Books in Children Activity Book series

This coloring book is a fun-to-follow guide for every family that owns a cat or is considering adopting one. Simple pictures and clear, concise captions teach smart, safe ways for children to interact and bond with their pets. Tips include the importance of vaccinations, fresh water and food, and litter-box cleanliness, as well as suggestions for grooming and training.

Here's a bonanza of 93 stimulating brainteasers, ideal for limbering and strengthening young mental muscles. Many of the puzzles are classics, while others are presented here for the first time. Ridiculous riddles, tantalizing teasers, intricate mazes, deceptive illusions, tricky questions, and a host of unusual word and picture puzzles offer young readers hours of challenging fun. Youngsters will love such intriguing mind-builders as The Maze of Minotaur, the Dime-and-Penny Switcheroo, Mr. Bushyhead's Problems, Knock, Knock…Who's There?, Mrs. Windbag's Gift, Find the Duck, Bee on the Nose, The Flatz Beer Goof, and many more.Compiled by noted puzzle expert Martin Gardner, this collection combines two books in one, providing a double helping of puzzle fun in one convenient volume. Richly illustrated with diagrams and hilarious drawings by Laszlo Kubinyi, this curious and comic collection is the perfect companion for car trips, parties and picnics, or long rainy days. Solutions are at the back of the book — but don't peek until you've given the puzzles a try!

Kids will have fun creating hilarious animal faces with this mix and match sticker book. The colorful collection of creatures includes a slithering snake, a friendly pony, a frisky penguin, a squeaking mouse, and dozens more. More than 200 reusable stickers include eyes, noses, mouths, and other funny facial features that can be used to make hundreds of crazy combinations.

When you teach a child to designate each finger while he recites "This little piggy went to market," etc., you are introducing him to Finger Play, an immemorial delight of children everywhere. If you make the rhyme longer, to encompass a little story, set it to a catchy tune, and show him Finger Plays for each part of the story, he will not only enjoy it, but learn, develop his understanding, dexterity, and even graphic sense with it. That is precisely the purpose of the 18 classic Finger Plays in this book.There are Finger Plays here for children from less than one to seven or eight years old, to be enjoyed individually or in groups, at home or kindergarten. Some teach counting, some nature lore, some home activities. Each involves imitation of the shapes of objects and of movement. There is a simple song for each (the music is for voice and piano), and illustrations by the noted L. J. Bridgman that show the finger positions while they decorate charmingly. Titles of the Finger Plays include "The Little Men" (who are the five fingers), "All for Baby," "A Little Boy's Walk," "The Counting Lesson," "Making Bread," "The Lambs," and so forth.This famous volume went through edition after edition before the turn of the twentieth century, remaining so popular that it was re-copyrighted by the author in 1921. Emilie Poulsson, very well known for her children's books and kindergarten work, composed these rhymes especially for Finger Play, and in the process created, with Miss Roeske, little songs so endearing to children that they may, with their present republication, be justly called perennial.

Things are out of place in these pictures — can you find them?This fun-filled picture puzzle book contains 30 large, ready-to-color illustrations of boys and girls involved in a variety of activities: doing farm chores, working in a garden, and more. But look closely at the pictures and you'll find something's definitely wrong! There's a cow on a skateboard and another one flying through the air; a little girl is digging with a broom; and not far away, an ice cream cone is sprouting in the flower bed.Each illustration includes a number of things that just don't belong there. How many can you find in each picture? You'll have fun finding "what's wrong," coloring the pictures, and building up your thinking power all at the same time!

Learn about Adams' pet alligator, Taft's nickname, and more! Fun facts about 41 different presidents are the clues to these hidden-word puzzles. Names of family members, hobbies, pets, and other related terms appear within each puzzle — backward, forward, diagonally, vertically, and horizontally — and in a separate list of clues. Kids will have hours of presidential amusement! Solutions are included.

This book of crossword puzzles will help youngsters improve spelling skills and learn new words — all while having fun!Thirty easy-to-work crosswords, each with spaces for four or five words, come with numbered pictures that match the numbers on the puzzle grid. Each puzzle has a theme: weather-related words, types of transportation, fruit, animals, birds, numbers, flowers, musical instruments, and so on. Best of all, the puzzles are accompanied by large, colorable pictures so children can have even more fun while they build word skills.

Two versions of 25 paintings by some of the world's greatest artists appear side by side. Look closely — can you tell which is a true reproduction and which isn't? Featured works include Edward Hicks' Peaceable Kingdom, Seurat's A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte, and paintings by Renoir, Whistler, Velázquez, Cassatt, and others. This book encourages art appreciation and offers fun facts about paintings and artists.

Find the bridges between islands, follow a trail with no left turns, guide a pinball against a series of bumpers — and don't break any of the rules! This colorful compilation features over 100 original puzzle mazes of 18 different types by maze expert Dave Phillips. Each puzzle maze cites particular stipulations that make its solution far more challenging than that of any ordinary maze. Geared toward puzzlists ages 12 and up, the mazes are grouped by type and include clues and solutions.

Follow Sara and Jamie into the Land of Dots with colored pencil or crayon in hand and watch their adventures unfold before your eyes. Journeying into this extraordinary land, these two intrepid travelers meet all sorts of fantastic characters — elves and fairies, oversized animals, nursery-rhyme friends, and mythological creatures — and take jaunty side trips up into the nighttime sky and down into the deep blue sea.For generations children have enjoyed the "follow the dots" format: now with Anna Pomaska's Follow the Dots Coloring Book they can have that favorite pastime in coloring-book form. They can link the numbered dots together to create 45 delightful pictures, which may then be colored. And all the while, young readers will be following the adventures of Sara and Jamie in charming, easy-to-read captions.

Do you like challenges? You'll find plenty in this entertaining book filled with cleverly hidden pictures. Look closely at each of the 24 full-page illustrations to discover some very unusual objects located in out-of-the-way places.A peaceful tableau of a lion and its mate reveals — on closer examination — a clothespin, spool of thread, teddy bear, and ear of corn, among other items. And that appealing scene of puppies at play also includes a barbecue fork, seahorse, two carrots, party cap, fireman's ax, and an ice cream scoop.Older children and adults can sharpen their perception skills as they look for hidden pictures. Each charmingly rendered illustration is accompanied by a list of the items to be found in that picture.