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Books in Bugg Books Series series

  • Preschooler's Busy Book: 365 Creative Games & Activities To Occupy 3-6 Year Olds

    Trish Kuffner

    Paperback (Da Capo Press, Oct. 1, 1998)
    The Preschooler's Busy Book contains 365 activities (one for each day of the year) for three- to six-year-olds using things found around the home. It shows parents, baby-sitters, and daycare providers how to:Save money by making your own paints, play dough, craft clays, glue, paste and other suppliesPrevent boredom during even the longest stretches of rainy or cold weather with ideas for indoor play like newspaper golf, magnet magic, the listening game, red light/green light, and hand puppetsHelp children learn to have fun in the kitchen making fruit kebabs, popsicles, homemade peanut butter, a happy-face sandwich, alphabet cookies, animal pancakes, finger Jell-O, popcorn ball creatures, and the best chocolate chip cookies in the whole worldTeach your child practical skills like setting the table, putting away the silverware, sorting socks, sewing practice, and carpentry (hammering golf tees into Styrofoam, with a toy hammer)Introduce your child to numbers and counting with activities like "One-Two, Buckle My Shoe," telling time, coin and stamp collecting, sorting a mixed-up deck of cards by numbers and learning how to find today's date on a calendarPrepare your child for reading by working on an alphabet puzzle, making alphabet cookies, making an alphabet book, and connecting the dots in alphabetical order to make a pictureGet your child started with music and rhythm by making a pie-plate tambourine, keeping the rhythm to a song on the radio with homemade rhythm blocks or shakers, or make music with musical glasses (filled with different amounts of water)Get your child moving with dances like "Hokey Pokey," "Skip to My Lou," "Ring Around the Rosie," and "London Bridge"Encourage your child to enjoy quiet activities like reading wordless picture books, working on puzzles, and watching clouds--and then drawing themIntroduce children to nature with a variety of outdoor adventures from nature walks and picnics to backyard camping, bird feeding, mud painting and making waxed leavesStart children growing things by planting apple seeds, avocado seeds or garlic cloves; or learning how to grow carrots, beets or sweet potatoes by putting cuttings into waterCelebrate holidays and other occasions with special projects and activities for Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanza, Easter and PassoverKeep children occupied on car trips by playing "I See A-B-C" or reciting "30 Days Hath September"
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  • Arts & Crafts Busy Book : 365 Activities

    Trish Kuffner, Bruce Lansky

    Paperback (Da Capo Press, June 1, 2003)
    The Arts & Crafts Busy Book should be required reading for anyone raising or teaching children. It is written with warmth and sprinkled with humor and insight. The Arts & Crafts Busy Book contains 365 screen-free, fun, creative and educational arts and crafts projects for children ages two to six that provide a great alternative to using TV as a babysitter. It shows parents and daycare providers how to: Stimulate creativity and self-expression with activities that encourage a child to explore his or her place in the world. Create experiments with paint, glue, playdough, paper, and markers that focus a child's energy constructively. Encourage the development of a child's concentration and coordination, as well as organizational and manipulative skills, with well-chosen arts and crafts projects. Save money by making arts and crafts supplies such as paints, playdough, and craft clay with ingredients that can be found around the home. Celebrate the holidays and other occasions with special projects and activities.
  • Castles

    Beth Smith, Anne Canevari Green

    Library Binding (Franklin Watts, March 1, 1988)
    Discusses the design and use of European castles from 500 A.D., relates what daily life was like inside, and presents legends and ghost stories linked with castles.
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  • The Children's Busy Book: 365 Creative Learning Games and Activities to Keep Your 6- to 10-Year-Old Busy

    Trish Kuffner

    Paperback (Da Capo Press, April 16, 2013)
    365 fun, creative activities to stimulate your child every day of the year. The Children's Busy Book is from the line of all-time #1 selling line of Busy Books. 365 fun, creative activities to stimulate your child every day of the year This book contains 365 activities (one for each day of the year) for six- to ten-year-olds using things found around the home. It shows parents and day-care providers how to: *Prevent boredom during bad weather with games, kitchen activities, and arts-and-crafts projects. *Stimulate a child's natural curiosity with entertaining math, reading, writing, science, geography, and fine-arts activities. *Encourage a child's physical growth with fun outdoor activities. *Foster a child's emotional growth with fun family-centered and social activities. *Celebrate holidays and other occasions with special projects. *Keep children occupied during long car trips. The Children's Busy Book is written with warmth and sprinkled with humor and insight. It should be required reading for anyone raising or teaching school-age children.
  • Dragonfly

    Stephen Cosgrove, Charles Reasoner

    Hardcover (Price Stern Sloan, May 1, 1988)
    In a young bug's very realistic dream, a dragonfly carries him off to Eevil Weevil's castle where he must escape from a dank, dark dungeon.
  • Finger Phonics Books in Series

    Sue Lloyd, Sara Wernham, Lib Stephen

    Hardcover (Jolly Learning, )
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  • Hailey the Ballerina

    Jevonne Andre-McCray, Alexandra Tepp

    Paperback (Independently published, June 25, 2020)
    Many little girls dream to be a ballerina, and Hailey was no different. Take an exciting journey into little Hailey's venture of becoming a ballerina. I wonder will her dreams come true?
  • Who's Making That Noise

    Jenny Tyler, Philip Hawthorn, Stephen Cartwright

    Paperback (Edc Pub, Jan. 1, 1995)
    Asks whether two boys are making the noises that can be heard in and around the house
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  • The Adventures of Nobo Bink Welcome to Earth

    Frederick DeFeo jr., Mark DeFeo

    Paperback (Independently published, May 18, 2018)
    When his dad gets a new job on planet Earth, young Nobo Bink will have to leave behind his home planet of Zabus and everything he knows about his home world. Nervous about moving to an entirely new planet, his parents encourage him to look at the big change as an adventure. The story follows Nobo on a journey across the cosmos as he experiences the many wonders of outer space on his way to planet Earth, where his new home and many new experiences await him.
  • Fashion Croquis Body Templates: Sketch quickly & easily on 78 body templates with professional thin lines featuring S-curve artistic high fashion poses

    Fashion Design Illustrations Co.

    Paperback (Independently published, March 2, 2020)
    Anyone can start designing in no time with this sketchbook.Bring your design to life quickly & easily with professional premade body templates.With this sketchbook, you’ll have:78 professional 9head croquisThin & lightly drawn linesClose-up poses for your detailsElegant & essential posesThree color test pagesAdd to cart now and start designing!Check out our other books for male body templates & foundational fashion poses by clicking on our author name. Physical details of this journal:8.27 x 11.69 inchesUSA Designed & PrintedGlossy-finished soft coverWhite paper115 pages
  • Astronomy: From Copernicus to the Space Telescope

    Christopher Lampton

    Library Binding (Franklin Watts, April 1, 1987)
    Surveys the history of discoveries and theories in astronomy and the sciences responsible for them, from Aristotle and Copernicus to Einstein
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  • This Old Man

    Pam Adams

    Paperback (Childs Play Intl Ltd, Dec. 1, 1999)
    An illustrated version of the traditional counting song. Some pages are die-cut, permitting a portion of the next illustration to be seen.
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