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Books published by publisher DK CHILDREN, 2009

  • Star Wars The Rise of Skywalker The Visual Dictionary: With Exclusive Cross-Sections

    Pablo Hidalgo, Chris Terrio

    Hardcover (DK Children, Dec. 20, 2019)
    Go beyond Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker with this definitive guide.Produced in close collaboration with Lucasfilm and written by Star Wars insider Pablo Hidalgo, this 200-page book is packed with incredible detail. Pore over more than 600 images, five stunning original cross-section artworks and behind-the-scenes photography in this must-have companion.Uncover the inner workings of the treadable and the secrets of Rey's Jedi library. Discover the Sith fortress world of Exegol and the treasures of droidsmith Babu Frik. Examine the brutal weaponry of the Knights of Ren and the ingenious garb of the Orbak riders. Meet the most notorious criminals of Kijimi and the sociable Aki-Aki on Pasaana. Study the intricate reforging of Kylo Ren's helmet and the menacing armor of the Sith troopers.With a foreword by Episode 9 writer Chris Terrio, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: The Visual Dictionary is the perfect gift for Star Wars fans of all ages. © & TM 2019 LUCASFILM LTD.
  • Baby Touch and Feel: Animals

    DK

    Board book (DK Children, Jan. 21, 2008)
    A small touch and feel book full of cuddly bunnies and other soft animals, this is a gift your little one is sure to adore.This USA Today bestselling board book encourages tiny fingers to explore and develop fine motor skills while building an early language foundation. Babies will meet adorable puppies, kittens, penguins, and other animals throughout the pages of the book.Filled with real-life animal photographs featuring touch-and-feel textures that help children develop their knowledge while increasing their use of senses, Baby Touch and Feel: Animals is the perfect size for small hands. Its padded cover can withstand biting and throwing while its thick sturdy board pages won't tear. Your baby can practice animal recognition and perfect animal noises while touching the novelty textures on the pages.With more than one million copies sold, Baby Touch and Feel: Animals is the perfect book for your child's bookshelf.Series description: Baby Touch and Feel books are the perfect series for the very youngest readers. These small, padded books excite babies and toddlers with their foil and touch-and-feel covers. Each book in this affordable series contains twelve vibrant interior pages with bold, engaging images. Containing large word labels, each page has foil or glitter to behold or a texture to touch. These safe novelty textures intrigue babies and are perfect for little fingers to feel. The Baby Touch and Feel series encourages sensory development, language skills, and early reading skills while teaching colors, shapes, patterns, opposites, and more.
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  • My First Touch and Feel Picture Cards: First Words

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    Cards (DK Children, March 27, 2018)
    Give your toddler a head start with these 16 colorful and tactile first words flash cards, expertly designed to develop early language skills, and ideal for preschool play.Every card pack in DK's My First Touch and Feel Picture Cards series contains 16 sturdy picture cards, each with their own vibrant image and touchable texture. First Words features common animals like fish, dogs, and cats, as well as household items like keys and shoes, and vehicles like cars, tractors, and fire trucks.To provide even more educational value, the back of each picture card has word translations in Spanish, French, German, and Chinese, and phonetic spellings to help with pronunciation. You'll also find a series of engaging questions about the related animal or object. For example, the "dog" card has questions such as "What sound does a dog make?", "What do you call a baby dog?", and more. A guidance card, which has tips for creative learning games and ideas for additional language activities, is included with each pack and helps both parents and little ones get the most from this collection.
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  • My Encyclopedia of Very Important Things: For Little Learners Who Want to Know Everything

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    Hardcover (DK Children, Sept. 13, 2016)
    A charming children’s first encyclopedia bursting with facts about the world, animals, people, planets, and, very importantly, you!Finally, the world is at your little learner’s fingertips for all in storybook format with exciting graphic novel elements. Introduce children aged 4 - 7 to the foundations of what makes the world turn during story time with this range of encyclopedias.The world is so much bigger than young minds can fathom and there is always more to learn. My Encylopedia Of Very Important Things is a mind-boggling collection of everything interesting to get you on your way to knowing it all. Full of fun facts for kids, colorful illustrations, and games that will feed your imagination. This kids encyclopedia is filled with age appropriate knowledge on a range of topics that is complementary to your school’s Curriculum.Explore our world and its place in the galaxy – from animals and people, to planets and very importantly about yourself! Go on a journey to discover a world of information. Learn about just how many animals are there and how they live and communicate. Find out about our history – cavemen, the first explorers, ancient Egyptians and even dinosaurs. There’s so much crammed into one place and it’s all put into colorful and engaging ways suitable for young inquisitive minds.Tell The Story Of The World One Page At A Time!My Encyclopedia of Very Important Things is the perfect blending of adorable, simple illustrations with rich photography and lively text. Made for you and young minds to read together or alone and formatted with a ribbon bookmark to pick up right wherever you left off. This truly is the ideal first reference book for young readers.This educational book takes you on a journey through:- Very Important Things About People- Very Important Things About Me- Very important Things About My Planet- Very Important Things About Places- Very Important Things About AnimalsMy Encyclopedia Of Very Important Things is part of the educational series My Very Encyclopedias. Complete the collection and learn more about the world around you, the animals that walk, fly and swim and the dinosaurs who ruled the earth before them. Shortlisted The School Library Association Information Book Award 2017Best Children's Book in the Junior Design Awards 2017
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  • Pop-Up Peekaboo! Unicorn

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    Board book (DK Children, Feb. 5, 2019)
    Meet the colorful unicorns as they explore a magical kingdom in this cute baby board book with flaps to lift and pop-ups to enjoy.Join Moonbeam the purple unicorn as she searches for a friend in the enchanted forest and Sunshine the yellow unicorn as she discovers a secret castle. Which unicorn is hiding behind the colorful rainbow? Lift the flap to see!A magical addition to the best-selling Pop-up Peekaboo series, this read-aloud children's book encourages first learning by introducing little ones to colors and adorable characters. Both parent and child will have fun turning the pages, lifting the flaps, and playing peekaboo. The perfect gift for preschoolers, this book is certain to make them giggle in delight! This sturdy baby book is ideal for preschool play and will keep toddlers entertained time and time again.
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  • The Lego Ideas Book: Unlock Your Imagination

    Daniel Lipkowitz

    Hardcover (DK Children, Sept. 19, 2011)
    Over 2 million copies sold worldwide! Be inspired to create and build amazing models with your LEGO® bricks! The LEGO Ideas Book is packed full of tips from expert LEGO builders on how to make jet planes reach new heights, create fantastic fortresses, swing through lush jungles, have fun on the farm and send space shuttles out of this world! This awesome ideas book is divided into six themed chapters - transport, buildings, space, kingdoms, adventure, and useful makes - to inspire every member of the family to get building. With over 500 models and ideas, this book is perfect for any LEGO fan - young or young at heart - who want to make their models cool, fun and imaginative. ©2020 The LEGO Group.
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  • Pop-up Peekaboo: Under the Sea

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    Board book (DK Children, June 5, 2018)
    A pop-up surprise under every flap!Turn the pages and lift the flaps of this delightful baby book to meet Diving Dolphin, Stripy Fish, and other exciting sea creatures waiting to pop out at you! This exciting baby book encourages first learning by introducing little ones to colorful underwater scenes and characters. With the help of parents or caregivers, toddlers will have fun turning the pages and lifting the flaps to play peekaboo. Each surprise character is certain to make toddlers smile! The text is written in simple rhymes to support children's language development. Ideal for preschool play, this sturdy baby book will appeal to both parents and children. This exciting read-aloud baby book will keep little ones entertained time and time again!
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  • The Animal Book: A Visual Encyclopedia of Life on Earth

    David Burnie, Smithsonian Institution

    Hardcover (DK Children, Aug. 19, 2013)
    If you’re wild about animals, this visual encyclopedia is the ultimate page-turner, bringing our planet’s creatures together in spectacular style. This inspiring children’s reference guide welcomes you to the animal kingdom where you can meet more than 1,500 species, ranging from ants to zebras and everything in between. Stunning pictures bring you face to face with giant predators you know and love, including polar bears and tigers, as well as mysterious microscopic life, including amoebas and bacteria. A variety of animal habitats are shown in beautiful detail, while accessible information, additional fact boxes, and amazing galleries complete the stories. A jaw-dropping spectrum of animal types – from fish and birds to reptiles and mammals – provides a learning experience like no other. Whether you’re a budding naturalist or simply want to complete a school project, The Animal Book has got it covered.
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  • Ultimate Sticker Book: Diggers and Dumpers: More Than 60 Reusable Full-Color Stickers

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    Paperback (DK Children, Feb. 21, 2005)
    Learn all about diggers and dumpers with this sticker book that includes 60 reusable stickers, and tons of amazing photographs, cool facts, and fun activities.With Ultimate Sticker Book: Diggers & Dumpers, kids can build their very own collection of powerful machines, from bulldozers to cement trucks and more. It's the perfect activity book sure to keep little construction workers satisfied as they work through its pages.Taking subjects that kids love, from dinosaurs to baby animals to transportation, DK's Ultimate Sticker Book series is packed with activities that are simple enough for children to do independently, but engaging enough to keep their interest. The series format helps develop dexterity, making these books products parents can trust, and ones that kids will want to keep picking up to learn more about their favorite subjects.
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  • My Book of Rocks and Minerals: Things to Find, Collect, and Treasure

    Devin Dennie

    Hardcover (DK Children, July 11, 2017)
    Perfect for budding geologists ages 6–9, this colorful reference book delves into more than 100 different types of rocks, minerals, gemstones, crystals, and fossils, explaining what each one is, how it’s formed, and how it’s been utilized throughout history.My Book of Rocks and Minerals is bursting with amazing stats, handy identification tips, and historical facts about what can be found below the Earth’s surface. Photographic features introduce different geological categories, covering everything from the deepest caves to the farthest reaches of outer space, while high-resolution images offer a closer look at unusual phenomena found underground, like glow-in-the-dark rocks and beautiful gemstones. After they’re finished reading, kids can take their fascination one step further by using the catalog and activity pages provided in the back of the book to help them collect and group rocks, and, in the process, discover how different rock types fit into the world around them.Entertaining, educational, and highly visual, My Book of Rocks and Minerals gives kids the expert geology knowledge they crave and will have them digging deep to discover all they can about rocks, minerals, gems, and fossils.
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  • Baby Touch and Feel: Trucks

    DK

    Board book (DK Children, Feb. 18, 2008)
    Discover different types of trucks in this top-selling padded board book that encourages tiny fingers to explore through tactile learning and develop fine motor skills while building an early language foundation.Filled with real-life photography featuring touch-and-feel textures, Baby Touch and Feel: Trucks is the perfect size for small hands. Its padded cover can withstand biting and throwing while its thick sturdy board pages won't tear. With simple text and clear images, your baby will begin learning color and shape recognition. Visit a fire truck, look at a cement mixer, and check out other cool trucks.Perfect for the child obsessed with trucks, Baby Touch and Feel: Trucks puts you right next to the best trucks there are to see.Series description: Baby Touch and Feel books are the perfect series for the very youngest readers. These small, padded books excite babies and toddlers with their foil and touch-and-feel covers. Each book in this affordable series contains twelve vibrant interior pages with bold, engaging images. Containing large word labels, each page has foil or glitter to behold or a texture to touch. These safe novelty textures intrigue babies and are perfect for little fingers to feel. The Baby Touch and Feel series encourages sensory development, language skills, and early reading skills while teaching colors, shapes, patterns, opposites, and more.
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  • My First Touch and Feel Picture Cards: Colors and Shapes

    DK

    Cards (DK Children, March 27, 2018)
    Give your toddler a head start with these 16 colorful and tactile first words flash cards, expertly designed to develop early language skills, and ideal for preschool play.Every card pack in DK's My First Touch and Feel Picture Cards series contains 16 sturdy picture cards, each with their own vibrant image and touchable texture. Colors and Shapes features common animals and items, such as a black and white dog, a blue fish, and a green leaf, as well as objects that emphasize a certain shape, like a circular ball, a rectangular door, and a triangular party hat.To provide even more educational value, the back of each picture card has word translations in Spanish, French, German, and Chinese, and phonetic spellings to help with pronunciation. You'll also find a series of engaging questions about the related animal or object. For example, the "triangle" card has questions such as "How many sides does a triangle have?", "Look around you. Can you find any more triangles?", and more. A guidance card, which has tips for creative learning games and ideas for additional language activities, is included with each pack and helps both parents and little ones get the most from this collection.DK's My First Touch and Feel Picture Cards series makes learning first words fun and helps familiarize toddlers with the shape, feel, color, and names of everyday objects. With a range of popular early learning topics for young children, including animals, colors and shapes, numbers and counting, vehicles, and fun on the farm, you're sure to find the perfect picture card pack for you and your toddler to share.
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