creative ability

Emphasizing patience as part of the creative process, this expressive picture book celebrates collaboration and its role in creating meaningful work.

"A virus has taken over a production plant up in Heaven! With no time to lose, Shimoda must put heads together with the designers to make sure the threat is contained before too much real damage is done. They hatch a plan to go back in time to earlier that morning to prevent the takeover, but will their efforts be enough?!"--Back cover.

"This isn't your average design agency! Their assignment? Make the animals that will populate Earth to God's exacting specs! As their rejected designs pile up (literally), the team may worry that they'll never get it right, but that's often when inspiration strikes. The result might be a giraffe, a koala, or something new, weird, wonderful--and real! Welcome to the wild thing factory!"--Provided by publisher.

"With the surprises during the launch party behind them, the Design Team reels from more bizarre requests--but they're determined to meet these new challenges with their unique flair. From modeling mating rituals off rap battles to participating in wacky game shows with their prototypes, there's nothing these dedicated designers won't try!"--Provided by publisher.

The team deals with more orders from the Client and global warming.

"The arrival of the Plant Department throws the animal designers for a loop when the Client makes a joint request of the two teams. Can this hodgepodge of eccentric personalities pull off such a challenging collaboration? And with more ludicrous projects on the horizon, one designer may just be pushed over the edge...! "--Provided by publisher.

When her father suddenly quits his job, the almost-ten-year-old, friendless Penny and her neglectful parents leave their privileged life in the city for a ramshackle property in the eccentric town of Thrush Junction, Tennessee.

Excitement and imagination run wild as Naomi, Melvin, Poppy, Gilbert, Curly, and their siblings get back to making comics with originality and laughter. But wait, have they cleaned their rooms yet?!.

American editorial cartoonist Jeffrey Koterba discusses his childhood and life in Omaha, Nebraska, his lifelong interest in drawing, battles with Tourette syndrome--which he inherited from his father--being struck by lightning, and related topics.

A journal that encourages the user the find unique ways to destroy the pages and unleash their creativity, with writing prompts and unusual suggestions for different ways to deface and ruin each page.