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  • How to Mash Monsters

    Catherine Leblanc, Roland Garrigue

    Hardcover (Insight Kids, May 14, 2013)
    With clever text and whimsical illustrations, How to Mash Monsters helps kids banish their fears — and have fun doing it! Kids love these clever tricks and tips for getting rid of monsters. The small monsters wish they were little kids so that they could be bigger and stronger. All medium monsters want is some attention. Big monsters are afraid of their own faces so to defeat them, show them a mirror. Some monsters will eat anything, including confetti. Shapeless monsters are the hardest to catch because they can slither through anything. There are many kinds of monsters: the big, the small, the drooling ones, those who sting, those who growl . . . but all of them are weaker than they look!
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  • How to Ward Off Wolves

    Catherine Leblanc, Roland Garrigue

    Hardcover (Insight Kids, Sept. 10, 2013)
    With clever text and whimsical illustrations, How to Ward Off Wolves will help kids banish their fears—and have fun doing it! What child, big or small, has not shivered at the idea of a wolf lurking beneath his bed? Because yes, it’s true, all kinds of wolves, huge, hairy, and scary, inspire fear. . . . Luckily, this book makes them seem less terrible, and much easier to ward off!
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  • Peanut Bear: What's in the Forest?

    Ralph Consentino

    Board book (Insight Kids, Oct. 9, 2018)
    Explore the magical forest of Yippity Yay with Peanut Bear and all his friends! The forest has all sorts of wonders to see. There are thin trees and thick trees, little ponds and big lakes, streams and waterfalls, fields of flowers, and so much more. Featuring illustrations of Peanut Bear, his family, Unicorny, and the rest of the gang, this journey through the forest of Yippity Yay is the perfect way to appreciate nature with your favorite characters. Climb trees with Sqwhale, fish in the lake with Papa Bear, and buzz through all the different plants with Bea. Peanut Bear knows that as long as he has his friends and his family by his side, there are always new adventures to be had in his favorite place—the forest!
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  • How to Defeat Dragons

    Catherine Leblanc, Roland Garrigue

    Hardcover (Insight Kids, April 1, 2014)
    The next paperback installment in the How to Banish Fears series, How to Defeat Dragons is a book for kids who are scared of these giant mythical creatures. Written by a psychologist to help children face their fears, How to Defeat Dragons is filled with zany illustrations that will make confronting these scary scaly beasts fun for kids. Also included are stickers that will delight young readers. This book is a follow-up to the popular How to Mash Monsters, How To Get Rid of Ghosts, and How to Demolish Dinosaurs.They breathe fire, brandish sharp claws, and flap their giant wings . . . even the bravest knights are afraid of dragons. Luckily, thanks to this book filled with unbeatable tricks, readers possess all the secrets to destroying those scaly beasts! With clever text and whimsical illustrations, How to Defeat Dragons helps children banish their fears—and have fun doing it—with clever tricks and tips for getting rid of dragons.
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  • All Kinds of Festivals

    Sheri Safran, Rachel Fuller

    Hardcover (Insight Kids, Nov. 20, 2012)
    All Kinds of Festivals features festivals that take place around the world: The Mexican Day of the Dead, Chinese Lantern Festival, Japanese Kite Flying Festival, Indian Holi Festival, Sri Lankan Tooth Festival, African Dogon and Camel Festivals, American and Japanese Cherry Blossom festivals. There is a removable poster of Harvest Festivals including Thanksgiving, Green Corn Festival, Pahiyas, Pongal, and Chuseok.
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  • The Boy Who Cried

    Khoa Le

    language (Insight Kids, April 4, 2017)
    Billy never misses an opportunity to throw a tantrum—until one day, his constant crying creates a river of tears that floods the house! Billy never misses an opportunity to throw a tantrum. One day, when his parents don’t let him buy a new toy, Billy starts crying so much that he floods the house with tears! Fortunately, he has his very large cat with him to drink up all of the water. Waking up to his parents in a dry house, Billy learns an important lesson about the consequences of tantrums. © Snake SA 2014 Translation © Snake SA 2016
  • How to Outwit Witches

    Catherine Leblanc, Roland Garrigue

    Paperback (Insight Kids, June 3, 2014)
    The next paperback installment in the How to Banish Fears series, How to Outwit Witches is a book for kids who are scared of these magical beings. Written by a psychologist to help children face their fears, How to Outwit Witches is filled with zany illustrations that will make confronting these spooky characters fun for kids. Also included are stickers that will delight young readers. This book is a follow-up to the popular How to Mash Monsters, How to Get Rid of Ghosts, and How to Demolish Dinosaurs.They have crooked fingers, humped backs, dark dresses, and pointy hats . . . Witches, wicked and clever, always inspire fear. Luckily, thanks to this book filled with unbeatable tricks, from now on you’ll possess all the secret spells and potions to beat witches at their own game! Abracadabra! With whimsical text and illustrations, How to Outwit Witches will help kids banish their fears—and have fun doing it! Kids will love these clever tricks and tips for getting rid of witches.
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  • Seeds of Friendship: A Peanut Bear Adventure

    Ralph Cosentino

    Hardcover (Insight Kids, Oct. 9, 2018)
    Follow Peanut Bear through his adventures in the Yippity Yay Forest in the first of this fun, kid-friendly illustrated series! In the magical forest of Yippity Yay, young Peanut Bear cherishes family time and playing with his quirky friends: Unicorny, Cowbunny Bo, Owlivia, Sqwhale, and Bea. When little Bea hurts her wing, Peanut Bear decides to do something special for her while she heals. He'll grow her favorite flower—the chocolate cosmos! But where can he find its seeds? No matter what challenge he faces, Peanut Bear’s optimism and curiosity create funny adventures out of everyday experiences. With guidance and encouragement from his family and friends, there’s no problem Peanut Bear can’t face!
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  • Fly

    David Hawcock, Lee Montgomery

    Hardcover (Insight Kids, July 16, 2013)
    Little books that turn into bugs! Suitable for hanging—and bouncing! A pop-up book about flies details the amazing capabilities of one of the most common insects, such as how they can hover and fly backward and taste food with their feet. A paper fly sculpture can be hung and bounced from the elastic in the back cover.
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  • How to Pulverize Pirates

    Catherine Leblanc, Roland Garrigue

    Hardcover (Insight Kids, June 11, 2013)
    With clever text and whimsical illustrations, How to Pulverize Pirates helps kids banish their fears — and have fun doing it! Kids love these clever tips and tricks for getting rid of pirates. With their wooden legs, their wicked laughs, and their menacing eye patches, pirate are real terrors! Happily, children can still defeat them, as even hard leather pirate boots have weaknesses. This book also contains precious treasures, such as unstoppable swords for making pirates walk the plank!
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  • The Cloud Princess

    Khoa Le

    eBook (Insight Kids, April 4, 2017)
    The exciting story of a princess who lives happily in the clouds, but wants to discover the world beneath her. Down to Earth she goes in search of adventure . . . until something unexpected happens.Cloud Princess lives high in the sky, together with Miss Sun and Miss Moon, but she wants to discover what life on Earth is like. So one day she drifts down to Earth and sees the cars and the flowers and the people that live there. Unfortunately, sinking down to Earth sparks a curious change in her—she begins to turn into water! She dashes back to her home in the sky, but loved Earth so much that she visits every Spring—and brings the rain along with her.
  • Ant

    David Hawcock, Lee Montgomery

    Hardcover (Insight Kids, July 16, 2013)
    A pop-up book about ants captures the insects squirting acid at enemies, laying eggs, tending their queen, and tidying their chambers in underground nests, with a paper ant sculpture to be hung and bounced from the elastic in the back cover.
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