Books in Little Giants series

Like junk-food snacks, this biggest little collection of jokes has so many irresistible chuckles that we can't laugh at just one... Tourist (to farmer): Lived here all your life? Farmer: Not yet. Father: Bonnie, please take the dog out and give him some air. Bonnie: Sure, Dad. Where's the nearest gas station? Enjoy jokes about teachers, parents, brothers and sisters, doctors and patients, Martians and earthlings. And groaner book-and-author lists (Sport Injuries by Charlie Hawes; Cookouts Italian Style. Plus tongue twisters, shaggy dogs, first dates, and yes, Waiter, There's a Fly in My Soup jokes. 352 pages, 218 b/w illus., 4 3/16 x 5 1/4.

Why didn't the school alarm go off on time? The answer is clear: It was a dumb bell. And, that's just the beginning, because this huge book has hundreds of side-splitting jokes, riddles, "Tom Swifties," daffynitions, and knock-knocks that make fun of everything about school. From tough teachers to cafeteria food, from homework to report cards, from assembly to gym class, it's all in here and all hilarious. Here are just a few to get the giggles started:Why did the chicken go to school?For eggstra credit.Mom, the teacher kept me in for something I didn't do.Really, what was it?My homework.Books Never Written: After School by Dee Tension.Lots of comic drawings add to the fun. You and your friends will be clutching your sides with laughter for hours!

From birds to bees, from sound to light, from heat to ice: kids will have hours of enjoyment (and learning!) with over 300 entertaining experiments. Each project introduces fascinating scientific principles, and shows children how and why things work. With a flowerpot and a stick as a sundial, follow the shifting shadows to read the time. Write a secret message in invisible ink made from vinegar and either lemon or onion juice. We all use electricity every day--but why do batteries make flashlights light or radios play? Find out! And, people will hear what you've got to say when you speak through your homemade microphone. Other great experiments deal with magnetism, air, heat, evaporation, liquids, buoyancy, gravity, force and inertia, botany, reptiles and amphibians, invertebrates, and illusions. Parents will happily help with some of these--after all, why should kids have all the fun!

To this day, dinosaurs remain a never-ending source of fascination to children, who just can't get enough of these compelling creatures. Illustrations, picturing over 60 dinosaur types (including some new discoveries that appear here for the first time in a children's book), maps, and a guide to each individual species--plus an overall introduction to fossils--tell youngsters how and why all the dinosaurs developed as they did. Answer exactly the types of question kids want to know: How big were they? What did they eat? Where did they live? What do their names mean? This lively trip back to the Age of the Dinosaurs, from its beginnings in the Triassic period to the great extinction at the end of the Cretaceous, is guided by one of the major authorities in the field, Dr. Thomas Holtz, vertebrate paleontologist at the University of Maryland, whose specialty is the study of carnivorous dinosaurs.

Look closely at each illustration—what do you see? Are you sure? Don’t trust your eyes too quickly, because every picture here has an optical trick to fool you. Some-times you’ll find “two objects in one”; sometimes you have to rotate drawings to solve the puzzle. Among the forms of visual magic: a bird that “flies” into a cage and a boy who changes into a monkey when the page is turned upside down. More than 300 engrossing optical illusions.

Agatha: When I was a little girl my mother told me that if I made funny faces I would stay that way. Hagatha: Well, you can't say you weren't warned! Zap them right where they stand! Some people deserve a little zinger that leaves them speechless. Or maybe you just want a really good, funny way to describe a person who, shall we say, has some annoying faults. With 800 witty one-liners and 400 put-down jokes, you'll certainly have plenty of material to choose from. Dozens of categories cover birthdays, funny features and forgetfulness, laziness and losers, meanies and nicknames, showoffs and snobs. Want some samples? If he said all he thought, he'd be speechless. They said the baby looked like you and then they turned him right side up. Police Officer: Why didn't you stop when I blew my whistle? Driver: I'm a little deaf. Police Officer: Don't worry. Here's a summons. You'll get your hearing in the morning. Diner: I'm so hungry I could eat a horse. Waiter: Well, you've come to the right place. "A fellow told me I looked like you." "What happened to him?" "I punched him!" Plus--dozens of caricatures, silly pictures, and comic drawings add to the fun. You'll never get caught without a retort again! 352 pages, 80 b/w illus., 4 3/16 x 5 1/4.

Are you ready to say "knock-knock" nearly a thousand times? Then here's a collection to last you a lifetime, or until you've driven your parents and friends crazy, whichever comes first! This is the biggest knock-knock treasury you'll ever find. While you fill the neighbourhood with laughs, you'll also enjoy dozens of zany cartoon drawings that show just how ridiculous these jokes can be!

Hundreds of fabulous, leave-'em-flabbergasted tricks include all the secrets that a magician can pull out of a hat. Coins, cards, mind reading, and more: they're here, all within your grasp, and copiously illustrated, with patter included. Triple the fun with a three-dice stunt where you boggle the crowd by guessing the number a volunteer rolls.while you're turned away. Thimbles aren't just for sewing: when you make them disappear with some crafty hand moves, no one will figure out how. The "odds" are definitely in your favor with a card trick that depends upon arranging the deck in odds and evens. Put together a mini-routine that relies only on a simple "thumb stretch"--no other paraphernalia but your hand is required! Plus lots of other dazzlers.

Snappy monsters; talking gorillas; and fish that puff and swell: these real-life animals are positively weird! That's why even the most reluctant readers will find this brightly illustrated, all-in-color compendium of strange animal trivia simply irresistible. Open it up to any page and something is bound to burst forth and grab your attention--maybe the bird-eating spider from South America that's bigger than your hand. Or perhaps the Arctic Fox with the warmest "fur coat" in the world or the kangaroo that leaps more than 40 feet in a single bound. Kids won't be able to put it