Books published by publisher Downtown Bookworks

This adorable book offers hundreds of ideas and demonstrates how to use the colored markers, yarn, glue dots, googlies, and adhesive felt accessories to transform fingers large and small into first-class entertainment.Ten Fingers, Endless Possibilities! This adorable, imaginative book offers hundreds of ideas for truly “hand”made fun. Simple, yet sensational, the pages of Finger Fun demonstrate how anyone can use the colored markers, yarn, googlies, and adhesive felt accessories in the kit to transform fingers large and small into first-class entertainment.

60 projects complete with photos and instructions designed to keep hands busy and get boys out in nature. From fishing rods and butterfly nets, all of the projects use materials found around the house or yard.The clever, whimsical recycled creations in Fairy Crafts are inspired and easy to replicate. From delicate wings constructed out of wire hangers and nylon pantyhose, to a dainty handmade fairy garden, to gorgeous petal skirts made out of fabric scraps and ribbon, each project is designed to thrill for a long time. The kit includes glitter, glue, gemstones, ribbons, and more—the perfect sprinkling of fairy dust to turn everyday recyclables into favorite fairyland playthings. In Boy-Made, boys can get crafty too with projects they’ll love to use. From fishing rods and butterfly nets to rubber band balls and swords (safe ones), each of more than fifty projects uses materials found around the house or yard—with an emphasis on recycled goods. These cool creations will get boys out in nature, playing, exploring, building…and having good old-fashioned fun!

Battle fractions with Superman. Conquer geometry with Green Lantern. Outwit the order of operations with Wonder Woman, and brush up on cutting-edge advances in technology and engineering with Batman.Math has never been so exciting! Learn about angles, grids, graphs, shapes, and more with DC’s most beloved super heroes. Practice multiplication, division, and fractions and even learn about coding, all while seeing how math can make it easier for super heroes to save the day.

Science with stuff: Real fossils bring pre-historica to life!The prehistoric period comes to life with this engaging picture book that includes fossils for young readers to examine and enjoy. The book itself is packed with fascinating facts, awesome illustrations, and memorable information about all things prehistoric—from dinosaurs to ancient plants to trilobites and major fossil discoveries. The fossils (visible through a die-cut and encased in a blister pack) are sure to thrill readers by giving them a hands-on connection to the book’s content.

Packed with inspired ideas for the whole family, the contents of this kit plus household recyclables will yield dozens of easy-to-make, amazing costumes.Dressing up is an excellent form of imaginative play every day of the year. And CLEVER COSTUMES offers more than 50 terrific ideas for transforming worn-out clothing and household recyclables into unique, easy-to-make kids' costumes. From fuzzy animals made out of hoodies to pirate and ninja costumes made out of re-fashioned T-shirts; to stunning plastic bag princesses and dazzling mermaids, every spectacular costume is super-cool and easy to replicate, and much more fun than the same old store-bought stuff. The kit comes with more than enough red satin for a cape, duct tape, elastic cord, and adhesive velcro closures for making dozens of traffic-stopping creations for Halloween or any old day.

Green & Groovy does fairies using recycled materials and those found in nature marrying 2 hot trends--recycled crafts and fairies--in a fabulous book plus kit.The clever, whimsical recycled creations in Fairy Crafts are inspired and easy to replicate. From delicate wings constructed out of wire hangers and nylon pantyhose, to a dainty handmade fairy garden, to gorgeous petal skirts made out of fabric scraps and ribbon, each project is designed to thrill for a long time. The kit includes glitter, glue, gemstones, ribbons, and more—the perfect sprinkling of fairy dust to turn everyday recyclables into favorite fairyland playthings. In Boy-Made, boys can get crafty too with projects they’ll love to use. From fishing rods and butterfly nets to rubber band balls and swords (safe ones), each of more than fifty projects uses materials found around the house or yard—with an emphasis on recycled goods. These cool creations will get boys out in nature, playing, exploring, building…and having good old-fashioned fun!

Best-selling PICTURE PUZZLES meets best-selling EYE SPY in a wipe-off board book packaged with dry erase pen.Each of the 24 pages in this wipe-off board book is a full-bleed, colorful, juicy, enticing photo collage which is actually a themed puzzle. From candy and ice cream to butterflies and flowers, each visual puzzle invites the puzzler to solve 3 or 4 entertaining challenges. They might be asked to find and compare items of different colors and shapes; identify things that don’t belong; locate items that begin with a particular letter, or things that share a characteristic, and more. The idea is that after completing each challenge with the enclosed dry-erase pen, they can erase their answers and start again with a fresh, clean picture. After they’ve completed all of the challenges listed, they are encouraged to create more…and more. So 24 fun-packed puzzles provide hundreds and hundreds of mind-bending challenges, and truly endless entertainment for kids 4 and up.

Super heroes seem pretty tough—but they actually feel happy, sad, proud, and angry just like everyone else. Classic DC character art featuring fan favorites (such as Batman, Superman, Green Lantern, Wonder Woman, the Flash, Supergirl, and their friends) illustrates the full range of feelings in this concept board book. Simple, age-appropriate text talks about how swimming in the water makes Aquaman happy; or being a great acrobat makes Batgirl proud. Little ones are also invited to talk about what makes them feel angry, excited, or scared. DC super heroes provide a fun, easy way to explore emotions with babies, toddlers, and preschoolers.

This compact kit is packed with the information and items needed to attract the loveliest backyard visitors.One-stop snacking for beautiful birds and butterflies. What could be healthier entertainment than observing wildlife? This compact kit is packed with the information and items needed to attract the loveliest backyard visitors. Instructions for planting the perfect, foolproof butterfly garden also come with the seeds to make it happen. Nectar recipes and directions for easy-to-make bird feeders come with the red ribbon needed to hang them up (hummingbirds love red!). Butterfly and bird IDs will also help kids recognize the most common species. Don’t forget to transform the blister pack into a butterfly pool!

This Book Will Gross You Out is thoroughly disgusting, compulsively readable edutainment, filled with laugh-out-loud entries on the most revolting animals, the gnarliest things about the human body, and the foulest foods people eat. You will wince, you will giggle, and you might even heave, but you'll also probably learn something really cool about science and nature along the way. This book is full of all sorts of things you should not try at home, like preparing rancid shark meat, flinging poo for home safety, collecting belly button lint, eating live squid, rolling around in ants nests to get clean, and chowing down on scorpion lollipops. And there's more! You'll learn about tiny creatures that live in your eyelashes, the awful secrets to bad breath, a food that smells so bad it's illegal, beetles that shoot firebombs from their backsides, exactly how much snot you produce in a day, wasps that turn roaches into zombies, a cheesy delicacy filled with squirmy maggots, and fish that communicate by farting!