Best Children's Activity Books
This unique activity book has step-by-step instructions and tons of photos to teach you how to build all-new and totally awesome robots and a robot lab, race cars to race your friends and jet planes to zoom across the room at lightning speed or fit in your pocket for on-the-go play. No matter how you use it, this book will help you and your family or friends have a crazy amount of fun building new toys and scenes with your LEGO bricks! Well done!”―Rachel Miller, co-author of 101 Kids Activities and The 101 Coolest Simple Science Experiments , and creator of One Crazy House and Quirky Momma. From fun and playful to practical and functional, the easy-to-follow projects in this book will delight children of all ages.”―Jackie Currie, creator of Happy Hooligans. Sarah is an expert builder and demonstrates her original creations with incredible detail and clear pictures.―Becky Spence, creator of This Reading Mama.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"The book itself isn't a beautifully laid out or as visually pleasing as other Lego Idea books, but this book is the most practical and is the only one I've seen so far that give detailed lists of bricks required."
"If you categorize your legos or buy from places like Bricklink, this will be invaluable, but for the rest of us the kids can use it organize a few pieces ahead of time. Here's the table of contents with a few of my favorite sets from each: =>Robot Lab--Sorvo the Scuttlebot and Simon, a 3-wheeler, are both neat. =>The world of knights and dragons -- Creative green dragon (uses a lot of Technic parts). =>Cars, trucks and things that fly! =>It's a great day and Lego town -- Not my favorite chapter, you may like it better. =>Make it work! This book would make a perfect Christmas gift when you don't know which sets your recipient already owns."
"I bet most of the projets would be good with preschoolers if you read the instructions to them (ex: the pretend play scenes) and the elaborate "stories" grab the attention of my older elementary kiddo."
"The instructions are written out, not shown as step-by-step pictures."
"While there are many amazing looking creations, they do require more than the variety of pieces we have, and we have many."
"My Grandson is going to love this book."
"We haven't really used it yet but looking through it it looks like it will be fun!"
"But looked to be a good book of step by step projects for kids doing legos."
It is also for parents, foster parents, teachers, coaches, youth pastors, mentors, and everyone who wants to help their kids to connect in an increasingly disconnected world! If the zoo offered to let you keep one exotic animal as a pet, which animal would you take home with you? Get your kids and tweens talking: 131 Creative Conversations for Couples 131 More Creative Conversations for Couples 131 Necessary Conversations before Marriage 131 Creative Conversations for Families 131 Creative Conversations for Kids 131 Conversations for Stepfamily Success. Jed Jurchenko is passionate about supporting parents in leading their families, growing their friendships, and caffeinating their faith so that they can live joy-filled lives.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Love the book, however I ordered 2 and only received 1."
"Keeping channels of communication open with your kids is so important--but how can you get kids to talk? I am a college admissions counselor, and couldn't help but notice how similar a few of Jurchenko's questions are to the prompts your kids will soon be asked to address in their college admissions essays. There is a reason for this similarity: like college admission essay prompts, Jurchenko's questions ask us to reflect on who we are and what we really care about."
"Jed, your conversation starters are on the dot!"
"This book gives me great tips for communicating and entertaining my grandchildren."
"I'm not a kid but I was completely engaged while reading and thinking about the questions the author posed to get into the minds and values of kids without them realizing what is happening."
"Jed Jurchenko's book is a great tool for parents who want to teach their kids the vanishing art of vocal conversation, with other kids, and with adults."
"But this book isn't just for teachers."
"I love Jed Jurchenko's books, and this is my favorite!"
Love is in the air at the Clubhouse, but Mickey has no idea what to get Minnie for Valentine’s Day. SheilaSweeny Higginson is an award-winning author and editor who has worked ineducational publishing for over 17 years.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"It's small things like that that make this book a little annoying to read."
"Cute story and my kids loved the stickers."
"Pros: Shows Mickey Mouse working hard to make a special gift for Mini."
"Kind of a weird storyline in which Minnie pretends to be a secret helper to Mickey...just strange."
"Book was in excellent shape and just as advertised."
"I love the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse books but this one feels like it was written by someone who has never seen the show, read one of the books or even has kids."
Best Children's Craft & Hobby Books
Deanna F. Cook presents more than 50 recipes designed for the cooking abilities and tastes of children ages 6 to 12. VERDICT Though there are plenty of cookbooks aimed at the younger set, this is a worthy addition to the profusion of similar titles.—Kathryn Diman, Bass Harbor Memorial Library, Bernard, ME IACP Award Finalist. 2015 “National Parenting Publications Awards” (NAPPA) Gold award winner. 2015 Parents’ Choice Award Silver winner. 2016 Mom’s Choice Award Gold winner. 2015 NPR Great Reads. "Of all the kids' cooking books that have crossed my threshold over the years, this is the one that seems to have struck gold. I usually hand kids' cookbooks to my daughter (she's 9 now) for a first opinion before looking at them myself; this one I never got back. Cooking Class , written by family-magazine editor and kids'-cooking specialist Deanna Cook, seems to know how to talk directly to kids (or at least bookish kids who are seriously motivated to feed themselves) with minimal interference from parents. It's got pictures of other kids cooking by themselves. "There comes a time, kids, when you've got to expand your kitchen repertoire beyond mac 'n cheese, hot dogs, and PB&J.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"On the other hand, a new cookbook arrived at our doorstep last week and my kids hovered over it--drinking in the recipes, excited to cook! Cooking Class is divided into seven sections that cover the basics, meals, snacks, and of course--dessert! The recipes are easy to follow and have great pictures which give clear instructions. I know that my first grade son can read most of the words in these directions, but the size of the type would be a stumbling block for him. Aside from the recipes, the cookbook includes some fun stickers, place cards, and conversation questions for the dinner table. I think you get the idea... when choosing a great kids' cookbook, this one tops my list! Please note that I received a complimentary copy of this cookbook for review from Storey publishing."
"This book is so easy to follow it makes me look like the best mom ever!"
"After window shopping several children's cookbooks on Amazon I decided on the Cooking Class cookbook for my daughter's birthday."
"Really cute cook book!"
"Same as Baking class cook book."
"My 10-year-old daughter loves this and is making her way through the recipes."
"My grandsons (ages 6 & 3) love to cook in the kitchen with their mom."
"My 8 year old granddaughter LOOOOVES this cookbook!"
Best Children's Game Books
His mom thinks video games are turning his brain to mush, so she wants her son to put down the controller and explore his “creative side.”. As if that’s not scary enough, Halloween’s just around the corner and the frights are coming at Greg from every angle. Jeff Kinneyis a #1 "New York Times" bestselling author and six-time Nickelodeon Kids Choice Award winner for Favorite Book.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"I always love the smell of a new book but the smooth outside texture of the book adds a good feature to the book. It is a well worded book from the first page to the last page (217 pages overall) each page has a complete word filled page but the pictures adds to the imagination of the child reading this book. He's now 10 and he LOVES this book series so much he looks forward to the new books that come out and every once in a while re-reads the older book series. I can't say enough good things about this book or any other book from the series."
"We just received the book!"
"My teenage son loves the series."
"This was a Christmas gift for my granddaughter and she was thrilled with it."
"-I would recommend this to my brother because he has a great sense of humor. -No other series I’d rather read more!"
"10 year old granddaughter loved the book."
"Great book for my 8 year old."
"I had purchased all the previous "Wimpy Kid" books for my grandson as birthday and Christmas gifts over the years."
Best Children's Cooking Books
Dragons love tacos. They love chicken tacos, beef tacos, great big tacos, and teeny tiny tacos. - Publishers Weekly. ""The perfect book for kids who love dragons and mild tacos."". ""Rubin and Salmieri, the team behind the equally hilarious ‘Those Darn Squirrels!,’ bring their kooky sensibility to this irresistible story about what can go wrong at a taco party for dragons... Little kids will relate to the anti-spicy bias and chuckle over Salmieri's watercolor and gouache cartoon illustrations showing literally boatloads of tacos and all sizes of dragons enjoying their favorite food at pool parties, costume parties and, well, taco parties."". ""Rubin and Salmieri, the team behind the equally hilarious ‘Those Darn Squirrels!,’ bring their kooky sensibility to this irresistible story about what can go wrong at a taco party for dragons... Little kids will relate to the anti-spicy bias and chuckle over Salmieri's watercolor and gouache cartoon illustrations showing literally boatloads of tacos and all sizes of dragons enjoying their favorite food at pool parties, costume parties and, well, taco parties."".
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Find Best Price at Amazon"We'd selected several little books for our grandchildren this Christmas, and while most of them contained more substantive messages, you know what they say about all work and no play! Most of the vocabulary is a bit over his head at this stage, but that's how they learn, and it sets up the perfect scenario for one of his older (4-1/2 & 8-1/2) brothers to enjoy reading it to him and maybe provide Mommy with a little break. watercolor paint, 2 cups pencils (sharpened), 6 corn tortillas... Preheat Brooklyn, New York, to 75 degrees and bake for 27 years", then "Serve both dishes together for a delightful smorgasbord a la Robo-Sauce, Secret Pizza Party, and Those Darn Squirrels.""
"Having read the authors previous book, "Those Darned Squirrels", I immediately noticed when Dragons Love Tacos came to my local bookstore."
"I bought the book upon seeing a friend's son recite what taco toppings dragons love."
"This book was an instant hit!"
"It is a fun and excellent book!"
"There is a second book, we will not purchase it."
"This book was recommended by a friend and it was a hit with my kids."
"We gently slices the pages apart the rest of the way with a sharp kitchen knife."