Books published by publisher Carlton Kids

How will you read this upside-down book? Will you stand on your head? Hold it up to a mirror? Rotate it? Whichever you choose, you’ll see things in a new way! Want to change your perspective? Open this book and watch what happens! It’s filled with crazy, creative activities to try while hanging your head between your legs, doing a headstand, or riding a rollercoaster. Write sentences upside down; draw a world where fish fly and birds swim; flip over your favorite TV show by using a magnifying glass. You’ll have a blast scribbling your way through 144 pages of upside-down fun!

This official handbook to the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup in France is the perfect competition companion for younger soccer fans! Excitement is building for the Women’s World Cup, set to take place in France in 2019—and this book is a must-have to accompany the thrilling event. Featuring ettie™, the mascot for the 2019 tournament, it’s bursting with information about the host country, stadiums, top teams, and superstar players, as well as FIFA Women’s World Cup stats, games, quizzes, and puzzles. With a winning mix of facts, features, and action-packed photos, this unique book is sure to appeal to young soccer fans.

With its winning mix of facts and features, this official guide to the 2018 World Cup is a must-have for soccer-crazy kids! When it comes to sports, nothing equals the World Cup—and young soccer fans will find a wealth of information about the event in this colorful, compact handbook hosted by Zabivaka, the mascot for the upcoming Russian games. Meet the super strikers and midfield masters, find out how many different prizes players can scoop up in Russia, learn about the different stadiums where the games will be played, fill in the progress chart, and get the best stats, puzzles, quick quizzes, photos, and reusable stickers. Though it’s small enough to pop in a backpack, The Official 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™ Kids' Handbook delivers pages packed with entertainment!

Are you a super spotter? Let’s see! Each of these puzzles features two stunning rainforest images to compare. They may look the same—but they’re not! You can find up to 20 differences in the colorful pictures, and the difficulty level increases from easy to medium to hard as you go along. Plus, every colorful puzzle includes an intruder that doesn’t quite fit the environment, adding an educational element to the fun.

With more than 100 drawings to complete, this creative activity book invites kids to get out their pencils . . . and doodle away! Do you doodle? Then this book will bring out your hidden talents! Just follow the fun prompts and create your own comic-strip story, find buried treasure, help cavemen feel at home with prehistoric art, design some cool robots, and brave a haunted house. With ideas that encourage budding artists to think outside of the box, Dare You to Doodle! sparks kids’ imaginations and makes them laugh, too!

Fairies are everywhere—if you know how to find them! Enter the magical world of fairyland and uncover its mysteries. Learn where fairies make their home, peek inside the fairy queen’s castle, and encounter captivating sparkle and spells everywhere. Plus, see how well you can spot the hidden fairies throughout the book. The lavish jacket and beautiful illustrations make this a gift to treasure.

Get the lowdown on the hottest stars in the National Basketball Association! It’s nothing but hoop! Basketball season is even better with this guide to the greatest players in the sport, complete with stats. Get the buzz on 15 of the brightest stars old and new, including Chris Paul of the Houston Rockets, Kevin Durant and Stephen Curry of the Golden State Warriors, Rudy Gobert of the Utah Jazz, Jayson Tatum of the Boston Celtics, Anthony Davis of the New Orleans Pelicans, and of course, LeBron James of the Los Angeles Lakers. Put your NBA knowledge to the test with the “How Well Do You Know the NBA?” quiz.

Bursting with World Cup-themed activities—and more than 150 stickers, too—this official book means hours of fun for young soccer fans! Excitement is building for the greatest soccer competition on earth, and this winning mix of World Cup-related puzzles, games, doodles, and stickers is guaranteed to appeal to kids. Zabivaka, the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™ mascot, appears throughout the book, and all the activities focus on the teams and top players who will light up the 2018 games. It’s a great gift for any young sports fan.

Travel deep into space through the magic of augmented reality! Get ready to blast off! Just place your tablet or smartphone near the visual triggers in this incredible book and hold up the pages to see nine incredible AR sequences in action. Follow the lifecycle of a star, and enjoy a close-up view of amazing constellations, faraway galaxies, spectacular supernovae, and the cosmic light show put on by bright, glowing nebulae. Each spread is jam-packed with fascinating facts about the universe far beyond Earth.

Broaden your child’s horizons without leaving the room. This is the maze books to top all maze books! The Maze Hop series features a fantastic new concept: split pages, with mazes on one half and fun facts, figures, and pictures on the other. Embark on a journey around the world with a book so interactive it’s almost a real-life sightseeing trip! Not only do you have to navigate your way through the individual half-page mazes, but you also must find out where the route goes next by working out which page your maze connects to. You’ll visit 48 countries and their cities, landmarks, and habitats, all by linking different types of transport. As you go along, you’ll get fascinating facts and stats about each country. And, there are also four things to spot in each maze for added fun! Just don’t forget your passport!

Get ready for fun with this easy-to-build marble run that’s over two feet tall! Let the races begin, with this amazing marble run roller coaster! It’s so simple to build: just press out the model pieces, assemble the marble run using glue or adhesive tape, and you’re ready to go. The track has a switcher and two funnels—plus a gravity-defying loop-the-loop, fun steps, and amazing slopes—so the winning marble will always be a surprise. The base of the book becomes a secure stand for your model, and you get easy-to-understand explanations of the physics and engineering involved.

Young soccer fans can get ready for World Cup Russia with this official, in-depth guide made just for them! ENDORSED BY FIFA! Nothing beats the sporting spectacle of the World Cup, and this official fact file for kids contains everything they need to become experts for the big event in 2018. Illustrated with more than 120 amazing images, it presents all 32 teams, plus profiles of 36 star players who will light up the tournament, including Thomas Müller, Antoine Griezmann, Lionel Messi, Neymar, and Cristiano Ronaldo. Along with special features, like quick-fire Super Stats with unusual or record-breaking facts, there’s a match-by-match results chart for fans to complete as the drama unfolds.