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01:24
Watch Debbie Ridpath Ohi make a bird
Debbie turns a tape dispenser into a tropical bird in hardly more than a minute!
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00:55
Watch Cybele Young make a unicycle
A paper sculptor extraordinaire assembles a unicycle for her picture book Nancy Knows
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19:05
Watch Farida Paint a Gutsy Girl
A closeup, step-by-step look at an artist's process in creating a character.
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01:45
Watch Claudine Crangle Build a House
The artist shows how to construct the 3-D cardboard home that stars in her book, The House Next Door.
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03:08
Watch Jane Heinrichs draw an elephant!
Jane Heinrichs draws an elephant and his human friend from her graphic novel Every Home Needs an Elephant
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00:47
Watch Ruth Ohi draw characters from her book Friends for Real
Losing a treasure & finding a friend: published by Scholastic Canada
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