Books with author Anna Nilsen

I Can Count 10 to 20 is designed for the child who has mastered very early numeracy skills and is now ready to count larger numbers and move on to more advanced counting and sorting activities. Count the dots! Compare the shapes! How many hats? How many blue boats? Using cards that feature a mix of recognizable everyday objects, shapes, and colors, the games in each card set increase in complexity as the numbers get larger, and as a child's skills develop. Durable double-spiral binding keeps parts from getting lost. Perfect for taking on trips. Divider cards mark child's progress. Includes a how-to-use this book guide with helpful tips for parents.

Building on skills acquired in the highly successful I Can Count, I Can Add, and I Can Subtract, this new book smooths the transition to a new math skill. Using a structured program of flip-card games and brightly colored visual examples that gradually increase in complexity, new concepts, such as doubling and tripling, are introduced in a way that makes learning fun and appealing. Durable double-spiral binding keeps parts from getting lost. Perfect for taking on trips. Divider cards mark child's progress. Includes a how-to-use this book guide with helpful tips for parents and a multiplication chart.

Find the rogue painting and save the exhibition and the City Gallery! Children will have hours of fun exercising their powers of observation as they spot the clues that reveal which artist painted each picture. While they have fun solving the mystery, they'll be enjoying an inspiring introduction to thirty-two of the world's greatest modern artists.The split pages make this book a fun, interactive experience, rich with fascinating facts about the paintings and the painters and their techniques—all the ingredients needed to inspire a lifelong interest in modern art. Also included is a glossary of art terms.

The main game arises from the hunt for the hidden gold of Gull Island. Five pirate captains find the secret of the treasure’s location when they stumble on a map. The race becomes a relay and readers can guess which team gets there first! There are also a dozen individual puzzles to solve that lead the reader around the whole book for hours of fun, plus a spotting game that features more than 30 real-life pirates hidden throughout the book for the reader to search out. This search-and-solve puzzle book introduces map-reading and route-finding skills as well as the concepts of coordinates and compass points.

Discover key moments in history in this superbly illustrated puzzle and maze book covering 12 great historical periods. From finding your way to the Parthenon to spotting Levi Strauss as you pan for gold, these vibrant puzzles offer one adventure after another, along with fascinating facts about each era. These puzzles explore Ancient Greece, Ancient Egypt, the Vikings, Incas, medieval France, Ming Dynasty China, 15th-century Milan, Elizabethan London, 17th-century Venice, 18th-century Australia, 19th-century United States, and 20th-century South Africa.