 magic tricks. Additional instructions include performance tips that help you to create a complete magic act.
Once you master the tricks, jokes, pranks, and illusions in this book, you will be able to amaze your friends and family! All you need is some skill and confidence and you’ll be surprising and making people laugh in no time.
With 8 step-by-step projects and a gallery of more than 30 portraits to inspire, DIYDog Portraits will show children how to turn the love for their pet into a timeless work of art.
There is something special about the relationship between a child and their dog. Dog Portrait DIY pays homage to this relationship by teaching children and their parents how to express their puppy love through art. An interactive guide on how to design, draw, and create dog portraits in a variety of mediums and techniques, Dog Portrait DIY is sure to please dog-lovers of all ages, and inspire artists both young and old. With 8 step-by-step dog portraits in pencil, pastel, paint, and even paper mosaics and a gallery of more than 30 portraits to inspire, this how-to book will show children how to turn the love for their pet into a timeless work of art.
With creative and imaginative drawing prompts, My Time Capsule: All About Me! Art Journal is an interactive journaling experience that allows kids to record a slice of their lives to look back on later.
This entertaining sketchbook journal is filled with quick and easy-to-answer questions and space to write and draw the answers. Also included are stickers, suggestions of things to tape or paste into the book, things to color and cut out, and tips on how to doodle everyday life. Once the last prompt is complete, journalers will mark the date to open the time capsule journal, and then put the book away. Their time capsule awaits their older selves!
With My Time Capsule: All About Me! Art Journal, children can draw, doodle, design, and color the answers to questions about everyday life. Some prompts include:
- If I could have three wishes granted, this is what they would be.
- This is a memory of my favorite birthday… and this is a drawing of what I want for my next birthday!
- This is what my bedroom looks like from above…. and when I look out my window, this is what I see.
- This is an outline of my hand… and this is an outline of my foot.
- This is a portrait of a special member of my family. This is why they are special to me.
Thought-provoking prompts, space to draw and write on every page, cut-outs, and a bonus sticker sheet drive creativity and engagement in the moment, as well as record things about everyday life that a child may otherwise forget. Each prompt is dated, so the book can be completed all at once or over a longer period of time, and in no particular order. Additionally, interactive activities demonstrate how to create a time capsule related to the art and activities completed in the journal and then hide it away for re-discovery years later.
Entertaining and fun in the moment, this drawing journal is also meant to be saved to become a treasured keepsake years later.
Through engaging but calming illustrations and text, ABC Bedtime provides an alphabet of ways to get kids to cooperate in getting ready for bed.
All bedtime routines look a little different, but whether we are big or small, we all have a bedtime. Some people give hugs and kisses, and others will sing lullabies or read a story. Some people will wish on a star, and others will do deep breathing to wind down. Pairing aspects of various bedtime routines with each letter of the alphabet, ABC Bedtime is a sweet read for both caregiver and child. This book is not only perfect for teaching toddlers their ABCs, but also for encouraging them to acknowledge that it's bedtime, get ready, and calm down their bodies and minds before going to bed. The book begins at A with the feeling of being wide awake and active, but after going through the calming A-to-Z bedtime routine, it ends at Z with being sound asleep and catching those ZZZs.
A few of the letters, from A to Z, are things families do together (saying goodnight, reading a story, tucking in), but many are things children can do on their own after the caregiver has left them for the night (thinking about the fun day ahead, or replaying a happy memory in their mind). This sweet read with soothing illustrations is sure to please the little ones, and with the consistency and the help of ABC Bedtime, caregivers can reduce the time spent on getting children to bed. A calmer, quicker bedtime makes the whole family happier and healthier!
The ABC for Me series presents a world of possibilities from A to Z and everything in between! For all little kids with big dreams, the endearing illustrations and mindful concepts in this series pair each letter of the alphabet with words that promote big dreams, inclusion, acceptance, healthy living, and other key concepts important to emotional well-being. Other books in the series include:
- ABC Mindful Me (2018)
- ABC What Can She Be? (2018)
- ABC Let's Celebrate You & Me (2021)
- ABC Helpful Me (2022)
- ABC Black History & Me (2023)
With ABC The World & Me, take a journey to 26 amazing places all over the globe—from A to Z!
There are so many wondrous places to see and wonderful people to meet. From the long, winding Amazon River, to a bustling city like Baku, to the ancient pyramids of Chichen Itza, to thousands of other locations, people can live in and visit the most amazing places, from A to Z!
ABC The World & Me presents a whole alphabet of places! This book shows that there are so many things to appreciate about our world, including natural wonders like the Grand Canyon and Victoria Falls on the Zambezi River, as well as human-constructed marvels like the Eiffel Tower and the Taj Mahal.
Pairing a place with each letter of the alphabet, ABC The World & Me features colorful illustrations, as well as text that gets kids thinking not only about where they are in the world but also their connection to all the other people in it. A fun read for the whole family, this book is perfect for teaching toddlers their ABCs while inspiring a curiosity about the world we live in.
With endearing illustrations and mindful concepts, the ABC for Me series pairs each letter of the alphabet with words that promote big dreams and healthy living. Explore even more possibilities with ABC for Me:
- ABC Yoga
- ABC Love
- ABC Mindful Me
- ABC Earth-Friendly & Me
ABC What Can She Be? presents a world of possibilities—from astronaut to zoologist and everything in between—for all little girls with big dreams.
Not even the sky is the limit with this fun approach to learning the alphabet! This book from Walter Foster Jr. encourages young girls by presenting a colorful variety of choices for their future careers. Talented illustrator Jessie Ford artfully pairs the letters of the alphabet with vibrant, eye-catching illustrations that paint an inspiring picture for budding trailblazers everywhere. Representing all kinds of girls, ABC What Can She Be? depicts girls with different colors, sizes, shapes, and abilities in both traditional and nontraditional occupations.
ABC What Can She Be? explores 26 different career paths, including engineer, writer, neurosurgeon, software engineer, and pilot. Each page introduces a letter of the alphabet with bright artwork and highlights a career that is fun, challenging, and makes a big impact in its own way. These 26 careers are just some of the things she can be!
A boldly illustrated, fun family read, ABC What Can She Be? is a great way for parents to introduce their small children to the bright futures before them. Girls can dream big and do anything!
The ABC for Me series presents a world of possibilities from A to Z and everything in between! For all little kids with big dreams, the endearing illustrations and mindful concepts in this series pair each letter of the alphabet with words that promote big dreams, inclusion, acceptance, healthy living, and other key concepts important to emotional well-being. Other books in this series include:
- ABC What Can He Be?
- ABC What Can I Be?
- ABC Let’s Celebrate You & Me
- ABC Everyday Heroes Like Me
Pairing simplified yoga poses with alphabetized animals and objects, ABC Yoga features colorful illustrations of children and animals practicing yoga along with playful rhymes to explain each movement.
Crawl like a crocodile, stretch like a fox, and hop like a grasshopper, discovering basic yoga poses as you learn the alphabet. A fun family read, this interactive book is perfect for teaching toddlers their ABCs, as well as introducing them to familiar animals and basic, simplified yoga poses that promote health and well-being. Each letter of the alphabet is paired with an engaging illustration mimicking the various animals’ natural movements. Clever rhymes explain how toddlers (and their parents!) can copy the poses, each of which encourage movement, physical fitness, and mental health.
The 26 yoga poses, one for each letter of the alphabet, are renamed for easy recognition, while an index at the end of the book identifies the correct name for each asana (yoga pose) for the adults. Among them:
- Armadillo (extended child’s pose)
- Butterfly (cobbler)
- Dog (downward facing dog)
- Whale (bridge)
- Yak (cow)
The charming pictures and playful rhymes in ABC Yoga encourage children and their parents to get up and move, promoting physical activity, learning, and togetherness.
The ABC for Me series presents a world of possibilities from A to Z and everything in between! For all little kids with big dreams, the endearing illustrations and mindful concepts in this series pair each letter of the alphabet with words that promote big dreams, inclusion, acceptance, healthy living, and other key concepts important to emotional well-being. Other books in this series include:
- ABC Baby Signs (2017)
- ABC Mindful Me (2018)
- ABC Earth-Friendly Me (2020)
- ABC The World & Me (2022)
The ABC What Can We Be? Coloring Book presents a wonderful world full of possibilities to color—from Astronaut to Zoologist and everything in between!
Whether they are fascinated by animals, trains, flowers, teaching, or any other thing, kids can grow up to be and do whatever they want! The ABC What Can We Be? Coloring Book presents a whole alphabet full of exciting, thoughtful, and wonderful career paths through adorable art on fun coloring pages. Because it represents people and jobs of all kinds without gender stereotypes, this book shows that there are no limits to what a kid can pursue. More than just a coloring book, this is an ABC book that explains a variety of career paths from A to Z. It features thick, high-quality paper, which holds all kinds of coloring media, including crayons, colored pencils, and even pens and markers without bleed-through.
Pairing two careers with each letter of the alphabet, this coloring book gets kids thinking about all the possibilities that await them in their future. Each spread introduces a letter of the alphabet with fun-to-color artwork and highlights two jobs that each make a big impact in their own way. These careers—which include Dentist, Firefighter, Mechanic, Olympic Athlete, Train Operator, and Wildlife Conservationist—are just some of the things a kid can become! After the A–Z pages, kids can color 22 additional career possibilities in fields where they can work with their hands, with people, with animals, with food, with science and technology, and more.
The ABC What Can We Be? Coloring Book is not only perfect for teaching toddlers their ABCs and entertaining them with coloring, but it also encourages them to consider all the careers available to them when they grow up.
The ABC for Me series presents a world of possibilities from A to Z and everything in between! For all little kids with big dreams, the endearing illustrations and mindful concepts in this series pair each letter of the alphabet with words that promote big dreams, inclusion, acceptance, healthy living, and other key concepts important to emotional well-being. Picture books in the series include:
- ABC What Can She Be? (2018)
- ABC What Can He Be? (2019)
- ABC What Can I Be? (2020)
- ABC Let’s Celebrate You & Me (2021)
- ABC Bedtime (2022)
With I Can Draw Disney: Magical Characters, embark on an artistic journey full of magic-filled characters from the world of Disney!
Develop your drawing skills while accompanying such characters as Mickey from Fantasia, Mrs. Potts and Chip from Beauty and the Beast, and Tinker Bell from Peter Pan. You can draw with confidence using the simple basic shapes method, no matter your skill level.
This 32-page collection begins with an introduction to art tools and materials. Then a series of drawing exercises invites you to warm up and learn the basic drawing technique used in this book. Now the real fun begins. The hardest part is choosing which Disney character to start with! Begin with any of the following classic favorites:
- Sorcerer’s Apprentice Mickey from Fantasia (1940)
- Pinocchio from Pinocchio (1940)
- Jaq & Gus from Cinderella (1950)
- The Cheshire Cat from Alice in Wonderland (1951)
- Tinker Bell from Peter Pan (1953)
- Flora, Fauna & Merryweather from Sleeping Beauty (1959)
- Mrs. Potts & Chip from Beauty and the Beast (1991)
- Mushu from Mulan (1998)
- Olaf from Frozen and Frozen II (2013, 2019)
The easy-to-follow instructions in this book guide you through the drawing process; each step builds upon the last until the character is complete. You just need to grab a pencil, a piece of paper, and your copy of I Can Draw Disney: Magical Characters, and then flip to the character you want to draw.
- Draw the basic shapes shown in step one, and move on to step two, step three, and keep going! The new lines in each step are shown in blue, so you can see exactly what you need to draw.
- After adding all the details in each step, darken the lines you want to keep and erase the rest.
- Finally, add color to your drawing with felt-tip markers, colored pencils, watercolors, or acrylic paints.
Plus, learn some fun facts about these Disney characters as you learn to draw them. Brief character descriptions and art instruction from professional Disney animators round out this exciting artistic adventure.
So grab your drawing pencil and learn to draw a variety of magical characters!
With I Can Draw Disney: Cute Cats & Kittens, embark on an artistic journey full of feline characters from the world of Disney!
Develop your drawing skills while accompanying such characters as Figaro from Pinocchio, Marie from The Aristocats, and Rajah from Aladdin. You can draw with confidence using the simple basic shapes method, no matter your skill level.
This 32-page collection begins with an introduction to art tools and materials. Then a series of drawing exercises invites you to warm up and learn the basic drawing technique used in this book. Now the real fun begins. The hardest part is choosing which Disney character to start with! The easy-to-follow instructions in this book guide you through the drawing process; each step builds upon the last until the character is complete. You just need to grab a pencil, a piece of paper, and your copy of I Can Draw Disney: Cute Cats & Kittens, and then flip to the character you want to draw.
- Draw the basic shapes shown in step one, and move on to step two, step three, and keep going! The new lines in each step are shown in blue, so you can see exactly what you need to draw.
- After adding all the details in each step, darken the lines you want to keep and erase the rest.
- Finally, add color to your drawing with felt-tip markers, colored pencils, watercolors, or acrylic paints.
Plus, learn some fun facts about these Disney characters as you learn to draw them. Brief character descriptions and art instruction from professional Disney animators round out this exciting artistic adventure.
So grab your drawing pencil and learn to draw a variety of cute Disney cats and kittens!