Books published by publisher Silver Dolphin Books, 2003

Push, pull, and slide into the holiday magic of The Nutcracker! Bring the classic Nutcracker story to life by pulling the tabs, spinning the wheels, and sliding the characters in First Stories: The Nutcracker. Join Clara and the Nutcracker as they go on a magical journey in this beloved tale based on the beautiful ballet. With movements on every page, youngsters will love this engaging introduction to the holiday classic.

Kids will have hours of fun with this coloring and activity book bursting with dynamic dinosaurs—and more than fifty full-color stickers!Dinosaurs Stomp & Roar! Coloring and Activity Book is packed with pages of dinosaurs to color and dinosaur-themed activities to complete. From Tyrannosaurus rex and Stegosaurus to Ankylosaurus and more—all the best-known dinosaurs are here! There’s tons of coloring and activity fun, and even some fantastic facts. Plus, more than fifty full-color dinosaur stickers are included!

How many rings are there around Saturn? What causes an earthquake? How many bones are in a giraffe’s neck? With Smithsonian Everything You Need to Know: Grades 2-3, kids ages 7-9 will learn exciting and interesting facts about Earth and space, plants and animals, geography, history, and health. Each of the 275 fact cards includes colorful photos and illustrations coupled with a fascinating fact. From the solar system to George Washington to volcanoes, each fact card presents educational material in an innovative and engaging format. Inquisitive kids will have hours of fun discovering everything their young minds need to know in this interest-packed fact card set.

This beautifully illustrated magical story from best-selling author Margaret Wise Brown—creator of the children's classics Goodnight Moon and Runaway Bunny—will enchant children and parents alike. It's a perfect bedtime story for your little one.Follow the story of the sleepy bears in Sleep Tight, Sleepy Bears in this beautifully illustrated magical story from best-selling author Margaret Wise Brown—creator of the children's classics Goodnight Moon and Runaway Bunny. It's a perfect bedtime story for your little one.

In Explore a Shark, a detailed three-dimensional format gives the reader a hands-on exploration of the most feared predator of the seas—the great white shark. This unique "model" can be deconstructed and rebuilt layer by layer, system by system, just by turning the page, so the reader can see how each part of the shark's body is connected to the others. By combining a 3-D model with informative text and illustrations, Explore a Shark helps children understand how sharks have come to rule the world's oceans.

Celebrate Dad by sending a Special Delivery book and card.What better way to celebrate the father(s) in your life than with a keepsake book? With adorable illustrations and sweet text, this story is perfect for Father’s Day, or just because! Packaged with a pull-out card to sign, and an envelope for mailing, this gift set is the perfect alternative to traditional cards!

Who knew that horses can reach speeds of up to 50 mph, sleep standing up, and drink 8 to 10 gallons of water a day? These are a few of the surprising facts about these majestic animals found in this interactive book. Uncover a Horse, the latest in the popular Uncover It series, features all there is to know about these creatures, from their thundering hooves to their windswept tails. The book is designed so that a unique "model" can be built and deconstructed, one layer at a time, by simply turning the page. Packed with detailed illustrations, fact boxes, and more, this book corrals everything young horse fanciers want to know.

Lift the board book's felt flaps to meet new undersea friends! It’s an underwater game of hide-and-seek! Can you find the animals hiding in the sea? Hide-and-Seek: Under the Sea is full of soft, printed felt flaps to lift as little ones search for new animal friends. With bright illustrations and rhyming text, children will love lifting the flaps in this board book again and again!

Create fantastic combinations of mermicorns! What do you get when you cross a mermaid with a unicorn? A mermicorn! Flip-Flap Friends: Mermicorns is a hands-on board book full of split pages to flip and flap, creating fantastical combinations! Flip the flaps to match a rainbow-scaled mermaid tail to a sapphire-maned unicorn, or combine rainbow hoofs with a bubble-beard merman! Youngsters will be entertained by the silly and bright illustrations as they use their imaginations to create their own magical creatures.

Can you find a pair of birds playing badminton, a gibbon with a ribbon, and a starfish shining in the spotlight? In Search and Find: Animals, young children are prompted to search six busy foldout scenes to find the illustrations highlighted on the large flaps. Each colorful spread features 20 things to find, plus additional amusing animals on a farm, in the Arctic, under a jungle canopy, beneath the waves, across the savannah, and in the nighttime woods. As readers explore the pages and find the animals, they will encounter other creatures scampering about—so parents can help children identify and learn the names of even more animals.