Books with author Inc. Sterling Publishing Co.

Make them flip, make them flop, make them roll on the floor...These are books that really move! These 4 zippy board books have wheels attached--and the animals' legs go 'round and 'round while their heads bob up and down! So while kids read the story about animal movement, and look at the colorful artwork, they can make duck, penguin, pig, and tortoise do everything they see in the pages. Duck waddles and paddles and goes bottoms up. 10 pages (all in color), 6 1/2 x 6 3/4.

BOGGLE™ Jr.—the fun way to play with words—is transformed into simple, pleasurable, and educational word searches just right for 5- to 7-year-olds. It literally twists ordinary searches around: rather than the usual straight lines, the words snake around the page in a pattern that looks exactly like the BOGGLE board. Everything’s colorful and attractive, designed to make learning about letters and language effortless. Kids will simply love it and want to solve every one.

Shot through with a rainbow of colors, these beautiful marbles are fun to play with and collect! And inside this fantastic gift set is everything you need to master the game and start a little tournament of your own. * 24 specially chosen, brightly hued cat's-eye marbles, in red, blue, yellow, green, a variety of different colors--plus your special shooter. * One drawstring bag for storing your marbles, so they won't get lost and you can easily take them with you wherever you go. * A plastic mat to play on, so you'll never have to worry about rough surfaces interfering with your game. * One soft square of felt--use it when you shoot, to avoid scraping your thumb. * A paperback copy of Marbles: A Player's Guide--your full-color key to marble lore, terminology, rules, techniques, everything you want to know! Thirty-five different games are covered in detail. 9 3/4 x 8 3/8 x 1 1/8.

A handbook with show-stopping secrets of the great magicians is just the start! Test yourself with the Mighty Magic Challenge; show off your skills with Slick Tricks; and wow them with some Wonder Stuff. And, we've already conjured up all the paraphernalia you need: an ID card, stickers to decorate your props, a deck of playing cards, a bookmark to keep your page, a planner, and a picture puzzle. Practice and soon you'll earn your magic wand!

* The Wizard's Handbook explains invaluable ancient lore (including how to transmit your thoughts and read tea leaves)* Gather your props--with the guidance of the Wiz Kit* Use Hocus Pocus for concocting stardust, wiz fizz, and trickery.* Enter the Wiz's World, about all the famous wizards throughout history* Dream Master Chart for interpreting dreams* Magical maze game* A members--only tablet for recording spells* Two sticker sheets of decorative shapes, including potion labels!

Wise up to science! Curious chemists, budding biologists, and future physicists will find it's fun to get smart with great experiments, brain-testing challenges, and intriguing facts and feats. Twirl a chemistry wheel to find out which elements make what compounds; play the Bubble Board game; watch irresistible attraction at work with mega-magnets; and fill out the Radical Results Chart for a record to remember all of your science successes and surprises. Who's a super scientist? YOU!

Are you ready to meet the mini-monsters of the outside world? Brush up on your insect hunting with the handbook; start bug-buzzing projects (including a compost heap swarming with slimy secrets); find out the yikes and yucks of woderbugs; and take a test to see if you've got what it takes to be an expert entomologist. Beat your friends at Bug Battle, set up a Fly-on-the-Wall chart, and fill out your Creepy Crawly Official Entry Pass...by the light of the glow-in-the dark bug!

Down below the waves, where mermaids play: that’s where this captivating Step Inside transports young children. As kids turn the pages, they’ll travel across the ocean floor, with its layers of plants, shells, fish, and even sunken treasure. But they’ll also learn what a mermaid’s life is like as she attends school in the ocean; enjoy fun and games in the Pearl Palace, where all the oysters live; help decorate the underwater garden with shiny glass; peer into the Little Urchin Nursery; and celebrate the spring tide with a ball.

Do you believe in fairies? This enchanting 3-D book would make anyone answer “yes!” It practically sprinkles children with fairy dust and flies them into fairyland on moonbeams to meet the magical beings who live there. And these shy creatures come in a surprising number of forms, from the familiar cherubs with gossamer wings to animals. Everything fairy materializes on these many-layered pages: famous fairies in stories, like Tinkerbell; garden fairies who work among the flowers and trees; and useful fairies (including Brownies) that help around the home. There’s even an invitation to the fairy ball, with a maypole!

Grab this all-in-one kit, and you'll be well on your way to becoming a fantastic photographer. You'll get: a paperback copy of Click! Fun with Photography, your all-color guide to film, lighting, framing, focusing, special effects, and every technique for taking perfect pictures; a blue, 35mm reusable camera, complete with automatic focus--plus a year's guarantee; and a 4 x 6 photo album with 24 pages that will keep your pictures together.