Anyone can become an origami artist with the help of this easy-to-follow guide book. Specially written for beginning paperfolders, it starts you off with the very easiest models and progresses to more complex ones. (A key, using asterisks, indicates at a glance the degree of each project's difficulty. ) Fifty-seven models inlcude such simple figures as two kinds of caps (one with a visor and one without), cubes, airplanes, a vase, a 4-pointed star, a stool, and a square box. While the book is geared toward novices, more experienced origamists will also find unusual projects to challenge their skills, among them a Cinderella's slipper, a pair of gyroscopes, a 10-sided box, a 5-pointed star, a basket, and a vampire bat. A helpful list of symbols at hte beginning of the book defines the various folding instructions. in addition, each model is illustrated by step-by-step diagrams with captiones that take you throuagh each step of the paperfolding process. Offering hours of personal enjoyment and satisfaction, *Origmai for Beginners* will delight and inspire both newcomers to the art and intermediate-level paperfolders.