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"Enthralled with origami from a young age, master designer Michael LaFosse has used those skills to design and perfect paper airplanes for decades. In Planes for Brains, LaFosse presents 28 original models that incorporate innovative functional and aesthetic details--like faceted flaps, ailerons, canards and spoilers that really work. The sense of proportion and balance, and an ingenious nose and fuselage locking system, define these signature models,...
2) More-igami
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Candlewick Press
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IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
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Joey loves things that fold: maps, bed, accordions, you name it. When a classmate's mother turns a plain piece of paper into a beautiful origami crane, his eyes pop. Maybe he can learn origami, too. But it's going to take practice - on his homework, the newspaper, the thirty-eight dollars in his mother's purse . . Enough! No more folding! How can Joey become an origami master if he can't practice? Happily, he finds a way - and perhaps a chance to...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
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Kitanai the origami dog is new to this strange place called a garden. His papery feet are filthy, but he has no idea what dirt is. Follow Kitanai's trail as he goes diggin' in dirt and learns all about soil.
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They float! They fly! They zoom! They spin! They even land on their feet! Origami Rockets: Spinners, Zoomers, Floaters, and More presents how to create inflatable paper folding projects that actually take flight. From a few basic designs, this how to do orgami book offers more than fifty unique paper toy rocket creations including:
-Sweptwing rockets
-Landers
-Gliders
-Shortnosed spinner
-And even a lunar lander
With step-by-step instructions...
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"Fold an ocean full of sea stars, whales, turtles, and more! Simple instructions and step-by-step images make origami easy while fun facts throughout share more information about the real-life versions of your fancy folded friends. Additional materials explore even more about ocean biomes. Fold your way to fun with a world of origami"--
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Make simple and fun paper craft models with this easy origami eBook. The ancient art of origami originated in Japan, where it is steeped in traditional values. The 20 models presented include many with strong symbolic meanings, such as the carp, the frog and the crane, which symbolize longevity, good luck and perseverance. Also included are paper models which have practical uses, such as a bag in which to store spices or powdered medications, the...
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Step-by-step instructions and clearly detailed diagrams enable origamists to build over 35 different polyhedra from origami units. Fascinating models range from relatively simple modular cubes to more advanced two-piece modules, a gyroscope, and a 14-sided cuboctahedron. Subjects will challenge devotees of the craft, and can demonstrate geometric principles in the classroom.
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Origami Sculptures brings stunning detail and realism to paper folding. John Montroll, a world-renowned master of origami, teaches you how to fold beautiful masterpieces, each from a single square sheet of paper. Birds, dogs, mammals, and insects are shown, and a number of the models include the Dog Base and Insect Base, from which a variety of creatures can be folded. Several of the models are folded using innovative techniques to bring out the subject's...
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Forget the giftwrap-these unique boxes are perfect for gift-giving. In fact, they're handmade gifts all by themselves! Choose your own paper, and make a keepsake treasure-or make dozens! Step-by-step diagrams make it easy to create a work of art. A well-known British origami expert, Rick Beech is the author of several books. These unusual and imaginative designs appeal to paperfolders at every level of experience. This book features fifteen different...
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Pop, fold and fly sturdy paper airplanes with this easy origami eBook. Origami author Andrew Dewar rediscovered his childhood love of paper airplanes in Japan working with Yasuaki Ninomiya (creator of the famous White Wings planes). His designs are incredibly easy to assemble and his book not only explains how to make the origami planes, but how to tune them for better performance. He also gives tips on designing your own paper airplane models. All...
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Whether or not you're familiar with traditional origami models, you're sure to be captivated by the fun and fascination of creating abstract geometric forms. This book by an expert paperfolder offers a clear, concise introduction to the special techniques for making beautiful, complex polyhedra models. These 17 projects are based on the classic Platonic solids: the tetrahedron, hexahedron, octahedron, dodecahedron, and icosahedron. Folders at every...
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The last secret of the Cold War can finally be revealed: behind the Iron Curtain, people were folding! Communities of folders who were isolated from the origami establishment have always developed exciting new origami models. Russian Origami is full of such exciting projects.
From a matrioshka doll to a space rocket, these models will delight and inspire both beginning and advanced folders. Each project has step-by-step diagrams, clear instructions,...
18) Origami Flowers
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This captivating guidebook combines two enchanting traditions - the Japanese art of ikebana, or flower arrangement, and origami, the ancient Japanese practice of paperfolding. Easy-to-follow instructions and an abundance of illustrations enable beginning and expert paperfolders to create even the stems, leaves, and vases for an enchanting array of blossoms.
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Innovative, stimulating and challenging book combines the art of paperfolding with making polyhedra-based models. Projects range from the relatively simple cube and tetrahedron to such mind-boggling fabrications as the double pentagonal pyramid and the truncated hexadecahedron. Instructions and diagrams included.
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