Richard M. Gardner

Instructions for conducting investigations and making basic equipment necessary for detective work.

Traces the history of the baboon and discusses the physical characteristics of various species, their habitats, social behavior, and relationship to man.

A guide to making costumes representative of all ages or eras and for all occasions.

Provides instructions for making and using instant puppets, rainy day puppets, professional puppets, special puppets, and novelty puppets.

Instructions for building dollhouses in various styles including a basic house, Cape Cod, Colonial, Victorian, and an eight-unit apartment building.

Presents directions for making a wind-powered twirling robot, android mask, toy robot in a toy car, scooter-like robot, writing automaton, robot costume, and electric rover robot.

Discusses basic theatrical makeup and how it can be used to transform the actor into many different characters.

A guide to constructing face masks from many media--paperbags, Latex, papier-mache, and plaster of Paris. Includes a chapter on make-up for the stage as well as three plays that can be performed with masks.

Discusses the construction of small-scale forts, castles, and other fortifications for use with miniature soldiers.

Describes solar, water, and wind power, nuclear energy, and integrated systems and their role in the future. Includes instructions for projects and experiments.

Diagrams and instructions for building more than 50 projects, including basketball and archery targets, bowling greens, tetherballs, batting and running devices, boxing and tennis practice gear, gymnastics and balancing equipment, a sports wall, and a gymnasium unit for small children.

Hints for the beginning cartoonist on ideas, style, stories, rendering, and publication.

Instructions for looking like 19 famous monsters, including Dracula, the Phantom of the Opera, Quasimodo, and King Kong.