Books with author Jennifer A. Ericsson

Wind your way through pages of endless fun!Decode a secret message using the phases of the moon, wind your way through a pizza maze, find hidden presidents, borrow some drachmas, unscramble an invention time line, play super duper tic-tac-toe, classic hangman, match up snowflakes, and more with The Everything Kids’ Puzzle Book! You can also look for Mervin the Mouse every time you turn the page—he’s watching from his hiding place to help you through this wild and whacky jam-packed puzzle book! Sharpen more than one pencil—there are enough puzzles here to keep you entertained for hours!

Peculiar puzzles, ridiculous riddles, and a-mazing mazes guaranteed to keep the fun rolling!What's not to love about puzzles? Unlocking answers, solving mysteries, breaking codes--you're practically a super-spy and you haven't even left your house. Not to mention how puzzles prove what a superior brain you have! The Everything Kids' Games and Puzzles Book is chock-full of more than 100 challenging and satisfying word games, logic puzzles, and brain teasers, including:To the Top: A silly mountainside mazeSplash: Hidden pictures out at seaSee You Later: An around-the-world word searchX-treme Sports: Wild and crazy picture puzzlesAnd many, many more!Perfect for rainy days, car trips, or after school, these games, puzzles, riddles, and mazes will help you have fun no matter what the day brings. So sharpen your pencil and get ready to puzzle!

Become a word sleuth! You’ll find tons of hidden words (and clues that lead to other puzzles) in The Kids’ Word Search Puzzle and Activity Book.Flex your mental muscles with 100 word search puzzles about: -Things Around the House: your family, pets, meals, computer, and chores. -What You’d Find In the Yard: gardens, bugs, weather, BBQs, and tree forts. -At School: the school bus, teachers, recess, friends, lunch, and yes, homework. -Things to Do on Vacation: camping, biking, boating, museums, and road trips. -Animal Friends: cats, dogs, birds, lions, bears, whales, sharks, and penguins. -Hobbies: collecting baseball cards, sewing, drawing, reading, and writing. -Sports: soccer, baseball, hockey, figure skating, gymnastics, and ballet. -Imagine That: dragons, fairies, castles, wizards, aliens, monsters, and pirates. Grab your pencil and start scouring for words and clues—you’re the pencil-puzzling PI on the case!

Is there is such a thing as a mummy’s curse? How were the ancient pyramids built? What did the pharaohs do all day? All of these questions—and more—will be answered in this fun activity book. Kids will feel like real-life archaeologists when they solve puzzles and try activities about: famous pharaohs like King Tut and Ramses; gods like Osiris and Anubis; what the Egyptians believed about the afterlife; tools and laborers used to build the pyramids; tomb treasures like pottery, paintings, and hieroglyphics; Egypt- and mummy-related Halloween costume ideas; and more! With this book by their sides, kids will find themselves transported to a world of powerful gods, mysterious ceremonies, and glorious treasures.

Kids love holidays, especially Hanukkah, which is celebrated for eight dazzling nights. From the lighting of the menorah to the blessings and all the tradition in between, kids are mesmerized by the magic of this celebration. With this book, kids will enjoy more than 100 puzzles and activities about: the history of Hanukkah from its roots more than 2,000 years ago; the meaning behind the various rituals, traditions, and prayers; why certain foods are eaten during Hanukkah; Hanukkah crafts, decorations, and gifts they can make; and more! Kids will enjoy watching this fun-filled puzzle and activity book unfold, as each chapter opens with one more candle lit on the menorah. With this book by their side, kids are sure to become dreidle-spinning masters in no time!

Grandma is coming for dinner, and Annie wants to be the most beautiful kid in the world. But she doesn't feel beautiful in the scratchy dress and droopy tights Mama's picked out for her, so she makes a few minor adjustments. "Ericsson has a canny appreciation of the girl's wish to look genuinely stunning. The witty Meddaugh is an ideal collaborator, her cartoons capturing the haphazard get-up and the gleam in Annie's eyes."--Publisher's Weekly.

Ready, set, find!In The Everything Kids' More Amazing Mazes Book you'll discover more than 100 mazes waiting to be solved by you. Sharpen your pencil and get ready to enter a world of twisted paths and surprise dead-ends. There's only one way out and you've got to find it! Can you...Help the lion cross the grassland?Dribble a soccer ball around the defense to score?Sort recyclable materials into their correct bins?Direct the construction truck to all of the potholes?Find your way to the baseball hall of fame?Mazes are the perfect activity for a rainy day, car trip, or after-school fun. You'll love the satisfaction of finding your way out of even the trickiest, twistiest messes!

Provides hours of entertainment!The Everything KIDS' Animal Puzzle and Activity Book is jam-packed with creative games and exciting activities designed to take kids on a wild tour across frozen tundras and wet jungles, where they'll encounter everything from penguins and mountain goats to leopards and pandas.Among the dozens of puzzle and game themes:Ocean animalsDessert animalsFarm animalsExtinct and endangered animalsThe perfect companion for a wild imagination, The Everything KIDS' Animal Puzzle and Activity Book paves the way for a totally untamed adventure!

Are you counting down the days until Christmas? Have you finished your Christmas list, hung up your stocking, and helped decorate the tree - only to sit back and continue counting down until the big event? The Everything Kids' Christmas Puzzle & Activity Book invites you to stop the waiting game and dive straight into the holiday fun! Jam-packed full of puzzles, mazes, games and activities, The Everything Kids' Christmas Puzzle & Activity Book will make the time before Christmas pass by in a flash! You are invited to use a decoder to unravel Christmas tree riddles, solve crossword puzzles hidden inside of stockings, and wind your way through a tree-farm maze.