Get ready for back to school with books for all ages on top electives. Dip your toes into the arts with books on painting, drama, music, fashion, and graphic design. Get techy with books on STEM subjects like coding, chemistry, astronomy, engineering, and psychology. Cover the Home Economics essentials of sewing, cooking, gardening, and personal finance. Learn a new language with books for beginners. Round out the school year by keeping the body healthy with Physical Education and Anatomy.

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Arts

Calligraphy, Photography, Drawing, Painting, Fashion, Music, Performing Arts, and Graphic Design

Modern Calligraphy for Kids: A Step-by-Step Guide and Workbook for Lettering Fun

Sally Sanders

from $4.39

You Can Draw in 30 Days: The Fun, Easy Way to Draw Anything Creatively and Confidently--in One Month or Less

Mark Kistler

from $6.99

Making Faces

Kevyn Aucoin

from $5.29

Go: A Kidd's Guide to Graphic Design

Chip Kidd

from $4.69

Theatre Games & Activities: Games For Building Confidence and Creativity

Lynda A. Topper

from $15.31

The Kids' Guide to Digital Photography: How to Shoot, Save, Play With & Print Your Digital Photos

Jenni Bidner

from $4.29

Lettering Alphabets & Artwork: Inspiring Ideas & Techniques for 60 Hand-Lettering Styles

Jay Roeder

from $17.21

The Complete Guide to Watercolor

Ray Campbell Smith

from $11.19

How to Be a Fashion Designer

D.K. Publishing

from $4.89

Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative

Austin Kleon

from $6.79

Chi era Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart?

Yona Zeldis McDonough

from $4.19

A is for Audra: Broadway's Leading Ladies from A to Z

John Robert Allman

from $4.99

National Geographic Photo Basics: The Ultimate Beginner's Guide to Great Photography

Joel Sartore

from $9.59

STEM

Coding, Astronomy, Chemistry, Engineering, and Psychology

Build Your Own Website: A Comic Tale of HTML, CSS, Dragons, and Blogs

Kim Gee

from $9.59

Awesome Science Experiments for Kids: 100+ Fun Steam Projects and Why They Work!

Crystal Chatterton

from $4.99

Astronomy for All Ages, 2nd: Discovering the Universe through Activities for Children and Adults

Edward Pascuzzi

from $6.09

The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales

Oliver Sacks

from $4.19

100 Easy STEAM Activities: Awesome Hands-On Projects for Aspiring Artists and Engineers

Andrea Scalzo Yi

from $6.69

Creative Coding in Python: 30+ Programming Projects in Art, Games, and More

Sheena Vaidyanathan

from $10.59

Cosmos

Carl Sagan

from $5.09

The Element in the Room: Investigating the Atomic Ingredients that Make Up Your Home

Mike Barfield

from $16.78

Psychology for Dummies

Adam Cash

from $7.09

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope

William Kamkwamba

from $3.99

Barron's AP Chemistry Flash Cards

Neil D. Jespersen

Out of Stock

Little Kids First Big Book of Space

Catherine D. Hughes

from $5.29

Teach Your Kids to Code - A Parent- Friendly Guide to Python Programming

Bryson Payne

from $5.49

The Sociopath Next Door

Martha Stout

from $4.79

Home Economics

Sewing, Cooking, Gardening, Interior Design, and Money Management

Cooking Class: 57 Fun Recipes Kids Will Love to Make (and Eat!)

Deanna F. Cook

from $3.59

We Are the Gardeners

Joanna Gaines

from $5.09

The Nesting Place: It Doesn't Have to Be Perfect to Be Beautiful

Myquillyn Smith

from $4.19

Life Skills: How to Cook, Clean, Manage Money, Fix Your Car, Perform CPR, and Everything in Between

Julia Laflin

from $8.49

Sewing School ®: 21 Sewing Projects Kids Will Love to Make

Amie Petronis Plumley

from $5.39

The How-To Cookbook for Teens: 100 Easy Recipes to Learn the Basics

Julee Morrison

from $4.19

Roots, Shoots, Buckets & Boots: Gardening Together with Children

Sharon Lovejoy

from $6.59

Homebody: A Guide to Creating Spaces You Never Want to Leave

Joanna Gaines

from $7.49

Lemonade in Winter: A Book About Two Kids Counting Money

Emily Jenkins

from $4.79

Kid Chef: The Foodie Kids Cookbook: Healthy Recipes and Culinary Skills for the New Cook in the Kitchen

Sonoma Press

from $4.69

How a Seed Grows (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science 1)

Helene J. Jordan

from $3.59

All In Good Taste

kate spade new york

from $7.39

How to Manage Your Money When You Don't Have Any

Erik Wecks

from $7.89

Foreign Languages

Spanish for Dummies

Susana Wald

from $5.49

Barron's AP French Language and Culture with Audio CDs

Edward Weiss

from $7.69

Japanese Hiragana & Katakana for Beginners: First Steps to Mastering the Japanese Writing System

Timothy G. Stout

from $4.19

Don't Just Sign... Communicate!: A Student's Guide to Mastering American Sign Language Grammar

Michelle Jay

from $29.95

Barron's AP Spanish--2008 with 3 Audio CDs (Barron's How to Prepare for the Ap Spanish Advanced Placement Examination)

Alice G. Springer

from $6.49

Complete German (Learn German with Teach Yourself): MP3 CD-ROM: New edition

Heiner Schenke

from $30.38

French for Dummies

Dodi-Katrin Schmidt

from $5.19

Japanese Picture Dictionary: Learn 1500 Key Japanese Words and Phrases [Ideal for JLPT AP Exam Prep; Includes Online Audio]

Timothy Stout

from $9.29

The Baby Signing Book: Includes 450 ASL Signs for Babies and Toddlers

Sara Bingham

from $6.69

Don Quixote: A BabyLit® Spanish Language Primer

Jennifer Adams

Out of Stock

Learning French for Kids: Early Language Learning System

Tony R. Smith

from $12.09

1,000 Signs of Life: Basic ASL for Everyday Conversation

Gallaudet University Press

Out of Stock

Physical Education

Exercise, Anatomy, Physiology, Sports, and First Aid

Jillian Michaels Yoga Meltdown

from $4.19

Football for Dummies (For Dummies)

John Czarnecki

from $5.09

The Complete First Aid Pocket Guide: Step-by-Step Treatment for All of Your Medical Emergencies Including • Heart Attack • Stroke • Food Poisoning • Choking • Head Injuries • Shock • Anaphylaxis •

John Furst

from $9.59

Guy Stuff: The Body Book for Boys

Cara Natterson

from $5.19

Rodney Yee: Yoga Journal's Family Yoga

Out of Stock

Courage to Soar: A Body in Motion, a Life in Balance

Simone Biles

from $4.69

Bushcraft First Aid: A Field Guide to Wilderness Emergency Care

Dave Canterbury

from $14.39

Fundamentals of Anatomy & Physiology

Frederic H. Martini

from $4.19

Tracy Anderson: Dance+Cardio

from $5.09

Who Is Muhammad Ali?

James Buckley Jr.

from $4.39

Toddler Medbasics: Lifesaving Action Steps at Your Fingertips: Ages 1-5

Luke Hermann

from $6.59

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