Collection: Self-Development

Teach your infant or toddler first words in an engaging and adorable way using the handmade quilt blocks in this durable board book!

Whether you're a crafter who already appreciates the art of quilting, or simply a parent looking for a unique and engaging first words book, First Words with Cute Quilted Friends will provide you and your child with plenty of enjoyment as they learn first words with these one-of-a-kind photos. Designed by bestselling author of Urban Quilting, Wendy Chow, this book features cute, brightly colored pictures that your child will love looking at for hours, a compact size that's the perfect size for your child's small hands, and a sturdy padded cover that won't dissolve in their mouths.

This book includes words and cute pictures in categories such as:
- Animals (dog, cat, fish, etc.)
- Clothing (socks, pants, hat, etc.)
- Food/Drinks (ice cream, apple, carrot, etc.)
- Outdoors and Nature (sun, flower, tree, etc.)
- Transportation (car, train, boat, etc.)
- Things (clock, pencil, book, etc.)

First Words with Cute Quilted Friends is the second book in the crafty first word series from Blue Star Press. The first book, First Words with Cute Crochet Friends, features adorable amigurumi figures.

Keep your brain engaged while creating fun, beautiful art, with Sticker by Number Stress Free!

• Features 28 images to sticker.
• Images range in difficulty.
• Spiral binding and perforated pages make it easy to use!
• Made for adults but kids can enjoy as well!
• 8 x 10 inch pages.

As in color or paint-by-number, each design is divided into dozens of spaces. Each space has number that corresponds to a sticker. Find the sticker, peel it, and place it in the right space. Watch as a full colored image emerges from the original unfinished illustration.

The must-have guide for all artists who need to realistically draw clothing!In Morpho: Clothing Folds and Creases, artist and teacher Michel Lauricella presents a unique approach to learning to draw clothing. By connecting the underlying anatomy to clothing, as well as considering the body's posture and movement, you can learn to draw accurate and realistic clothing. Whether you're interested in art, animation, or fashion, this book is a great resource for anyone sketching or drawing clothing.Geared toward artists of all levels--from beginners through professionals--this handy, pocket-sized book will help spark your imagination and creativity. Whether your interest is in figure drawing, fine arts, fashion design, game design, or creating comic book or manga art, you will find this helpful book filled with actionable insights.(Publisher's Note: This book features an "exposed" binding style. This is intentional, as it is designed to help the book lay flat as you draw.)
TABLE OF CONTENTSForewordIntroductionHead and NeckTorsoUpper LimbsLower LimbsResources

Rev your engines, hit the road, and color page after page of awesome vehicles! Super Cool Trucks, Tractors, and Cars Coloring Book for Kids is filled with 40 truck, tractor, and car coloring pages. Express your creativity with dozens of line art designs that also include funny faces, giving each car, tractor, and truck a fun personality to bring to life! Also included are super cool captions and fun facts for each truck, tractor, and car illustration for an exciting learning experience as you color, as well as pages of colorful removable stickers!

"Charming. . . . A moving testament to the diversity and depths of love."
--Publishers Weekly

You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll be swept away--in less time than it takes to read this paragraph. Here are 175 true stories--honest, funny, tender and wise--each as moving as a lyric poem, all told in no more than one hundred words. An electrician lights up a woman's life, a sister longs for her homeless brother, strangers dream of what might have been. Love lost, found and reclaimed. Love that's romantic, familial, platonic and unexpected. Most of all, these stories celebrate love as it exists in real life: a silly remark that leads to a lifetime together, a father who struggles to remember his son, ordinary moments that burn bright.

NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORKER AND THE ECONOMIST

"Life Is Hard is a humane consolation for challenging times. Reading it is like speaking with a thoughtful friend who never tells you to cheer up, but, by offering gentle companionship and a change of perspective, makes you feel better anyway." --The New York Times Book Review

There is no cure for the human condition: life is hard. But Kieran Setiya believes philosophy can help. He offers us a map for navigating rough terrain, from personal trauma to the injustice and absurdity of the world.

In this profound and personal book, Setiya shows how the tools of philosophy can help us find our way. Drawing on ancient and modern philosophy as well as fiction, history, memoir, film, comedy, social science, and stories from Setiya's own experience, Life Is Hard is a book for this moment--a work of solace and compassion.

Warm, accessible, and good-humored, this book is about making the best of a bad lot. It offers guidance for coping with pain and making new friends, for grieving the lost and failing with grace, for confronting injustice and searching for meaning in life. Countering pop psychologists and online influencers who admonish us to "find our bliss" and "live our best lives," Setiya acknowledges that the best is often out of reach. Instead, he asks how we can weather life's adversities, finding hope and living well when life is hard.

Brain Games Sticker by Letter: Space is a compelling activity to keep your child's brain engaged to create totally cool art.

• Includes 10 space themed images to sticker.
• Spiral binding and perforated pages make the book easy to use!
• 8 x 10 inch pages.

Similar to color or paint by number, this sticker activity book features designs that are divided into spaces, each with a letter, that corresponds to a sticker. Find the sticker, peel it, and place it in the right space. Watch as a full colored image emerges from the original unfinished illustration.

New York will come alive with this beautiful and colourful pop-up book from Lonely Planet Kids. With a set of six stunning pop-ups and gorgeous illustrations, this book is the perfect introduction to the magic of New York for any age. This stylish look at the city's iconic landmarks will kickstart the travel bug in young explorers!

Pop-up New York includes pop-ups of the Empire State Building, the Statue of Liberty, Central Park, Brooklyn Bridge, an iconic yellow cab and a hot dog cart!

Also available: Pop-up London, Pop-up Paris

About Lonely Planet Kids: From the world's leading travel publisher comes Lonely Planet Kids, a children's imprint that brings the world to life for young explorers everywhere. With a range of beautiful books for children aged 5-12, we're kickstarting the travel bug and showing kids just how amazing our planet can be.

From bright and bold sticker activity books, to beautiful gift titles bursting at the seams with amazing facts, we aim to inspire and delight curious kids, showing them the rich diversity of people, places and cultures that surrounds us. We pledge to share our enthusiasm and love of the world, our sense of humour and continual fascination for what it is that makes the world we live in the diverse and magnificent place it is.

It's going to be a big adventure - come explore!

Bob Ross fans can relax with the coloring and word search activities in this book.

This happy little activity book includes 52 word search puzzles accompanied by detailed line art of paintings from the beloved Joy of Painting artist Bob Ross. Color in luscious landscapes, majestic waterfalls, and glorious mountains, and then find the thematic words in the puzzles on the opposite page. As a bonus, some coloring pages also feature an iconic, inspiring quote from Bob to be colored in.

Internationally renowned leadership authority and bestselling author Stephen R. Covey presents a hands-on companion to his landmark book The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, which has sold more than 10 million copies and has become a touchstone for individuals, families, and businesses around the world.Stephen Covey's The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People took the self-help market by storm in 1990 and has enjoyed phenomenal sales ever since. The integrated, principle-centered 7 Habits philosophy has helped readers find solutions to their personal and professional problems and achieve a life characterized by fairness, integrity, honesty, and dignity. Covey's tried and true step-by-step approach is explored even more fully in this workbook, which leads readers through the 7 Habits and shows them how to put these ideas into action everyday. With the same clarity and assurance that Covey's readers have come to know and love, the workbook helps readers further understand, appreciate, and internalize the power of the 7 Habits. These engaging, in-depth exercises allow readers--both devotees and newcomers--to get their hands dirty as they develop a philosophy for success, set personal goals, and improve their relationships. The overwhelming success of Stephen R. Covey's principle-centered philosophy is a testament to the millions who have benefited from his lessons, and now, with The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People Personal Workbook, they can further explore and understand this tried-and-true approach. This reference offers solutions to both personal and professional problems by promoting and teaching fairness, integrity, honesty, and dignity. An engaging companion to a bestselling classic, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People Personal Workbook will help readers set goals, improve relationships, and create a path to life effectiveness.

Boost your brainpower--and have fun!--with 90 days of easy-to-hard sudoku puzzles.

Are you craving a mental challenge, looking to ward off brain fog, or just seeking a fun way to energize your mind in the morning? Take the Sudoku for Brain Fitness challenge and train your brain with 90 days of sudoku puzzles that progress from easy to hard--all while having fun! With expert tips on improving your sudoku-solving skills and bonus puzzles to keep your good habit going, you'll be amazed at the improvement in your focus, memory, and problem-solving skills in just three short months.

• 90 days of sudoku--and another month of bonus puzzles. Top-quality puzzles crafted by sudoku experts, not a computer.
• Helpful sudoku-solving techniques and tips. From cross-hatching to X-wing, the expert authors explain top strategies to help you become a sudoku master.
• Large, clear text. Avoid eye strain with the easy-to-read text.
• Big grids and margin space. Plenty of room to jot down notes.
• Answer key in the back. So you can easily check your answers.
• Great gift for puzzle lovers. Perfect for travel or just unwinding at home.

An exquisite gem of a book, this deceptively simple technique of contemplation can be learned in a single day, and yet it will change your life forever. Taking us through the 3 levels of contemplation - pausing, pivoting and merging, Richard Rudd invites us to hone the art of contemplation in our everyday lives, to gain insight into any issue or problem, to heal deep-seated trauma and ultimately to find peace and clarity.

New printing of the celebrated iconic feminist coloring book -- available now from Last Gasp!

First published in 1975 by lesbian activist and artist Tee Corinne, the Cunt Coloring Book was created as a resource for sex education.

"In 1973 I set out to do drawings of women's genitals for use in sex education groups. I wanted the drawings to be lovely and informative, to give pleasure and affirmation. I organized the drawings into a coloring book because a major way we learn to understand the world, as children, is by coloring. As adults many of us still need to learn about our external sexual anatomy." --Tee Corinne

Elegant and expressive anatomy for your coloring enjoyment! Crayons not included.

Crochet yourself into the Christmas spirit with these 30 gorgeous patterns for decorations, festive outerwear and personal gifts..

Deck the halls with boughs made of yarn! Just grab your hook and this book and get cracking. With 30 patterns from Lindsey Newns (@lottieandalbert), you'll have Christmas decorations and gifts sorted for many years to come, with crochet crafts including:

A super chunky wreath
Tasselled baubles
Garlands
Reusable crackers
Festive amigurumi
Candy cane present toppers

And many, many more...

It's beginning to look a lot like Crochetmas!

Parenting isn't easy. Showing up is. Your greatest impact begins right where you are. Now the bestselling authors of The Whole-Brain Child and No-Drama Discipline explain what this means over the course of childhood.

"There is parenting magic in this book."--Michael Thompson, Ph.D., co-author of the New York Times bestselling classic Raising Cain

One of the very best scientific predictors for how any child turns out--in terms of happiness, academic success, leadership skills, and meaningful relationships--is whether at least one adult in their life has consistently shown up for them. In an age of scheduling demands and digital distractions, showing up for your child might sound like a tall order. But as bestselling authors Daniel Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson reassuringly explain, it doesn't take a lot of time, energy, or money. Instead, showing up means offering a quality of presence. And it's simple to provide once you understand the four building blocks of a child's healthy development. Every child needs to feel what Siegel and Bryson call the Four S's:

- Safe: We can't always insulate a child from injury or avoid doing something that leads to hurt feelings. But when we give a child a sense of safe harbor, she will be able to take the needed risks for growth and change.
- Seen: Truly seeing a child means we pay attention to his emotions--both positive and negative--and strive to attune to what's happening in his mind beneath his behavior.
- Soothed: Soothing isn't about providing a life of ease; it's about teaching your child how to cope when life gets hard, and showing him that you'll be there with him along the way. A soothed child knows that he'll never have to suffer alone.
- Secure: When a child knows she can count on you, time and again, to show up--when you reliably provide safety, focus on seeing her, and soothe her in times of need, she will trust in a feeling of secure attachment. And thrive!

Based on the latest brain and attachment research, The Power of Showing Up shares stories, scripts, simple strategies, illustrations, and tips for honoring the Four S's effectively in all kinds of situations--when our kids are struggling or when they are enjoying success; when we are consoling, disciplining, or arguing with them; and even when we are apologizing for the times we don't show up for them. Demonstrating that mistakes and missteps are repairable and that it's never too late to mend broken trust, this book is a powerful guide to cultivating your child's healthy emotional landscape.

The latest Scandinavian publishing phenomenon is not a Stieg Larsson thriller, and it's not the comfort of Danish Hygge. It's Lars Mytting's Norwegian Wood, a full-color practical book about the art and craft of handling wood for heating that has become an international bestseller, selling over 200,000 copies in Norway and Sweden.

"You don't need to have a wood-burning stove or fireplace to be captivated by the craft and lore surrounding a Stone Age method of creating heat." ―Boston Globe

Norwegian Wood provides useful advice on the rustic hows and whys of taking care of your heating needs, but it's also a thoughtful attempt to understand man's age-old predilection for stacking wood and passion for open fires. Chapters include:

• The Cold
• The Forest
• The Tools
• The Chopping Block
• The Woodpile
• The Seasoning
• The Stove
• The Fire

The author, Lars Mytting, writes, "The factual material in this book represents the distilled wisdom of encounters with people who are passionate about wood, enthusiasts as well as professional researchers. I have benefitted greatly from my conversations with experts in the fields of combustion and silviculture. . . . Along the way I've tried out most of the techniques I've been introduced to. I've dried finely chopped oak in our kitchen oven, struggled to build a beehive woodpile, miscalculated the trajectory of a felled pine. And I've been on a quest to discover the soul of the wood fire." With his help, you'll begin your quest to discover the joys of wood and wood fire.

An intriguing window into the exoticism of Scandinavian culture, the book also features enough inherently interesting facts and anecdotes and inspired prose to make it universally appealing. The US edition is a fully updated version of the Norwegian original and includes an appendix of US-based resources and contacts.