Title Drawing is for Everyone by Kateri Ewing Overview For beginning artists, this book of simple lessons adds easy structure to build your practice. We may understand that learning new skills takes time, but Kateri Ewing takes the time to set readers up for success with coaching about how + when to fit drawing into
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Storey’s Curious Compendium of Practical and Obscure Skills from the How-To Experts at Storey Publishing Overview From the deeply practical – Use Weeds to Treat Bites and Rashes (page 82) – to farm life – Make Farmhouse Cheddar (page 58) – this enormous coffee table book offers the plethora of skills beyond what’s promised. Its
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Dutch Oven: Camp Cooking by Vernon Winterton Overview Upgrade your camp cooking with this handy book, its kitchy enamelware pages designed to match your camping kit. Winterton uses simple ingredients to prepare a vast selection of foods for every possible meal + type of eater in this spiral-bound, lay flat book. Many of the 65
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How to Forage for Mushrooms Without Dying: An Absolute Beginner’s Guide to Identifying 29 Wild, Edible Mushrooms by Frank Hyman Overview Use Frank Hyman’s glorious hand-sized handbook, brimming with clear photos + even clearer advice, is an absolute joy to read! This book is truly a beginner’s guide with content meant to steer new hunters
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Freeze Fresh by Crystal Schmidt Overview Straight off the shelf, this paperback resource equips any reader to use the freezer as a second pantry. Simple directions are listed for produce, organized from A to Z, making each food item easy to find as you purge your refrigerator. Learn how to prep, freeze, thaw + use
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Moon Path Yoga: Kundalini Practices and Rituals for Women to Align with the Lunar Cycles by Sierra Hollister Overview Moon Path Yoga is a beautiful book – both in content and idea – that’s been beautifully executed. An in-depth overview that brings awareness to how lunar cycles and women’s cycles intertwine, Moon Path Yoga offers
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Collage Your Life by Melanie Mowinski Overview Collage Your Life is a surprisingly versatile book about the craft of collage, not just its final form. Mowinski presents collage as a way of looking at the world, a new lens. From the basics to in-depth theories of making a point with your art, Mowinski covers the
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1000 Hours Outside: Activities to Match Screen Time with Green Time by Ginny Yurich Overview From guided Sunflower Dissections to making Acorn Candles, Yurich covers the gamut of seasonal activities for the 2-12 age range in this beautiful, well-organized book. For her book, new author Ginny Yurich is pulling from a treasure trove of responses
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How to Be a Person: 65 Hugely Useful, Super-Important Skills to Learn before You’re Grown Up by Catherine Newman Overview A witty handbook of life skills that actually imparts practical knowledge? Yes indeed. The “hugely useful” subtitle is an understatement. Catherine Newman tackles empathetic behaviors on spreads for “How to Cheer Up Sick People” or
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The Nutritionist’s Kitchen by Carly Knowles, MS, RDN, LD Overview Learn to transform food into medicine with awareness, whole foods, and organic changes that will overhaul your diet one step at a time. Carly Knowles, a registered dietician nutritionist, is an able guide through this approachable collection of science and body wisdom. I was surprised
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