Learn to manage emotions and feelings when things are difficult. Discover how to enjoy life more by challenging yourself, gaining confidence, and facing adversity without fear.
Series: Mindful Kids The age-appropriate exercises and activities are designed to tackle the complex emotions a child faces and help the child to work out how and why they feel that way.
Ages: 8 years + Size: 7 1/2 x 9 1/4 Pages: 96pp Series: Mindful Kids Author: Dr. Sharie Coombes Price: $6.99 (Paperback)
It’s time for a gut check! There’s a reason Squishy Human Body has been the best-selling anatomy toy for over 10 years — it’s Squishy! This 12-inch-tall interactive model features nine removable squishy organs that feel like the real thing. Kids can squeeze the squishy heart and lungs, remove the squishy brain, and even uncoil the squishy intestines! Featuring 21 removable organs, bones, and muscles in a clear plastic shell, Squishy Human Body allows young doctors-in-training to dissect and rebuild the human body, again and again, using forceps and tweezers.
The handy organ-izer sheet keeps all the removable parts together for easy assembly. The stand allows kids to proudly display their assembled model on a shelf or desktop. The illustrated 24-page book takes a light-hearted approach to anatomy by following a slice of pizza as it travels through the body and interacts with different organs. The book features photos of real organs, engaging illustrations, and answers to common body function questions — even the gross ones!
Includes two-piece clear plastic human body model with a stand, 9 removable squishy organs, 12 removable hard plastic bones & muscles, forceps, tweezers, body part Organ-Izer sheet, instructions sheet, and a 24-page illustrated Anatomy Book. Although the book is written for slightly older children, this best-selling anatomy toy is appropriate for children ages 5 and up.
Ages: 8 years + Size: 13 x 10 x 2 1/2 Pages: 24pp + components Price: $29.99 (Box)
The questions in this book were curated by the staff at London’s Royal Observatory, to address all the most common – and a few uncommon – things that children want to know about space. Planets, moons, exploration, and even some really BIG questions such as “How do Black Holes work,” “Is it worth going to space?” and “What’s going to happen at the end of time?”
Ages: 8 years + Size: 7 5/8 x 9 3/4 Pages: 96pp Series: Big Questions About the Unknown Author: Alex Frith, Alice James Price: $14.99 (Hardback)
Do you wish you could add some EXTRA MAGIC to your stories? This book is packed full of words to help with creating characters, setting scenes, and writing EXCITING STORIES! There’s also plenty of space to build your own word bank. Open this book and enter the WONDERFUL WORLD OF WORDS!
Series: Write Your Own… Books The Write Your Own story books are full of inspiring ideas for all kinds of different stories, with writing tips to help you on your way.
Ages: 8 years + Size: 8 x 9 3/4 Pages: 96 Series: Write Your Own… Books Author: Jane Bingham Price: $14.99 (Spiral Hard)
Discover the mysterious selkies of the Scottish seas and the haunting Philippine tale of the curse of Sirena. Meet the merman from China whose tears turn to pearls and Hans Christian Anderson’s brave little mermaid, pursuing her dream. These nine stories, beautifully illustrated and full of wonder, will whisk you from the bottom of the Arabian sea to rivers, deep in the Trinidadian rainforest. Includes: The Mermaid of Zennor, The Sea Princess, Mam Dlo, Jing and the Pearls, Sirena, Alonzo and the Yara, Melusine, The Seal Catcher, and The Little Mermaid.
Series: Illustrated Stories Beautifully illustrated collections of classics and original tales.
Ages: 8 years + Size: 6 1/4 x 7 7/8 Pages: 144 Series: Illustrated Stories Author: Retold by Lan Cook, et al. Price: $14.99 (Hardback)
Gaming fans! You’re trapped inside a video game! Can you work out which press-out items are needed to solve puzzles and crack secret codes to make your way through six progressively more fiendish game levels?
Series: Escape Room Create your very own escape room experience at home! Put together objects from the press-out die-cut card sheets contained in the envelope, then work out how to use them to solve a series of progressively harder challenges!
Ages: 8 years and up Size: 9 x 11 Pages: 48 Series: Escape Room Author: Dr. Gareth Moore, Ill. by DGPH Studio Price: $22.99 (Hardback)
You’ll encounter terrifying dinosaurs, spooky Ancient Egyptians, vicious Vikings, amazing animals, fearsome knights, and even explore space as you find your way out of a series of mysterious museum galleries using the press-out pieces.
Series: Escape Room Create your very own escape room experience at home! Put together objects from the press-out die-cut card sheets contained in the envelope, then work out how to use them to solve a series of progressively harder challenges!
Ages: 8 years and up Size: 9 x 11 Pages: 48 Series: Escape Room Author: Dr. Gareth Moore, Ill. by Beatriz Castro Price: $22.99 (Hardback)
This scribble-in activity book explores all sorts of technology, from creating movies and games, to transportation, drones, and medicine. It’s full of problems to solve, concepts to explore, and things to invent, design, and create.
Series: STEAM/STEM Scribble Books Behold the antidote to boredom at last! Whether it’s a rainy afternoon or a long summer’s day, whether you’re at home or with friends, you’ll never get bored with these books. Includes an elastic bookmark so you won’t lose your place!
Ages: 8 years + Size: 7 1/2 x 9 5/8 Pages: 80pp Series: STEM Scribble Books Author: Alice James Price: $12.99 (HFL)
Caring for the Earth is the biggest challenge facing us all today, but what can YOU do to help? This practical, hands-on guide is filled with helpful checklists of actions to take and choices to make in your daily life. There are chapters on planet-friendly eating, shopping, and traveling, and on ways to save energy and cut down on waste. There’s also clear advice on getting drastic about plastic and taking better care of the natural world, and links to recommended websites with more information. With the help of this book, you can really make a difference to the future of our planet.
Ages: 8 years and up Size: 5 1/8 x 7 3/4 Pages: 240 Author: Jane Bingham Price: $6.99 (Paperback) or $12.99 (Library)
Toasters, toilets and televisions, computers, cars and chocolate bars, flying machines and even your jeans. All these everyday things and many more are only here because someone bothered to invent them. This book reveals the real-life stories and bright sparks behind dozens of brilliant inventions.
Series: The Story of… A narrative introduction to the brilliant brains and eureka moments behind the greatest discoveries in history.
Ages: 8 years and up Size: 6 1/2 x 9 1/8 Pages: 96 Series: The Story of… Author: Claybourne, Anna & Larkum, Adam Price: $10.99 (Flexi-binding) or $18.99 (Library)
