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Ages 7-adult. Origami instructor Peter Schwartz shows newcomers to the craft how typing paper can be substituted for origami paper in beginning projects. Interweaving more exacting designs, the teacher displays [...]

Walter, F. Virginia. 1993.104p. index. illus. Sterling/Tamos, $17.95 (1-895569-0). 745.592 Paper work ∥ Paper toy making ∥ Toy making ∥ Handicraft ∥ Games [CIP] 93-3161 Gr. 4-6. Crystal-clear, full-color photographs [...]

De Rosa,Tina. Oct.1996.176p. Feminist; dist. by Consortium, $20 (1-55861-146-0); paper, $9.95 (1-55861-145-2). De Rosa writes about Chicago during the stifling summer of 1949. Marco, a young Italian American policeman, is [...]

Maflin, Andrea and Laity, Simon. Feb. 1996. 108p. illus. Trafalgar Square, paper, $22.95 (1.57076-027-6). DDC: 745.54. A crafts book catering to readers with only basic skill levels. The authors eschew [...]

Yudkin, Marcia. Mar. 1996. 288p. index. Plume, paper, $11.95 (0-452-27313-7). DDC:659.13. Persuading a prospective customer to buy your product or service is the key to success in any business. The [...]

Fiber artist Stevenson provides excellent tools for learning both papermaking and collage. She covers absolutely every element of papermaking and then uses varied (and unexpected) materials to create unique collages. [...]

Krauss, Rosalind. Feb. 1998. 192p. index. illus. Farrar, $23 (0-374-23209-1). DDC: 759.4. Picasso and his work have inspired thousands of pages of commentary and analysis, ranging from the slavishly devotional [...]

Smith-Barazini, Marlene and Egger-Bovet. 1995. 96p. index. illus. Little, Brown, $2 1.95 (0-316-96923-0); paper, $12.95 (0-316-22206-2). Galley. 973.5 U.S.--History--1783-1865 [CIP] 94-13075 Gr. 5-7. In the latest entry in the Brown [...]

* Davol, Marguerite W. Illus. by Sabuda, Robert. Oct. 1997. 60p. Simon & Schuster/Atheneum, $17 (0-689-31992-4). Ages 5-9. In this original story set in China, a fearsome dragon wreaks havoc [...]

Ages 10-adult. Mixing history storytelling, and origami instruction, Daniel Hess's lovely program features an interesting mix of people (a physicist, a teenage student, and an actress) as origami teachers. A [...]

* Ozick, Cynthia. June 1997. 304p. Knopf, $23 (0-679-45476-4). Ozick is fascinated by the allure of mysticism, the intoxication of intellectual pursuits, the narcosis of romance, and the chill of [...]

The second in a planned 14-volume edition of MLK's papers continues to herald the project as a major publishing event--or series of events, as the volumes slowly but steadily make [...]

Two groups of interior designers prove that British ingenuity is not an oxymoron. The team of Ronald and Roberts has established a number of retail stores in England, and they [...]

Meyer's manual includes an interesting variety of techniques (positive clay forms and negative plaster molds, and mixed-media methods for decorating surfaces), which adds a distinctive element to the overall content [...]

Gr. 3-7. Schmidt's how-to book on making paper airplanes takes its subject seriously. The result is a well-thought-out and handsome volume that should provide successful projects for careful readers. included [...]

Ages 5-9. Janetta Jackson watches Mrs. Tsujimoto, her neighbor, fold origami animals but is too shy to ask how this paper magic works. Eventually, to Janetta's delight, Mrs. Tsujimoto does [...]

Ages 5-7. A little girl draws a brave and friendly looking princess on a piece of paper and then cuts her out. But before the child can decide what kind [...]

With the help of 10 professional artists, Cusick demonstrates what a bit of paper or fabric, glue or stiffener, and water can become. She provides written directions and color photographs [...]

Dorff, Pat and others. May 1994. 288p. illus. St. Martin's, paper, $12.95 (0-312-10286-0). Galley. 651.5'3 Filling systems [BKL] 93-42682 Following the popularity of her File... Don't Pile (1986) guide for [...]

Gr. 3-6. Well known today as a writer of fairy tales, Andersen was also admired in his time for his paper cuttings. To entertain his audience, and possibly himself, while [...]

McDonald, lan. Feb. 1994.160p. Bantam/Spectra, paper, $3.99 (0-553-56116-2). Galley. Ethan Ring is a former graphic design student with a dark and powerful secret. As an undergraduate, he and some classmates [...]

Davenport, Guy. Dec. 1996. 352p. Counterpoint; dist. by Publishers Group West, $25 (1-88717824-4). DDC: 700. This is Davenport's third collection of essays and commentaries, and as in all his work, [...]

A mainstay in high-school and college libraries for nearly 60 years, Turabian has now been updated to incorporate references to the fourteenth edition of The Chicago Manual of Style [RBB [...]

* Swick, Marly. July 1996.288p HarperCollins, $21 (0-06-017434-X). YA In each of these sensitive, spellbinding novels about troubled relationships between mothers and daughters, women grow wings, metaphorically speaking, and rise [...]

Gr. 7-12. By following the research and writing process of two students, this entry in the NetGuide series takes readers from the choosing and narrowing of a topic through gathering [...]

Glantz, Stanton A. and others. May 1996. 410p. index. Univ. of California, $29.95 (0-520-20572-3). DDC; 362.29. The debate over smoking has become, quite literally, one about life and death. These [...]

Is it possible that first-term Congressman Richard Nixon had 'plumbers' at work, manufacturing the evidence that put Alger Hiss in jail and thereby launched Tricky Dick's career? That's just one [...]

General Fiction *Baldwin, William. Jan. 1996.298p. Algonquin, $19.95 (1-56512-069-8). Pathetically eager to make the tenure track, nerdy history professor Paul Danvers thinks he has hit the mother lode when he [...]

Everhart, Nancy. Rev. ed. 1995 142p. index illus Watts, lib. ed., $13.93 (0-531-11200-4) 808'.02 Report writing Research [CIP] [...]

Even more than volume one (1993), which chronicled Churchill's activity at the outset of World War 11 in the subordinate role of first lord of the Admiralty, this spectacular collection [...]

This vibrant anthology of the work of Latino and Latina poets living in the U.S. is a celebration of social, cultural, and private interfaces. Their poems examine the complex and [...]

Gr. 4 - 6; 2 - 4. While a clubhouse setting is not novel, these concise language-arts programs memorably highlight their intended messages. In the first program, 10-year-old Sherlock's sneezing [...]

Much like the young humans it describes, tween, as a term, can be hard to pin down. Preteen sums it up physiologically, but in terms of literature, we at Booklist […]

Our Families, Our Future. Pro.: Public Policy Productions. Filmakers Library. 1993; rel. 1994. 58min. $395. Rental, $75. CC. 362.82 Family violence--Prevention ∥ Family [BKL] Adult. After citing convincing statistics about [...]