Elaine Raphael

Presents the story of the first Thanksgiving as celebrated by the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag Indians. Includes a drawing activity section at the end of the book.

Offers a guide to the history and art of ancient Greece through the drawings and illustrations found on decorated vases, tombs, palaces, temples, and sculptures of the time. Also gives instructions on how to draw like the ancient Greeks.

Offers a guide to the history and art of ancient Egypt through the drawings and illustrations found on the Pharoahs' tombs, mummies, and sculptures of the time.

Offers instructions in drawing with pencil explaining such techniques as shading, line, and tone. Also discusses various types of papers, pencils, and erasers that may be use.

Provides basic techniques for sketching and drawing fashions, discusses materials, and analyzes faces and figures.

Offers instructions in drawing with charcoal and pastel, explaining the importance of texture, line, motion, shapes, and patterns. Also discusses various types of papers, crayons, chalks, and other supplies.

As a brother and sister follow the directions in a rebus letter they discover in their father's shop, they are led to help people in various places throughout eighteenth-century Williamsburg.