Books published by publisher HAMLYN

Beat boredom, boost brainpower, and bring fun to family festivities with 50 exciting and entertaining card games perfect for kids. Everything is included here, from simple card recognition games for the very young to fiendishly competitive ones for preteens and teens. Need to amuse a child on a trip or alone on a rainy afternoon? Try Accordion, Beat the Clock, or Klondike. Want to get the party hopping? Chase the Ace, Funny Farm, and Spoons will do the trick. And youngsters will love prize-winning games that feature betting with sweets or pebbles. An introductory section covers card-playing basics, the educational value of cards, facts about numbers and sequence, advice on strategy and tactics, ideas for encouraging lateral thinking, and more.

Aprons on, it's time for kitchen fun for everyone! From cookies and cupcakes to bread and tarts, all the baking recipes in this book are tasty and easy to make (and good for grown-ups too).Cooking together is a wonderful activity for a family to engage in, and children find it really rewarding to serve up food they've helped to make. It also develops important skills - weighing out ingredients familiarizes them with numbers, while mixing, spreading and spooning aid coordination. This book has ideas and step-by-step instructions for more than 50 baking recipes that your little ones will love to make and eat.

Gill Dickinson and Cheryl Owen-both authors of many popular crafts books-have teamed up to create a volume jam-packed with more than 100 stimulating projects (plus variations) for 2- to 10-year-olds. Designed to maximize children's imaginations, these activities provide plenty of space for kids to stretch their own creative muscles. Little hands will happily keep busy creating and crafting with everything from enjoyably messy clays and paints to fabrics, beads, and other materials. A jazzy t-shirt, fancy cake, or hand-painted wrapping paper: it's here, with easy-to-follow instructions and templates to help kids along.

Stimulate your child's creative talent and imagination with fun crafts for two- to ten-year-olds. There are novel ideas for cards, gifts, decorations and accessories, attractive ways to jazz up a T shirt or create a costume, and delicious recipes for fancy cakes and other edible treats. Each project comes with easy-to-follow instructions including an at-a-glance guide to age suitability, time taken and materials needed, while handy templates allow you to cut the perfect shape.