Collection: Self-Development

Popular artist of the hit Million coloring book series, Lulu Mayo, shows how anyone can learn to draw adorable unicorns and other cute creatures using simple shapes in 5 easy steps.

Learn how to draw quirky, kawaii (super cute) animals in a wonderfully easy and inspiring way. Step by step, popular illustrator Lulu Mayo will explain how to draw various creatures by using simple shapes, such as circles, ovals, rectangles, and triangles, and how to personalize them by adding your own, adorable details.

The book contains 30 of these doodling exercises, featuring critters such as rabbits, owls, foxes, sloths, llamas--and especially unicorns! Its easiness, simplicity, and quirkiness will resonate with animal lovers, artists, and doodle enthusiasts of all skill levels and ages. Absorbing and fun, it will ignite a doodler's curiosity and inspire them to experiment creatively.

Lulu Mayo's Drawing with Simple Shapes series also includes How to Draw a Mermaid and How to Draw a Bunny.

Turn plain yarn into perfectly precious pups with Pom-Pom Puppies. Using the amazing custom tool, young crafters can and snip their way to perfect pom-poms. Follow the simple number code instructions to then make the pom-poms into shaggy-pups worthy of Best in Show. Discover how to create 10 breeds of dog including a beagl, poodle and pug.

The American Midwest is an ideal place to grow a huge variety of vegetables, and there are plenty of healthful and economic benefits to having your own garden. Whether you have a traditional backyard space or several containers on a high-rise balcony, you can grow a season-long supply of tasty produce. Best-selling garden writer Laura Peters provides all you need to know to dig in: * Basics such as light, soil, exposure and frost tolerance * Almost infinite garden styles, including raised beds and limited space gardening * Preparing the garden and selecting which vegetables to grow where * Recommended varieties, including new, traditional, heirloom and unusual selections * Seasonal care, including mulching, weeding and watering * Tips throughout, including how to extend the growing season and what to do with your harvest * Organic approaches to management of pests and diseases * An appendix featuring companion plants and relationships * Helpful hardiness maps, and delicious colour photos throughout.

Loaded with lists of sample job interview questions, scripts for making phone calls, basic grocery staples, first-aid supplies, cleaning items, home repair tools to have on hand, etc., this book puts at the forefront things young adults are thinking about. In the age of COVID and chaos, social media, and sky-high rents, it's harder than ever to be an adult. No wonder so many young people have trouble adulting, aren't feeling it, and don't know how to begin. Being in charge of your own life seems exciting until you realize the so-called real world is a mix of daunting decisions and mundane details. Who knew that health insurance could be a deciding factor for taking or turning down your dream job? What exactly do you say to the doctor's office when you need to make an appointment? And why does laundry have to be separated and done so often? This book tackles and answers the questions young adults sometimes don't even know to ask. It's adulting 101 without having to take the class. Chapters in the book are ordered in a way that puts at the forefront the things young people are thinking about right now, with a new generation going into adulthood more likely to be living with family; more politically and civically engaged; and using social media as a communication tool/platform.

The otherworldly manga scenes in this coloring book are creepy cute!

Lurking inside are 45 haunting yet strangely adorable manga- and anime-influenced scenes for you to color in. Here, you'll encounter eerie monsters, undersea creatures, dark but delightful forests, and creepily cute characters from classic fairy tales. Some of the illustrations are inspired by Eastern mythology and Japanese folklore, while others are rooted in ancient Western legends. Also included are unique images from the artists' own imaginations, all of which will provide colorists with plenty of amusing smiles while they work.

The most recent edition to the best-selling wiring manual, Ultimate Guide: Wiring, 9th Edition demystifies home wiring and residential electrical systems with easy-to-understand language, step-by-step photography, and detailed illustrations. Homeowners and DIYers will learn how their home's electrical system works from the inside out and how to complete installations and repairs. This project-based book shows how to select the right cable, wires, and other equipment, and how to run wiring through walls and between floors. Projects guide the reader through installing switches, outlet receptacles, electrical appliances, and lighting systems. The book also shows how outdoor lighting, including security and low-voltage systems, can help homeowners improve and illuminate the exterior areas around their homes. This most recent edition has been updated with the latest information on everything from recent code standards and smart home automation to renewable energy, LED wafer lighting, dimmer switches, new indoor and outdoor emergency systems, and more.

If you are seeking lasting relief from out-of-control anxiety, this is the book for you. It is grounded in cognitive behavior therapy (CBT), the proven treatment approach developed and tested over decades by pioneering clinician-researcher Aaron T. Beck. Now Dr. Beck and fellow expert David A. Clark put the tools and techniques of CBT at your fingertips in this compassionate guide. Carefully crafted worksheets (additional copies can be downloaded and printed as needed), exercises, and examples reflect the authors' wealth of experience. Learn practical strategies for identifying anxiety triggers, challenging the thoughts and beliefs that lead to distress, safely facing feared situations, and truly loosening anxiety's grip--one manageable step at a time. Updated throughout, the second edition includes evaluation exercises that help you get to know your anxiety; up-to-date information about panic attacks, social anxiety, and other topics; additional graphics; and new troubleshooting tips and tools for success.

The Complete Language of Flowers is a comprehensive encyclopedia providing the meanings, powers, facts, and folklore for over 1,001 flower species.

Along with a beautiful visual depiction, each entry provides the flower's scientific and common names, characteristics, and historic meanings and powers from mythology, medieval legends, folklore, and flower poetry.

For centuries, symbolic flower meanings have fascinated readers, writers, poets, and suddenly smitten couples alike. Extremely popular during the Victorian era, these floriographies flourished and versed the public on the hidden meaning of popular flowers such as:

• Purple Tulip--Eternal love
• Amaryllis--Adventurousness; Enthusiasm; Passion
• Daisy--Beauty and innocence; Cheer; Childlike playfulness
• Sunflower--Ambition; Constancy; Devotion

Together with stunning full-color illustrations and two indexes, one for searching by common flower name and the other organized by meaning, this beautiful reference is a must-have for gardeners, florists, and flower enthusiasts. Whether you're looking to arrange the perfectly bespoken wedding bouquet or to understand what the yellow rose you just received from an admirer means (friendship), this updated floriography is a visual delight.

Elegantly designed and beautifully illustrated, the Complete Illustrated Encyclopedia series offers comprehensive, display-worthy references on a range of intriguing topics, including birthday astrology, dream interpretation, techniques for harnessing the power of dreams, and the stories behind signs and symbols.

The classic, millions-selling inspirational guide is now available in a beautiful keepsake edition suited to a lifetime of use and coupled with a special bonus text: Riches Are Your Right.

The Power of Your Subconscious Mind, one of the most brilliant and beloved spiritual self-help works of all time, teaches how to dramatically alter your life by changing your thoughts. Selling millions in various editions since its original publication in 1963, this life-changing classic is now available in a handsome and durable keepsake volume, to be cherished for decades. In addition to the complete original text, as published by the author in 1963, this edition features:

- A stately leather casing, perfect for home display
- A bonus work: Murphy's 1952 mind-power classic, Riches Are Your Right
- Marbled endpapers
- Gold-stamped lettering on the casing
- A four-color O-card
- Hubbed spine
- Shrink-wrapping

The perfect guide for any builder that wants to take their Minecraft construction skills to new heights!

From weird to awesome, this unofficial guide has it all! With step-by-step instructions you can tackle some of the biggest, wackiest, and coolest Minecraft builds of all time. Whether you are just starting out, trying to perfect you building skills, or searching for inspiration on your next megabuild, you wont want to miss the Minecraft Unofficial Build guide!

This charmingly illustrated seasonal treasury of nature-based crafts, baking recipes, and gardening projects for the winter celebrates the homesteading lifestyle with self-sufficient and eco-friendly fun.

Locally printed on 100% recycled paper, Little Homesteader: A Winter Treasury of Recipes, Crafts and Wisdom offers:

• Easy yet delicious winter recipes and treats that introduce young readers to local and seasonal eating. From berry cookies, to hot cocoa recipes to warm up after a winter walk, the easy-to-make recipes will inspire kids to get into the kitchen.
• Suggestions for using up unloved parts of produce, such as carrot tops to make a kitchen windowsill garden, demonstrate a naturally zero-waste way of living.
• Accessible and fun crafts, such as making salt-dough ornaments and foraged foliage wreaths, have instructions broken down into clear steps illustrated in AnneliesDraws' cute and wholesome style.
• The seasonal gardening and growing projects, such as planting bare root berry bushes in the ground or in containers, can be done in a big back yard or on a balcony, making this eco-friendly activity book a fun resource, whether readers are based in town or country.

Woven alongside the cooking, crafting, and planting projects are little snippets of seasonal information and self-sufficient wisdom from homesteading teacher Angela Fanning of Axe and Root Homestead, with a focus on enjoying and celebrating the best of what the winter season has to offer.

Find even more nature-centered seasonal fun in: Little Homesteader: A Fall Treasury of Recipes, Crafts, and Wisdom.

Bring Herbology into your garden with this magical book inspired by the Harry Potter films. Packed with gardening tips, wizarding-world inspired terrariums, and enchanting uses for a wide range of plants, Harry Potter: Herbology Magic is an indispensable guide that would make Professor Sprout proud.

From Mandrakes to Dirigible Plums, from the Devil's Snare to the Venomous Tentacula, the Harry Potter films are filled with colorful enchanting plant life. Now, you can bring the magic of the wizarding world into your own home and garden, with this comprehensive, one-of-a-kind guidebook.

Harry Potter: Herbology Magic contains helpful gardening tips, instructions for creating unique Harry Potter-inspired terrariums, and charming uses for everyday plants. Alongside the projects are step-by-step instructions and full-color photos to ensure success, as well as behind-the-scenes facts, concept art, and film stills showcasing how plants from the wizarding world were brought to life onscreen for the Harry Potter films. Practical and unique, Harry Potter: Herbology Magic is the perfect guide for gardeners and wizarding world fans alike.

25+ PROJECTS: Filled with gardening tips, instructions for building wizarding world themed terrariums, and much more

BRING THE MAGIC OF THE WIZARDING WORLD INTO YOUR GARDEN: Contains gardening projects inspired by your favorite plants from the Harry Potter films, including Mandrakes, the Venomous Tentacula, Devil's Snare, Dirigible Plums, Gillyweed, Mimbulus Mimbletonia, and more

FOR WIZARDS OF ALL SKILL LEVELS: Full-color photos and step-by-step instructions help guide beginners and experienced Herbologists alike

MOVIE MAGIC: Packed with cast and crew interviews, behind-the-scenes facts, and concept art chronicling the creative process for bringing magical plant life from page to screen

OFFICIALLY LICENSED: Created in collaboration with Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.

COMPLETE YOUR HARRY POTTER COLLECTION: Harry Potter: Homemade, Harry Potter: Crafting Wizardry, and Harry Potter: Crochet Wizardry also available

Written by two birth doulas and intuitive healers, this book tells the metaphorical story of a fictional goddess who must walk through 7 Gates of Transformation in order to become a Mother. At the final gate, she must surrender to the ultimate sacrifice-spiritual death-so she can be reborn into motherhood. Each gate perfectly illustrates the 7 emotional, psychological, and often subconscious sacrifices that every laboring woman experiences, whether willingly or not. This book is a guide to help pregnant women understand birth as a divine journey and master how to walk through each gate with empowered sacrifice, purpose, and zeal through tools, rituals, and integrative practices.

A clear explanation of what racism is and how to recognize it when you see it.

As tough as it is to imagine, this book really does explore racism. But it does so in a way that's accessible to kids. Inside, you'll find a clear description of what racism is, how it makes people feel when they experience it, and how to spot it when it happens.

Covering themes of racism, sadness, bravery, and hate. This book is designed to help get the conversation going. Racism is one conversation that's never too early to start, and this book was written to be an introduction on the topic for kids aged 5-9.

A Kids Book About Racism features:

- A friendly, approachable, and kid-appropriate tone throughout.
- Expressive font design; allowing kids to have the space to reflect and the freedom to imagine themselves in the words on the pages.
- An author who has lived experience on the topic of racism.

Tackling important discourse together!

The A Kids Book About series are best used when read together. Helping to kickstart challenging, empowering, and important conversations for kids and their grownups through beautiful and thought-provoking pages. The series supports an incredible and diverse group of authors, who are either experts in their field, or have first-hand experience on the topic.

A Kids Co. is a new kind of media company enabling kids to explore big topics in a new and engaging way. With a growing series of books, podcasts and blogs, made to empower. Learn more about us online by searching for A Kids Co.

In her second book, designer Erinna Lee reveals 15 more fabulous amigurumi, outfitted with the most kawaii accessories. Bonnie the Teddy has a passion for costume-making and fancy dress, Darcy the Dragon is learning how to fly and blow big fireballs, Hattie the Mouse loves her online shopping and Detective Benedict the Shrew is busy cracking the case of the missing yarn. And they have a lot more friends, with gorgeous dreams and passions of their own. Having these little sweethearts around will be sure to make you smile! The 15 amigurumi in this book are dazzling little delights, waiting to be discovered and cherished by you. Erinna shares a wealth of information in this book, so with a couple of stitches and some soft yarn, you'll make your very own amigurumi treasure trove in no time!

A comprehensive guidebook for kids on proper houseplant care, featuring bold illustrations and engaging infographics.

Houseplants can add a touch of green to any living space, and caring for them can be a relaxing and rewarding hobby. For kids interested in learning more about plant care, this comprehensive guidebook covers all the basics and more, teaching kids all about the different types of houseplants, their growth habits, and the best practices to care for them. Divided into three sections, How Not to Kill Your Plant provides all the information kids need to ensure their houseplants thrive:

1. The Basics of Care: Learn about the essential elements of plant care, including watering, lighting, and soil.

1. Encyclopedia of houseplants: Identify and learn about common houseplants, including their ideal growing conditions and common issues to look out for.

1. Cultivation practice: Discover tips and tricks for repotting, propagation, and other plant care techniques.

Highlights include:

• A glossary of basic plant terminology (e.g., substrate, fertilizer, humidity, etc.)


• Step-by-step instructions for taking care of houseplants


• Advice on choosing the right plant


• Various problems you can expect to encounter - and ways to solve them

Images accompany the text in a fun yet logical and orderly fashion, such as this numbered list for repotting:

1. Water the plant well the day before repotting. This will make it easier to remove it from its pot.


2. Remove the plant from its pot.


3. As you carefully release the roots, remove old, excess soil from the plant.


4. Remove old, rotting roots.


5. Having selected a pot with a drainage hole and of appropriate size, wash this pot in soapy water.


6. Put a drain (e.g., a layer of expanding clay balls or pebbles) in the bottom of the pot. (Plants watered in a tray do not need a drain.)


7. Add a small layer of the new substrate.


8. Place the plant in the new pot.


9. Fill any remaining space in the pot with the new substrate.


10. Tamp the soil down gently with your fingers, ensuring that the plant is well anchored. Don't fill the pot with soil right to the top, but to 1 cm below it - you must leave space for watering.


11. Water the plant well (unless it is a cactus or succulent - in which case wait 2 weeks before watering).


12. Your plant has been potted. Hurray!

Plant care instructions are likewise fun yet clear and actionable, such as this one for the Cactus:

• Fertilize max. 1x per month with special fertilizer for cacti.


• In spring or summer, transplant to a terracotta pot. Do not water for 2 weeks after repotting.


• Propagate by offsets.


• It needs an airy, permeable substrate, like one with sand.

Filled with clear and concise advice, this book is much more than just a practical guide. It features fresh, modern illustrations that bring the information to life, as well as engaging infographics that make the information easy to understand and remember.

How Not to Kill Your Plant is suitable for children aged 6-9 interested in growing houseplants. Geared toward kids who love plants and want to develop a lifelong hobby of plant care, this guidebook is ideal for any young ones looking to green up their home, as well as adult readers and flower shop patrons.