Product Description: Create your own elongated art that will intrigue everyone who sees it! This introduction to the slender craft of pencil carving shows how to make ordinary pencils come to life. Learn to whittle fascinating Santa pencils, Wood Spirits, Leprechauns and even an iconic Uncle Sam...read more

Product Description: A hilarious guide to the lost art of artisanal pencil sharpening"...I am so thrilled David Rees is picking up the reins of the forgotten art of manual graphite-encased-in-wood point-crafting. I love my pencil!"—AMY SEDARIS"You may think that sharpening a pencil is easy, but David Rees makes it look hard, and that makes all the difference...read more

Product Description: The main focus of the How are they Made? Series is turning raw materials into products through mass or smallscale production.

Product Description: You probably use a pencil almost every day. Did you know that the 'lead' in pencil is really a mineral called graphite? And that China and Mexico are two countries with large graphite deposits? Read this book to learn more about how pencils are manufactured and how they end up in the hands of people in countries around the globe...read more

Details the design and construction of pencils from start to finish, and discusses where in the world the necessary wood, rubber, and lead are manufactured.

Details the design and construction of pencils from start to finish, and discusses where in the world the necessary wood, rubber, and lead are manufactured.

Describes how a pencil is manufactured, distributed, and used.

Describes the process by which graphite becomes a pencil from the making of the graphite to the way it is encased in cedar and topped with an eraser.