Best Selling Books by Emily Osborn

In Our New Husbands Are Here, Emily Lynn Osborn investigates a central puzzle of power and politics in West African history: Why do women figure frequently in the political narratives of the precolonial period, and then vanish altogether with colonization? Osborn addresses this question by exploring the relationship of the household to the state. By analyzing the history of statecraft in the interior savannas of West Africa (in present-day Guinea-Conakry), Osborn shows that the household, and women within it, played a critical role in the pacifist Islamic state of Kankan-Baté, enabling it to endure the predations of the transatlantic slave trade and become a major trading center in the nineteenth century. But French colonization introduced a radical new method of statecraft to the region, one that separated the household from the state and depoliticized women’s domestic roles. This book will be of interest to scholars of politics, gender, the household, slavery, and Islam in African history.

What is your favorite food? Hamburgers? Cake? Broccoli? Where do you get your food? From a supermarket? A restaurant? A farmers market? In this book, you will craft your way through the food cycle and see how food grown on a farm can be made into a colorful feast for your family and friends. Make a chicken coop, complete with chickens and eggs, so your doll can make a fresh farm breakfast. Build a tractor so your doll can plow, till, and plant seeds in the soil. Create a farmers market stand where your doll can sell her very own fruits, vegetables, and breads. Use the kits punch-outs to design beautiful plates and platters to serve a crafted feast for your doll''s guests. Your doll will love learning how to use homegrown fresh food to throw a fabulous dinner party. Happy farming!

The coolest thing about sports is -- there are so many of them Whether you like to skateboard, dribble, race, or cheer, you and your friends are certain to get a kick out of this kit. It''s filled with sports-themed crafts featuring multiple sports, and a variety of sports scenes to create fun backdrops for play. There''s even a foam finger to decorate and wave in support of your favorite team The kit includes a 32-page book; a foam finger; 2 sheets of punch-out card stock for the mascot mask, a megaphone, a menu, and pizza; a sheet of stickers; a large reversible basketball floor/soccer field; 1 finish line banner; 1 sheet of paper with snowboard, skis, skateboard, basketball hoop, and scooter patterns; and 4 fun sheets of paper for posters, runner''s bibs, waffle cones, and much more

Create fashions from the last 13 decades for your doll! With this 26-piece kit, you can make a pretend phonograph, portable CD player, or MP3 player so your doll can "listen" to music. Make roller skates so she can glide around a drive-in diner. Have fun making a flapper dress or a jumpsuit so your doll can dance to the music of a distant era. Includes a how-to book, sticker sheets, doll-sized sunglasses, craft ideas and more.

What is your favorite thing to do outdoors? Climb trees? Have a cookout with your friends? Hike up a mountain? Camp in the woods? There are so many ways to explore nature and have a lot of fun with your doll. This book will show you how to make a hot-air balloon, a stand-up paddleboard, and camping equipment so your doll can explore nature. Discover all the wonders of going outside!

Girls can craft their way through Brazil with Lea as their guide From creating a Queen of the Sea festival outfit to organizing a nature expedition, girls will have everything they need to explore the rich culture of Brazil (and maybe even learn a few words of Portuguese ). This book includes supplies for a wish bracelet, a telescope and jungle hammock activity, and more. 32 pages. Kit. Author: Emily Osborn.

Inspired by Gabriela and her story, this book shows every girl how she can make creative items for her doll in both the performing and visual arts. Whether it is sidewalk art, a ballet studio, or a flash mob, this book has it all to help her doll express herself and truly shine! Includes: artistic backgrounds, mural art to color in, signs, punch-out phone speakers, and more!

Fashion design takes a super-fun direction with this clever kit, filled with unique ideas for creating adorable tees and tanks for your doll Discover really neat techniques for making fun patterns and shapes using only paint and stencils. And follow step-by-step instructions for making stamps from household items, too. Then, use your newly created stamps to make even more designs Kit includes: 1 short-sleeved doll-sized T-shirt, 1 doll-sized tank top, 5 stencil sheets, design templates, and a 32-page how-to book.

If you could go anywhere in the world, where would you go? Scuba diving on the Great Barrier Reef? Scooting around the streets of Italy? You can imagine your ideas around-the-word vacation by creating doll-sized trips using the ideas in this book. You''ll also find a duffel bag, a pretend passport, international maps, pretend airline tickets, souvenirs, doll money, and more It''s everything you need to create a one-of-a-kind experience for your doll and yourself.

Whatever the occasion, whatever the reason, Doll Celebrations offers great ideas. Together, you and your doll will discover fun projects to make every holiday (even made-up celebration days) extra special, and make preparing for the party almost as exciting and entertaining as the party itself for the party almost as exciting and entertaining as the party itself

What''s your dream job? Whether it''s to be an astronaut, toy engineer, veterinarian, paleontologist, or architect, the sky''s the limit! In this book, you''ll learn some of the fun ways you and your doll can learn and play in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and math. Crafts include a space suit, stethoscope, drafting desk, telescope, and soundboard (all doll-sized) and more.