Books in Children's Books series

Introduce bird watching to a new generation of birders.Stan Tekiela’s famous Birds of Minnesota Field Guide has been delighting bird watchers for decades. Now, the award-winning author has written the perfect bird identification guide for children! The Kids’ Guide to Birds of Minnesota features 85 of the most common and important birds to know, with species organized by color for ease of use. Do you see a yellow bird and don’t know what it is? Go to the yellow section to find out. Each bird gets a beautiful full-color photograph and a full page of neat-to-know information―such as field marks, calls/songs, a range map, and Stan’s cool facts―that make identification a snap. Fun bonus activities for the whole family, like building a birdhouse and preparing your own bird food, make this a must-have beginner’s guide to bird watching in the Land of 10,000 Lakes!

The 73 scientific experiments described in this book can easily be done by children on their own, without the supervision of a parent or teacher. Explicit directions are given for each step, and the only equipment required can be found around the house. By working with such simple materials as steel wool, cotton, candles, eye-dropper, compass, cork, rubber tubing, coins and magnets, the young experimenter will become acquainted with dozens of the basic principles of physics, chemistry, mechanics, engineering, and many other fields.Following the step-by-step instructions, a child can learn to make an air-screw, mariner's compass, simple siphon, pinhole camera, thermometer, invisible ink, simple electric motor, periscope, boomerang, 3-D viewer, and many other interesting things. The exercises and demonstrations also show how to burn steel, find a center of gravity, make a vacuum with a radish, electrify a bubble, reflect sound, make water denser, compress air under water, carry a column of water, make a liquid sandwich, watch a pulse at work, etc. Each article gives some background information along with an explanation of why the experiment works the way it does.Over 100 photographs show children performing the experiments, and numerous line drawings depict the materials used, the set-up of equipment, and the desired result.

Winner of the Bronze 2016 Moonbeam Award for Education, Science, and History!Everybody talks about the weather ― and now kids can have interesting things to say about it, too! What causes thunderstorms and hurricanes? How do cold and warm fronts develop, and what's the weather like on other planets? Answers to these and other questions appear in 46 full-page illustrations and captions. The ideal introduction to meteorology, this coloring book explains blizzards, tornadoes, rainbows, mudslides, and other natural phenomena.

Space Coloring Book For KidsSpace coloring book is perfect for anyone who loves Outer Space . Features full-page illustrations of Space in a variety of styles, from simple to more advanced. These Outer Space coloring pages will provide Outer Space of coloring fun. High-quality pure white paper is printed single side for ease of removal and no bleed through. Activities such as coloring will improve your child's pencil grip, as well as helping them to relax, self regulate their mood and develop their imagination.So if your child loves Outer Space , then order your copy today.

Big Ocean Coloring and Activity BookFun! Fun! Fun!Sharks, Fish, Sea Animals, Nature, Whales, and MoreCute ocean activity book for girls, boys, and kids who love the ocean and sea creatures! Your little ocean lover will be thrilled with this fun-packed Oceans Coloring and Activity Book for Kids! This activity book for kids contains ocean and sea life-themed puzzles, mazes, dot to dots, color by numbers, how to draw, word searches, coloring pages, and more. Both educational and entertaining, it provides hours of fun and educational sea creature-themed amusement. This Ocean Activity and Coloring Book Features:More than 60 pages of activitiesLarge 8 ½ x 11 inch pagesSingle-sided pages for no bleed through, easy-to-remove pagesBig variety of activitiesHigh-resolution printingUnique designs, no repeatsPrinted on bright white, 60 lb stockDurable coverHigh-quality bookMade in USAMakes a great ocean-themed gift for kids!

Celebrate Halloween with this fun and spooktacular Halloween Activity Book for Kids! This jumbo-sized activity book contains over 120 pages of Halloween-themed activities including mazes, dot to dot, color by number, find the difference puzzles, word searches, crossword puzzles, coloring pages, word scrambles, and drawing pages. Fun and challenging, this book will provide hours of fun! Makes the perfect Halloween gift for all your little goblins and ghosts. This Halloween Activity Book features: • Lots and lots of Halloween mazes! Some simple and some very challenging! • Halloween connect the dots – Puzzles from just 10 numbers to more than a hundred! • Visual puzzles • Learn to draw using grids • Halloween coloring pages • Halloween-themed word searches, word scrambles, and crossword puzzles • Large 8 ½ by 11-inch pages • Printed on white, high-quality, 60-pound stock • Cute glossy cover • Suitable for ages 4-12 Get in the Halloween spirit with this fantastic and fun children’s activity book! Makes a great Halloween gift for girls and boys.

With this charmingly illustrated book — and a little help from a parent or other grownup — kids can conduct fun-filled science experiments using recycled household items. They'll learn about sound waves by transforming ordinary cardboard tubing into music-making didgeridoos and kazoos. Other eye-opening activities involve building a battery with pennies and tinfoil, playing a fishing game that illustrates the principles of magnetic force, and using food coloring and fizzy antacid tablets to make a lava lamp. Additional projects include discovering the differences between crickets and grasshoppers, mixing up a batch of invisible ink, and learning how to clone plants. Easy-to-follow instructions explain how to make a butterfly feeder, a birdbath, eggshell planters, a windsock, a string telephone, and other items. Each activity features a simple explanation of its underlying scientific principles.

In this delightful reproduction of a classic mid-century modern children's title, Teddy takes a number of trips, by bicycle, by car, by boat and by plane. Each method of locomotion has advantages and disadvantages, but, in the end, Teddy discovers that there's no place like home. Teddy's Travels is a good book for small children on family trips to help them understand travel in general and patience during travel, specifically, with its sometimes inconveniences, in a fun and informative way. Die-cut, with foil accents and handsomely proportioned, Teddy's Travels is the latest title in the Laughing Elephant's best selling die-cut shape book series.

The Three Pigs is a lively and humorous retelling of the classic fairytale about three sibilings learnign about self- reliance and standing up to bullies and the wolf gets a good scare as well. Classic vintage illustrations have been paired with an updated text suitable for beginning readers. In a sturdy board book format suitable for little hands to handle without worry of tears.