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Non-fiction Stick and Learn ™ Books

Flight

A Stick & Learn ™ book by Frances Todd Stewart and Charles P. Stewart III
Illustration & Design by George S. Gaadt
Copyright © 1987 by Marlborough Ltd. All rights reserved.
Published in 1987 by Harper & Row Publishers, Inc.
Recommended for Children 3 and Up
Out of print.

Young children will discover the wonder of flight in a unique sticker book about people who dared to do the “impossible.” Five full-color spreads highlight different periods in the development of flight. The sixty-three full-color vinyl stickers can be moved over and over again, and a separate booklet describes mankind’s fascination with flight—from the earliest days of history right up to the space age and beyond.

Review by Publishers Weekly, February 27, 1987
Realistic spreads labeled “Dreams of Flight: Icarus-1782,” “Early Days of Flight: 1783-1900,” “True Pioneers: 1900-1940,” “War and Peace: World War II-1977” and “Space:1957-Future” depict ancient landscapes and starry skyscapes on which readers can plot reusable stickers of balloons, wings, jets and the space shuttle. A small booklet with a straightforward history accompanies the full-color, almost photographic-quality illustrations. The stickers bear informative labels, imparting a sense of how our progress above ground evolved. An innovative idea that will set imaginations soaring.

About the Illustrator—
American artist, illustrator, and portraiture painter, George S. Gaadt attended the Columbus College of Art and Design. And subsequently he has received an honorary Masters of Visual Arts degree from that same institution as a reward for a career that has brought his reputation as a graphic innovator to the highest levels of the field. Known for his research and attention to detail, George has produced work for packaging, publishing, TV, sports consumer, advertising, editorial and children’s books. George has been recognized nationally and internationally for his prolific body of work and his clients include National Geographic Society, Alcoa, IBM, Digital, Simon and Schuster, Readers Digest, NFL, Major League Baseball, NCAA, ABC, NBC and PBS. In addition to having lectured and taught widely, George has been honored with over 90 awards.

Animals and their Environments

A Stick & Learn ™ book by Frances Todd Stewart and Charles P. Stewart III
Illustration & Design by Robert Barrett
Copyright © 1987 by Marlborough Ltd. All rights reserved.
Published in 1987 by Harper & Row Publishers, Inc.
Recommended for Children 3 and Up
Out of print.

In this sticker book you will learn about five very different parts of the world and the animals living there. Let your imagination be your guide as you explore the world of wild animals. You and your child will be transported to an altitude of 10,000 feet in the North American Rocky Mountains, then down to a South American Rain Forest, an African Watering Hole, Australian Desert and an Asian Dry Tropical Forest.

Fishes and Other Sea Creatures in their Environments

A Stick & Learn ™ book by Frances Todd Stewart and Charles P. Stewart III
Illustration & Design by Martin R. Koss, Jr.
Copyright © 1988 by Marlborough Ltd. All rights reserved.
Published in 1988 by Harper & Row Publishers, Inc.
Recommended for Children 3 and Up
Out of print.

A fascinating world of fishes and sea creatures exists beneath the sparkling surface of the earth’s oceans and seas. Imagine that you are a scuba diver about to descend ten to fifty feet underwater to discover aquatic life in the Caribbean Sea, the Giant Kelp Forest, the Great Barrier Reef and the Open Ocean. Then prepare to get into your “submersible” submarine to travel one-quarter mile below sea level to explore the Deep Sea. As you read about fishes, let the 50 movable stickers help you dive into their underwater environments.

Birds and Their Environments

A Stick & Learn ™ book by Frances Todd Stewart and Charles P. Stewart III
Illustration & Design by Robert Barrett
Copyright © 1988 by Marlborough Ltd. All rights reserved.
Published in 1988 by Harper & Row Publishers, Inc.
Out of print.

From the rugged Rocky Mountains to the humid, muggy Louisiana Bayou and the sheltered East coast Salt Marsh, North America is an ideal place for bird-watching. Have the fun of playing with 53 movable stickers and placing them in their proper environments. See the fascination in children’s face as they observe the colors, features, and habits of these warm-blooded, feathered vertebrates in the Prairie Pothole, East Coast Salt Marsh, Sonoran Desert, Bayou Delta and the Rocky Mountains.

Dinosaurs and Other Creatures of Long Ago

A Stick & Learn ™ book by Frances Todd Stewart and Charles P. Stewart III
Illustration & Design by Forest Rogers and Kathy Borland
Copyright © 1988 by Marlborough Ltd. All rights reserved.
Published in 1988 by Harper & Row Publishers, Inc.
Recommended for Children 3 and Up
Out of print.

What happened to the dinosaurs that roamed the earth millions of years ago? How and why did they become extinct? Were they warm-blooded, like elephants and people, or cold-blooded, like most other reptiles? When it comes to dinosaurs there are more questions than answers. In this Stick & Learn ™ book, some of the theories about dinosaurs are explained while children can re-create the environments in which they lived, including the Redwood Forest, Swamp, Uplands and Kansas Seaway.

Review by Family Circle, June 28, 1988
Authors Frances Todd Stewart and Charles P. Stewart capitalize on two children’s crazes—stickers and dinosaurs—in their latest Stick and Learn book. While the text teaches children all about these creatures that lived aeons ago, children can create their own prehistoric worlds with the book’s 45 wonderfully detailed stickers. Dinosaurs is available at your local bookstore.

Disney’s Columbus Sails to America

A Stick & Learn ™ book by Frances Todd Stewart and Charles P. Stewart III
Illustration & Design by Phil Wilson
Copyright © 1992 by Creative products International. All rights reserved.
Published in 1992 by Disney Press
Recommended for Children 3 and Up
Out of print.

In 1492, Christopher Columbus set sail from Spain in search of a better way to reach the rich lands of the Far East. But he encountered something much more amazing—the New World!
Now you can experience all the excitement of Columbus’s historic journey with this unique combination of stickers, maps, words, and pictures. Mickey Mouse plays the role of the brave explorer, and Goofy appears as his childhood friend Eduardo.
This package comes with 36 removable vinyl stickers to place on 6 beautifully illustrated panels; a fold-out map of the world as people thought it looked in the year 1500; and an inflatable globe of the modern world.

About the Illustrator—
With 30 years of professional illustration experience, including 15 years in animation, Phil Wilson has the distinction of being an approved Disney artist. Phil is an award-winning artist who has illustrated over 25 children’s books, as well as collector plates, feature film work, magazines and greeting cards.

Geography—The United States of America

A Stick & Learn ™ book by Frances Todd Stewart and Charles P. Stewart III
Design by Martin Koss, Jr.
Maps by Markie Hunsiker and Jim McClelland, Jr.
Copyright © 1990 by Marlborough Ltd. All rights reserved.
Published in 1990 by Harper & row Publishers, Inc.
Recommended for Children 3 and Up
Out of print.

Geography is the study of our planet’s lands and waters. Through geography we not only better understand the world in which we live, but also receive new insights into history.
In this atlas you will learn how a new world was discovered and pioneered, and how it then became the United States of America. A map of the fifty states is included in the center of the book for children to learn each state’s capital, natural resource and historic landmark or event for which it is well known.

A City Grows Up Series

A City Grows Up—Chicago

A Stick & Learn ™ book by Frances Todd Stewart and Charles P. Stewart III
Illustrations by Barbara Ernst Prey
Maps by Peter Freyvogel
Copyright © 1991 by Creative Products International. All rights reserved.
Published in 1991 by Gallery Books, an imprint of W. H. Smith Publishers, Inc.
Recommended for Children 3 and Up
Out of print.

Three hundred years ago Plains Indians lived and hunted on the land that is now the city of Chicago. Today it is one of the largest cities in the United States. How did Chicago grow up?
The illustrations, timeline, and text will help you understand how Chicago developed. There are twenty-three stickers that you can use to help build the city as represented by a street map and three historic scenes that show the growth of Chicago during the 1700s, 1800s, and 1900s, including the Great Fire of 1871.

A City Grows Up—Boston

Boston and its patriots played a major role in the founding of the United States of America. Benjamin Franklin, Paul Revere, and Samuel Adams were Boston-born patriots who lived and worked in Boston during the birth of our nation.
The illustrations, timeline, and text will help you understand how Boston developed. There are twenty-six stickers that you can use to help build the city as represented by a street map and three historic scenes that show the growth of Boston during the 1700s, 1800s, and 1900s, including the Boston Tea Party in 1773.

A City Grows Up—New York

In 1626 Peter Minuit, a Dutchman, purchased the entire island of Manhattan from native American Indians for trinkets worth a mere sixty guilders, approximately twenty-four dollars. Today, Manhattan, from the Indian word “Man-a-hat-ta” (meaning “hill island) is home to one and a half million people.
How did New York City’s Manhattan Island grow up? The illustrations, timeline, and text will help you understand how New York developed. There are twenty-six stickers that you can use to build the city as represented by a street map and three historic scenes that show the growth of New York during the 1700s, 1800s, and 1900s, including the inauguration of George Washington as President of the United States in 1789.

A City Grows Up—Washington, D.C.

Whether you live in Washington, D.C., or are visiting Washington, you may be curious to know how Washington grew up. Washington was not always the modern, bustling, government headquarters it is today. Did you know the land Washington, D.C. now occupies was once swamp? Why was the city located here and who planned and designed the city?

The illustrations, timeline, and text will help you understand how Washington developed. There are twenty-seven stickers that you can use to help build the city as represented by a street map and three historic scenes representing the 1700s, 1800s, and 1900s, including a night scene from the evening President Lincoln was assassinated in 1865.

Fishes and Other Sea Creatures in Their Environments

A Stick & Learn ™ book by Frances Todd Stewart and Charles P. Stewart III
Illustrated & Designed by Martin Koss, Jr. & Phil Wilson
Copyright © 1995 by Creative Products International. All rights reserved.
Published in 1995 by The Nature Company.
Recommended for Children 3 and Up
Out of print.

Educational and fun, children will enjoy placing the reusable stickers depicting a variety of species of fishes onto the five full-color spread of different environments including the Open Ocean, Giant Kelp Forest, Great Barrier Reef, Caribbean Sea, and the Deep Sea. A separate booklet provides a detailed description of the different animals and their habitats.

Animals and Their Environments

A Stick & Learn ™ book by Frances Todd Stewart and Charles P. Stewart III
Illustrated & Designed by Martin Koss, Jr. and Phil Wilson
Copyright © 1995 by Creative Products International. All rights reserved.
Published in 1995 by the Nature Company
Recommended for Children 3 and Up
Out of print.

Educational and fun, children will enjoy placing the reusable stickers depicting a variety of species of fishes onto the five full-color spread of different environments including the North American Rocky Mountains, South American Rain Forest, African Watering Hole, Australian Desert, and Asian Dry Tropical Forest. A separate booklet provides a detailed description of the different animals and their habitats.

Stick & Learn ™ books

Stick & Learn ™ books, complete with reusable, vinyl stickers and read-along stories, provide a fun way of combining Bible knowledge and educational play! As the story is read, a child can use the moveable stickers to recreate the story. Each four-color book contains five double-page, beautifully illustrated scenes from the stories of Moses and Noah’s Ark to Jesus’ birth and life. Even pre-schoolers, with this kind of hands-on participation, will enjoy learning and recalling Bible stories as they come to life before them.
Ideal for children between the ages of 3 and 10, Stick & Learn ™ books communicate familiar Bible stories on a level that young minds can understand and enjoy.

Review

Review by Good Housekeeping, August 1986
Sticker! Kids love to collect them, swap them, And now there are Stick & Learn books with colorful peel-off vinyl stickers that become part of the illustrations, added by the child as the character appears in the text. The first out: The Birth of Jesus and Noah and the Rainbow Promise (Broadman Press). Coming early next year: a Stick & Learn book on the story of flight and another on animals and their habitats, to be published by Harper & Row.

1) The Birth of Jesus

A Stick & Learn ™ book by Frances Todd Stewart and Charles P. Stewart III
Illustrated by Robert Logan
Copyright © 1985 by Marlborough Ltd. All rights reserved.
Published in 1985 by Broadman Press
Recommended for Children 3 and Up
Out of print.

Colorful background scenes provide space for children to re-create the events of the Nativity using 55 vinyl stickers. Complete with read-along text, the “Christmas Story” comes alive with scenic spreads titled “Angel Gabriel Visits Mary,” “No Room at the Inn,” “Birth of Jesus,” “Gifts for Baby Jesus” and “Flight into Egypt.”

2) Noah and the Rainbow Promise

A Stick & Learn ™ book by Frances Todd Stewart and Charles P. Stewart III
Illustrated by Frank S. Colosa
Copyright © 1986 by Marlborough Ltd. All rights reserved.
Published in 1986 by Broadman Press.
Recommended for Children 3 and Up
Out of print.

Another favorite Bible story unfolds on the pages of this beautifully illustrated book. 55 removable stickers and an enchanting story provide hours of creative play while recalling “Building the Ark,” “Loading the Ark,” “Forty Days and Forty Nights,” “Land at Last” and “The Rainbow Promise.”

3) When Jesus Was a Boy

A Stick & Learn ™ book by Frances Todd Stewart and Charles P. Stewart III
Illustrated and Designed by J. William Myers
Copyright © 1987 by Marlborough Ltd. All rights reserved.
Published in 1987 by Broadman Press.
Recommended for Children 3 and Up
Out of print.

An enriching new focus on Jesus’ life comes alive through the illustrations on the pages of this book that contains 55 reusable stickers. Carefully researched scenes depict the life of this young boy: “Traveling to Nazareth,” “Getting Up in the Morning,” “Playing with Friends,” “Working with Joseph” and “Learning in the Temple.”

4) Moses—God’s Chosen Leader

A Stick & Learn ™ book by Frances Todd Stewart and Charles P. Stewart III
Illustrated and Designed by J. William Myers
Copyright © 1988 by Marlborough Ltd. All rights reserved.
Published in 1988 by Broadman Press
Recommended for Children 3 and Up
Out of print.

Re-create the story of Moses with 52 movable stickers and the accompanying read-along text to learn how Moses was saved from Pharoah, the Egyptian king, when Moses’ mother hid her newborn boy in a papyrus basket and placed it among the bulrushes along the Nile River. Then follow the story using the illustrations and stickers for the subsequent four chapters: A Message for Pharoah, Ready to Leave Egypt, God’s Laws for Living and Gifts to Honor God.

God’s Palette ™ Series

God’s Palette

Written by Charlie Stewart
Illustrated by Phil Wilson

Designed by Barbara Knolle
Published in 2005 by Standard Publishing
Copyright © 2005 by Creative Products Intl. All rights reserved.
God created color; God created animals! God’s Palette™ is a series of six board books that present God as the ultimate artist. This unique format featuring fun tabs with close-ups of animals helps teach children color recognition, with each book representing a color of the rainbow. Within each book are short rhymes that teach about each of the unusual animals “painted” with a color from God’s Palette.
Collect every book in the God’s Palette ™ series—Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, and Purple. Each is filled with exotic creatures from God’s amazing color collection.

Listen to excerpts from the God’s Palette books here

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