Bøger af Joel Stern

**Winner of Creative Child Magazine Preferred Choice Award** Children and beginners can make fun and simple origami projects with this playful origami kit. My First Origami Kit is the perfect, affordable introductory kit for kids and parents to learn and master the joys of origami together. If you've never done origami before, My First Origami Kit is a great origami kit for beginners. It is filled with origami of all kinds--birds, beasts, vehicles, even a teddy bear that talks when you open and close its arms. The folding fun begins with the specially designed origami papers. Both sides are decorated based on the subject--feathers for the duck, metal plates for the airplane, scales for the cobra, and other surprises. You'll end up with a great looking paper model no matter with which side you start. You can add fun stickers to your finished models--to make eyes, ears, paws, and other features. This easy origami kit contains:Full-colored instructional booklet Easy-to-follow instructions 22 origami-for-kids projects 150 detailed stickers 60 two-sided folding sheets Origami paper is pre-coloredThis kit is sure to keep kids engaged and happy for hours. They'll be so proud of their very first origami--and you'll be delighted to display them!Origami projects include: Penny Penguin Sea Surfer Caramel Bear Magic Box Hugo Pig And much more‿

In this political satire, the middle class finally levels the economic and political playing field with the help of four unlikely people. It's the late 2000's and the mortgage and credit crisis are beginning to unravel the economy. A deranged serial killer has targeted several key players thought to have had a hand in the financial meltdown. Jason MacMillan, one of the nation's top investment bankers has it all: money, looks, prestige -- but it's still not enough. His insatiable greed becomes tempered by a haunting stalker, and personal tragedy forces him to rethink his values. Using Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Mahatma Gandhi as role models, MacMillan transforms from a one-percenter to a leader of the middle class. But overhauling corporate dominance is something MacMillan can't do alone so he enlists the help of his shoot-from-the-hip cartoon comedy writer girlfriend; his old Harvard pal -- a brilliant but quirky South African scientist; and a destitute Native American farmer from Oklahoma. The result -- "Enough's Enough!" becomes a powerful populist movement of millions of Americans who force oil barons, fast food giants and mega discount chains to change the way they do business.

It's Christmas Eve. An octogenarian, abandoned in a wheelchair and on the verge of death is found outside a retirement home in "The Blizzard of the Century". He's brought inside but his identity is a mystery. While administrators try to find out who he is, he befriends Sal, the facility's emotionally unstable head janitor. They pass the time by playing Scrabble, but this is no ordinary game. Isolated from the outside world, the power goes down and the temperature inside plunges, but they continue to match wits by spelling words -- words that have a devastating effect on real life world events both in the present and the past.

Step into a world of daring knights, brave princesses and fire breathing dragons! Bestselling origami artist Joel Stern has created this engaging new kit to spark children's imaginations and keep them playing happily for hours without a computer screen. The easy-to-follow instructions and colorful folding papers in My First Origami Fairy Tales Kit make it easy to create your favorite characters and use them to tell stories. Kids will have fun folding up the characters and applying dozens of fairy tale stickers to add finishing touches to their models. The characters can be moved around in front of the included story backdrops to reenact classic stories--or even to set off on brand new adventures! This kit includes: 36 folding sheets for 11 different characters that are easy for young kids to fold6 interchangeable story backdrops85 stickers to use in decorating the characters and backdropsA full-color book explaining the characters and showing you how to fold the modelsThe materials in this kit play up a child's own natural storytelling ability and imagination, using characters like the following: The chivalrous Knight who comes complete with a gleaming sword and a shield--and a good thing, too, because a nasty Dragon awaits!A fearless Princess who can sport any of four different dresses--perfect for daily use around the castle, yet rugged enough to contend with a marauding Witch!The crafty Gnome conjures up a brimming, glittering bag of gold, but a brutish Ogre is in hot pursuit to seize it!A cunning Wolf spies on an unsuspecting Pig--but let's hope Piggy has built his house with bricks to keep the Wolf out!This origami for kids kit is sure to inspire hours of play time, while also allowing kids to improve dexterity and learn about geometry (without them ever realizing it!) thanks to the practice of folding origami.

The creators of In a Spooky Haunted House are back with an all-new, pop-up holiday journey to Santa's Workshop in the North Pole!

Fold & play! Learning to fold simple paper models is just the beginning in Origami Games for Kids! Children of all ages can enjoy playing 15 interactive games with their finished origami crafts. The paper models can be used to play 15 simple but highly entertaining games that will keep children engaged for hours, and allow them to collaborate as well as compete. Everything you need is in this box--a full-color instruction book, 48 sheets of high-quality folding papers, and 75 stickers to decorate the finished models. It only takes a minute or two to fold up each game piece, and then you can use them to play the following exciting games: Balancing Act--Who can keep the spinning wing balanced on the pyramid longer? Basket Bombs--Shoot the ball through the hoop using the catapult! Bowl 'Em Over--How many bowling pins can you knock down at one time? Can You Top This?--Build a tower of triangle chips as high as you can! Chip Toss--How many triangle chips can you juggle between two inverted pyramids? Fill 'Er Up--Who can flip the most balls into the box using the dragon's nose? Football--Scoot the football in between the goal posts to score! Frog Olympics--Spring the frog into, over or on top of the box! Ghost Dodgers--Can you slide a triangle chip under the ghost without knocking it over? Leap Frog--Keep the leaping frog leaping as long as possible! Pick Up Chips--Carefully remove the triangle chips one at a time without jostling the adjacent ones! Slay the Dragon--Take turns launching footballs at the dragon on the goal post until he's knocked down! Snap Dragon--Slide a penny under your opponent's dragon without getting "pinched!" Stormy Seas--Who can blow the sailboat from one end of the path to the other in the shortest time? Timber!--Stack as many sheets as possible on top of the "tree" before it falls over! These games will appeal to kids of all ages and personalities. Beyond having fun, origami engages children's minds with the physical world--allowing them to make discoveries and solve problems. Research shows that origami stimulates the logical and creative sides of the brain, so both zones are actively engaged when folding. It also teaches the basics of geometry and has concrete benefits for developing minds. Whether at home, at a birthday party, on vacation, or in the classroom, Origami Games for Kids Kit will provide hours of creative, hands-on fun for everyone! This kit contains: A full-color 48-page origami instruction book 48 sheets of high-quality, double-sided origami paper 15 different paper models used to play 15 exciting games Over 50 colorful stickers to decorate the models

Six months after diagnosis, Joel joined the private Face Book Community "Patients Living with Stage IV Renal Cancer" that now has over 2,600 Members. This tightly knit group of Warriors, including loved ones, share their triumphs and challenges in dealing with this disease. For the past 18 months, Joel has written weekly Thankful Friday Posts and shared with this group. He started writing these posts for two reasons. First, to give other Warriors hope, purpose, optimism, and strength so they could meet head on this disease. Second, he realized that by sharing his innermost thoughts with this group, it would give him purpose, optimism, and strength to fight and win his personal war against Stage IV Renal Cancer. This book compiles over 18 months of Thankful Friday posts, some of which have been slightly edited. He hopes his posts are not only valuable to those with Renal Cell Cancer, but beneficial to those suffering life changing challenges regardless of cause. All profits from this book with go to either the Kidney Cancer Association or the Judy Nicholson Kidney Cancer Foundation.

Fold, decorate & play!Learning to fold simple paper models is just the beginning in Origami Games for Kids! Children of all ages can enjoy playing 15 interactive games with their finished origami crafts. The paper models can be used to play 15 simple but highly entertaining games that will keep children engaged for hours, and allow them to collaborate as well as compete. Everything you need is in this box—a full-color instruction book, 48 sheets of high-quality folding papers, and over 50 stickers to decorate the finished models. It only takes a minute or two to fold up each game piece, and then you can use them to play the following exciting games: Balancing Act—Who can keep the spinning wing balanced on the pyramid longer? Basket Bombs—Shoot the ball through the hoop using the catapult! Bowl 'Em Over—How many bowling pins can you knock down at one time? Can You Top This?—Build a tower of triangle chips as high as you can! Chip Toss—How many triangle chips can you juggle between two inverted pyramids? Fill 'Er Up—Who can flip the most balls into the box using the dragon's nose? Football—Scoot the football in between the goal posts to score! Frog Olympics—Spring the frog into, over or on top of the box! Ghost Dodgers—Can you slide a triangle chip under the ghost without knocking it over? Leap Frog—Keep the leaping frog leaping as long as possible! Pick Up Chips—Carefully remove the triangle chips one at a time without jostling the adjacent ones! Slay the Dragon—Take turns launching footballs at the dragon on the goal post until he's knocked down! Snap Dragon—Slide a penny under your opponent's dragon without getting "pinched!" Stormy Seas—Who can blow the sailboat from one end of the path to the other in the shortest time? Timber!—Stack as many sheets as possible on top of the "tree" before it falls over! These games will appeal to kids of all ages and personalities. Beyond having fun, origami engages children's minds with the physical world—allowing them to make discoveries and solve problems. Research shows that origami stimulates the logical and creative sides of the brain, so both zones are actively engaged when folding. It also teaches the basics of geometry and has concrete benefits for developing minds. Whether at home, at a birthday party, on vacation, or in the classroom, Origami Games for Kids Kit will provide hours of creative, hands-on fun for everyone! This kit contains: A full-color 48-page origami instruction book 48 sheets of high-quality, double-sided origami paper 15 different paper models used to play 15 exciting games Over 50 colorful stickers to decorate the models