This fascinating activity book covers all the essentials of the game, helping children learn the basics and practice different strategies to become a master of the game!
Ages: 7 years and up Size: 9 7/8 x 11 7/8 Series: Chess Author: Lucy Bowman Price: $9.99 (Spiral Hard)
Discover or rediscover the fantastic stories from Shakespeare plays with this complete book! In this beautifully-illustrated book you will find the thirty-seven plays that Shakespeare wrote, retold for children from 8 to 88! You will be pleased with re-reading the all-time favorites (Romeo and Juliet, Midsummer Night’s Dream or Hamlet) but also with discovering the less well-known stories.
Ages: 8+ Size: 7 x 9 3/4 Pages: 488 Author: Anna Milbourne, et al. Price: $24.99 (Hardback)
In this kit, you will find a real recorder as well as a beautifully illustrated 32-page instruction book containing all the basics and more than a dozen tunes to learn, including Mary Had A Little Lamb, The Grand Old Duke of York, and There’s A Hole in My Bucket. This is a perfect gift for children playing the recorder for the first time.
Series: My First Music Books
An introduction to making music for the young. Includes instructions on how to use these enchanting books and several different tunes to play.
Ages: 6+ Size: 7 1/2 x 9 1/2 Series: My First Music Books Author: Anthony Marks Price: $19.99 (Bx)
This beautifully illustrated board book has lots of electric lights inside it for little children to discover. Mouse has no Christmas lights, so she sets out with her friend, Mole, to find some in the snowy forest. As the story unfolds and more friends join the adventure, there are more and more lights until Mouse finds a stunning Christmas tree at the end.
Please note: the lights in the book are LED lights which operate based on a sensor located on each page. The sensor may appear to be a light that does not work, but it is not. Additionally, the lights do not have a ‘twinkling’ effect – they do shine beautifully on each page. There also cannot be an obstruction of light over the sensor location. Open the book fully in a well-lit area.
Series: Twinkly Books Tiny die-cuts show off more lights on every spread with a beautiful lighted illustration at the very end.
Ages: 6 months and up Size: 8 7/8 x 8 7/8 Pages: 10pp Series: Twinkly Books Author: Sam Taplin Price: $19.99 (Board)
In “Pop-up Christmas,” you’ll find pop-up snowflakes, a snowman that Santa’s elves have built, the elves’ workshop, Santa on his sleigh flying over a town and a magnificent pop-up tree resplendent with presents on Christmas morning
Series: Pop-Up Books Illustrations are brought to life in a burst of color and detail as you turn each page to see a 3 dimensional scene emerge.
This write-in, mixed-activity book is packed with mazes, word searches, picture puzzles, coloring, dot-to-dot, spot-the-difference, and more. This colorful activity book will keep young children happily occupied during the weeks before Christmas.
Ages: 4 years and up Size: 8 1/2 x 9 3/4 Series: Activity Books for Little Children Author: James Maclaine Price: $9.99 (Paperback)
Nobody has everything they need all the time – so how can we make do with what we have? Economics is all about understanding the choices we make to solve this problem. With bright, infographics pictures, this informative book describes why markets are so important, how businesses work out what to sell, and how governments choose how to run a country. Includes Usborne Quicklinks to specially selected websites for more information.
Ages: 8 years and up Size: 6 7/8 x 9 3/4 Pages: 128 Series: Understanding… Author: Lara Bryan & Andy Prentice Price: $12.99 (Flexi-binding) or $20.99 (Library)
A delightful touchy-feely book that follows Santa Claus as he puts on his boots, loads up his sleigh and delivers presents. Full of touchy-feely patches, sparkly foil and a wide variety of textures for babies and toddlers to enjoy.
Ages: 9 months and up Size: 8 1/4 x 8 1/4 Pages: 10 Series: Luxury Touchy-Feely Board Books Author: Fiona Watt Price: $16.99 (Board)