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Popular Hands On topics for Kids
Here are some of the most frequently requested "Hands On" topics in the Children's Library.
Drawing
D Is for doodle: a step-by-step drawing book: oodles of doodles from A to Z by Deborah Zemke
Draw Manga! by Christopher Hart
Ed Emberley's big green drawing book by Emberley, Ed
Origami
Easy origami animals by Ruth Ungert
Super-easy origami by Duy Nguyen
Science Experiments
101 great science experiments by Neil Ardley
Bill Nye the science guy's big blast of science by Bill Nye; drawings by Terry Marks; photographs by Tom Owen
Gardening
The gardening book by Jane Bull
The ultimate step-by-step kids' first gardening book by Jenny Hendy