51dPzRMjsAL. SL160  The Kids Book of Questions Revised for the
The Kids' Book of Questions: Revised for the New Century
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Now more than ever, parents are told how important it is to talk meaningfully to their kids. This is the book that makes it happen. A revised and expanded second edition, The Kids' Book of Questions, with 634,000 copies in print, makes it easy to ask hard questions and fun to answer them. Questions to challenge, questions to provoke. Questions to entertain and expand young minds. Questions about right or wrong, about fears and hopes, ethics, religious beliefs, about why parents act the way they do--even about ruling the world.

Updated to include questions on subjects that have arisen since the book's original publication in 1988--from the internet to issues like school violence and terrorism--the book is a sure way to prod young people into discovering who they really are and what they really believe. There are inquiries into values: If you knew you wouldn't get caught, would you cheat on a test by copying someone else's answers? Intriguing fantasies: If you could email any famous person and know they'd read and answer your note, who would you write to and what would you say? Philosophical queries: Have you had any personal experiences that lead you to believe in God? Provocative scenarios: After being given a truth pill, what would you say if you were asked to describe your family?

Kids, and parents, will be amazed to find how far one little question will lead. ....read more

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51HTRFRJMEL. SL160  Best Books for Kids Who Think They Hate
Best Books for Kids Who (Think They) Hate to Read: 125 Books That Will Turn Any Child into a Lifelong Reader
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moreinfo Best Books for Kids Who Think They Hate
Get Your Child Hooked on Books!
Reading can become a favorite part of any child's life—even children who think they hate to read. And, with the help of this unique book, it's easy to put your reluctant reader on the path to becoming an enthusiastic reader. Inside are 125 books that are certain to ignite your child's interest in reading. You'll find a variety of titles with real kid appeal—the best of the best for children of all reading levels. These books will captivate your child's interest and create a passion you never thought possible. So, for the love of reading and your child, come inside, explore all 125 books, and discover:
·Complete descriptions and synopses
·The appeal of each book to reluctant readers
·Suggested audience and reading levels
·Recommended readings if your child enjoys a particular book
·And much, much more!
By developing a love of reading and an emotional connection to books and ideas, your child can develop and maintain a high level of interest in reading—and get a head start on life.
An excellent resource for parents and educators interested in promoting literacy among children, with practical tips on how to make reading a fun, educational, and rewarding experience for children of all ages.
—Stephen Green, Ph.D., child development specialist, Texas A&M University ....read more

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517zCbCk1fL. SL160  The NeverBored Kid Book Ages 67
The Never-Bored Kid Book, Ages 6-7
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While being engaged in fun activities, your children will be practicing important age-appropriate skills such as visual discrimination, sequencing, small muscle coordination, counting, reading, and critical and creative thinking. ....read more

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61eWZUWwPEL. SL160  Everything Kids Magical Science Experiments Book Dazzle your
Everything Kids? Magical Science Experiments Book: Dazzle your friends and family by making magical things happen! (Everything Kids Series)
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moreinfo Everything Kids Magical Science Experiments Book Dazzle your
Want to make things disappear? Change salt to sugar? Create slime using items found in your kitchen?

Well, with The Everything Kids' Magical Science Experiments Book, you can do just that--and more! Filled with more than 50 science experiments that bend the rules of time, space, and logic, The Everything Kids' Magical Science Experiments Book shows you how to unlock the mysteries of science and magic so you can:

  • Create invisible ink
  • Build a genie in a bottle
  • Make a fog chamber
  • Make a person stay seated, just by using your pinky finger
  • Seal a punctured balloon with a penny
  • Turn Mentos candy into soda

Packed with 30 highly conductive puzzles, The Everything Kids' Magical Science Experiments Book is the perfect tool for anyone who wants to make magic--with science! ....read more

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51tCrEtqe1L. SL160  Diary of a Wimpy Kid The Last Straw
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw
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moreinfo Diary of a Wimpy Kid The Last Straw

The highly anticipated third book in the critically acclaimed and bestselling series takes the art of being wimpy to a whole new level.

 

Let’s face it: Greg Heffley will never change his wimpy ways. Somebody just needs to explain that to Greg’s father. You see, Frank Heffley actually thinks he can get his son to toughen up, and he enlists Greg in organized sports and other “manly” endeavors. Of course, Greg is able to easily sidestep his father’s efforts to change him. But when Greg’s dad threatens to send him to military academy, Greg realizes he has to shape up . . . or get shipped out.

 

Greg and his family and friends, who make the Diary of a Wimpy Kid books a must-read for middle school readers, are back and at their best in this hilarious new installment of the series, which is sure to please current fans while attracting new ones.

 

Publishers Weekly-1/19/2009:

The third book in this genre-busting series is certain to enlarge Kinney’s presence on the bestseller lists, where the previous titles have taken up residence for the past two years. Kinney’s spot-on humor and winning formula of deadpan text set against cartoons are back in full force. This time, Greg starts off on New Year’s Day (he resolves to “help other people improve,” telling his mother, “I think you should work on chewing your potato chips more quietly”) and ends with summer vacation. As he fends off his father’s attempts to make him more of a man (the threat of military school looms), Greg’s hapless adventures include handing out anonymous valentines expressing his true feelings (“Dear James, You smell”), attempting to impress his classmate Holly and single-handedly wrecking his soccer team’s perfect season. Kinney allows himself some insider humor as well, with Greg noting the “racket” children’s book authors have going. “All you have to do is make up a character with a snappy name, and then make sure the character learns a lesson at the end of the book.” Greg, self-centered as ever, may be the exception proving that rule. Ages 8-12. (Jan.)
 
F&P level: T
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61rYqx2mtXL. SL160  Wheels On The Bus Kids Play
Wheels On The Bus (Kids Play)
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All aboard the school bus for this fantastic sing-along story. Lights illuminate in sequence on the front cover to emphasis the wheels turning. Children can sing along with the tune while spotting the characters and exploring the scenes on each spread. With bold, colorful illustrations, this classic favorite is sure to be a hit with little ones everywhere! ....read more

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51WAGSV9P2L. SL160  If I Ran the Zoo Classic Seuss
If I Ran the Zoo (Classic Seuss)
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It's a pretty good zoo, said young Gerald McGrew, and the fellow who runs it seems proud of it, too. But if Gerald ran the zoo, the New Zoo, McGrew Zoo, he'd see to making a change or two: So I'd open each cage. I'd unlock every pen, let the animals go, and start over again. And that's just what Gerald imagines, as he travels the world in this playfully illustrated Dr. Seuss classic (first published back in 1950), collecting all sorts of beasts that you don't see every day. From the mountains of Zomba-ma-Tant to the blistering sands of the Desert of Zind, Gerald hunts down every animal imaginable (I'll catch 'em in countries no one can spell, like the country of Motta-fa-Potta-fa-Pell). Whether it's a scraggle-foot Mulligatawny or a wild-haired Iota (from the far western part of south-east North Dakota), Gerald amazes the world with his new and improved zoo: This Zoo Keeper, New Keeper's simply astounding! He travels so far that you think he would drop! When do you suppose this young fellow will stop?

But Gerald's weird and wonderful globe-trotting safari doesn't end a moment too soon: young McGrew's made his mark. He's built a zoo better than Noah's whole Ark! Some of the text and illustrations--imaginative as they are--are obviously dated, such as the following passage: I'll hunt in the mountains of Zomba-ma-Tant/ With helpers who all wear their eyes at a slant,/ And capture a fine fluffy bird called the Bustard/ Who only eats custard with sauce made of mustard. And your children may be the first to recognize that attitudes have changed since the xenophobic '50s. But that doesn't mean this tale need be discarded; instead, it should be discussed. Ironically, Seuss was trying here--in his wild, explosive, and sometimes careless manner--to celebrate the joys of unconventionality and the bliss of liberation! (Ages 4 to 8) ....read more

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51s12Kt9%2BWL. SL160  Did I Ever Tell You How Lucky You
Did I Ever Tell You How Lucky You Are? (Classic Seuss)
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When I was quite young and quite small for my size, I met an old man in the Desert of Drize. The old man looks like a cross between a cartoon granddad and a swami; he sits on top of a cactus, and tells his young listener that the best way to get over any sadness is to imagine all the ways you could be worse off. Suppose, just suppose, you were poor Herbie Hart, who has taken his Throm-dim-bu-lator apart! This has a more hurried, formulaic feel than the best Seuss, and it seems to showcase a less acute grasp of child psychology than usual. (Does it really make a child feel better to think of poor Harry Haddow, who, try as he will, can't make a shadow, or Gucky Gown, who lives by himself ninety miles out of town?) But the illustrations alone make this morality tale a minor classic. (Ages 4 to 8) --Richard Farr ....read more

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61WAMV0A1VL. SL160  The Berenstain Bears Count Their Blessings First Time
The Berenstain Bears Count Their Blessings (First Time Books(R))
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moreinfo The Berenstain Bears Count Their Blessings First Time
Illustrated in full color. Mama Bear is tired of hearing how many Bearbie

dolls Lizzy Bruin has and how many Game Bear video games Cousin Freddy just

got. During a thunderstorm, Mama gets her cubs to realize that love and a good

home are much more valuable than material possessions.




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51dQu1nVqPL. SL160  Horton Hears A Who
Horton Hears A Who!
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moreinfo Horton Hears A Who
Surely among the most lovable of all Dr. Seuss creations, Horton the Elephant represents kindness, trustworthiness, and perseverance--all wrapped up, thank goodness, in a comical and even absurd package. Horton hears a cry for help from a speck of dust, and spends much of the book trying to protect the infinitesimal creatures who live on it from the derision and trickery of other animals, who think their elephant friend has gone quite nutty. But worse is in store: an eagle carries away the clover in which Horton has placed the life-bearing speck, and let that small clover drop somewhere inside / of a great patch of clovers a hundred miles wide! Horton wins in the end, after persuading the Who's to make as much noise as possible and prove their existence. This classic is not only fun, but a great way to introduce thoughtful children to essentially philosophical questions. How, after all, are we so sure there aren't invisible civilizations floating by on every mote? (Ages 4 to 8) --Richard Farr ....read more

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