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A fantastic floral adventure and the latest sensational coloring book from bestselling artist Johanna Basford
This book invites you to travel the world and beyond into fantastical realms, discovering exotic blooms and extraordinary plants along the way. From floating gardens of water poppies in South Africa to delicate cosmos in Japan, and from fanciful toadstools to enchanted fairytale gardens, an abundance of fascinating florals awaits, ready for you to bring to life in color.
Join “colorist queen” (New York Magazine) Johanna Basford in her World of Flowers on a dazzling floral adventure of fantasy and imagination, filled with countless new blooms and blossoms to discover.
This action-packed compendium offers parents, teachers, and anyone
else who works with kids a wide array of ingenious sound and dance
activities from a variety of cultures to get kids singing, dancing,
listening, interacting, and involved.
101 More Music Games for Children includes games that facilitate
musical development, such as sound games, rhythm games, game
projects, and card and board games. All of them have simple, clear
rules, and they stress excitement, humor, challenge, surprise, and
cooperation rather than competition. Whether or not kids are
"musical" or play an instrument, these activities can help them:
develop musical skills such as spontaneous singing; create, play,
and recognize various rhythms; appreciate the structure of sounds;
and learn how to play with all kinds of instruments.
Like its best-selling predecessor, this book encourages and
enhances creative expression, social interaction, family
relationships, and kids' budding powers of listening,
concentration, and discrimination.
Learn about horses and ponies with i-SPY - facts, photos and
fantastic spots! Beat the boredom and take time out from screens
with this pocket-sized book packed with facts, photos and fantastic
spots for hours of fun! Kids will have fun collecting points with
more than 120 things to find. From Shetland ponies to Shires, tack
and equipment to grooming, they'll learn all about the different
breeds along the way. And once they've scored 1000 points,
super-spotters can claim their official i-SPY certificate and
badge. With more than 30 i-SPY books to collect, there's something
for everyone! For even more fun check out i-SPY Dogs (ISBN
9780008431778).
Buckley Beaver and Daffodil Duck are the tour guides for a nature
excursion like no other Children will love the curiosities and fun
little quirks of the country setting as they work their way through
a variety of activities featuring friendly animals, woodland
wonders, and other nature themes. Country jokes and riddles will
have kids giggling along with the animal guides.
Five sections -- A Country Stroll, Crossing a Stream, A Day at the
County Fair, Into the Woods, and Hiking Up a Mountain -- feature
puzzles that progress in difficulty, encouraging children to take
the challenge and expand their skills (without becoming frustrated)
as they work through the book. Connect-the-dots pictures make way
for mazes, then word searches, sudokus, crossword puzzles, and
logic problems.
Each illustrated page has lots to look at and plenty of room for
small fingers to write. Buckley and Daffodil keep the tone lively
throughout. It's an amusing and educational nature walk for city
and country kids alike
This collection of games combines dance and play in ways that
release children's natural spontaneity. Children are encouraged to
interact and express how they feel in creative fantasies and
without words in meeting and greeting games, cooperation games,
story dances, party dances, and more. All games emphasize the
importance of no-blame activities and help children develop
self-esteem, personality, sociability, relaxation, and physical
health.
Meet the best LEGO (R) minifigures of all time! This fantastic LEGO
book brings together 200 of the coolest, rarest and most
collectable minifigures from the very first LEGO printed minifigure
onwards. LEGO I Love That Minifigure is your indispensable guide to
the unique characters of LEGO world. Read up on the Baseball
Player, Egyptian Queen, Ice Planet Chief, Plant Monster, Chicken
Suit Guy, Bumblebee Girl and many more of all your favourite LEGO
minifigures! I Love That Minifigure covers more than 35 years of
LEGO history, and comes with its own exclusive LEGO minifigure for
your collection. Find out the fun facts and stats of each
minifigure and their rarity rating - perfect for young fans of LEGO
toys and budding LEGO minifigure collectors. LEGO, the LEGO logo,
the Brick and Knob configuration and the Minifigure are trademarks
of the LEGO Group. (c) 2015 The LEGO Group. Produced by Dorling
Kindersley under licence from the LEGO Group.
Calling all truck fans! From dump trucks to cement trucks to
monster trucks, these colourful pages introduce big trucks and
their special jobs to the littlest fans. Bursting with vivid
photos, each spread in this sturdy book features a terrific truck,
along with super-simple facts and lively, age-appropriate language
to keep babies and toddlers and their grown-ups engaged. Designed
to be the stepping-stone to the best-selling National Geographic
Little Kids First Big Book series, the Little Kids First Board Book
series takes similar subjects and distils them down to the simplest
non-fiction concepts for the youngest audience. Not only will
little ones learn about different kinds of trucks, but they can
also find recurring shapes and patterns in the art, while adults
can keep their eyes open for occasional funny commentary. Sidebar
text offers additional learning for older siblings or those ready
for more complex information. With their square shape, bright and
playful design, awesome photography, clear text, and cues to
encourage interactive learning, the Little Kids First Board Books
mirror the beloved First Big Books while taking a fresh approach to
excite a baby's sense of wonder and make learning about nature and
science fun. Complete your Little Kids First Board Book collection
with these titles: * Little Kids First Board Book Dinosaurs *
Little Kids First Board Book Weather * Little Kids First Board Book
Space * Little Kids First Board Book Animals on the Go * Little
Kids First Board Book Insects * Little Kids First Board Book Wild
Animal Sounds * Little Kids First Board Book Ocean
_______________ The 50 Fantastic Ideas series is packed full of
fun, original, skills-based activities for Early Years
practitioners to use with children aged 0-5. Each activity features
step-by-step guidance, a list of resources, and a detailed
explanation of the skills children will learn. Creative, simple,
and highly effective, this series is a must-have for every Early
Years setting. 50 Fantastic Ideas Inspired by Famous Artists uses
well-known art as a visual inspiration to develop expressive art
and design skills in the Early Years. It is much easier now to
access art online and to bring inspirational pieces into a setting
without having to buy postcards or visit an art gallery. Drawing on
these readily available online sources, Judith Harries presents 50
ideas featuring a range of diverse artists from Lubaina Himid and
Friedensreich Hundertwasser to Mary Delany and Picasso, and famous
art including pop and street art, sculpture and portraiture. Using
art supplies easily found in and outside the classroom such as
paints, clay, pipe cleaners and natural resources like leaves and
flowers, the interactive activities found in this book are ideal
for inspiring creativity and fun at the same time!
MATILDA WORMWOOD is a genius - her brain fizzes and bubbles with brilliance. She outwits her gruesome parents, and even her terrifying head teacher, the monstrous Miss Trunchbull.
YOU TOO can baffle, bewilder and bamboozle your friends and family! ASTOUND them with feats of calculation, scientific miracles, incredible creativity and fiendishly clever tricks, all with simple, step-by-step instructions.
Inspired by ROALD DAHL'S terrific tale MATILDA, this is the perfect book for budding brainboxes everywhere!
Each of these charming paper toys walks, steps or waddles down a
slope in a most satisfying and amusing fashion. Enjoy making the
models and then be intrigued as they walk their rather mysterious
walks. Apart from the duck and her two ducklings there is also a
kangaroo and then a blue footed booby. Not forgetting of course, a
pirate ship and a fine example of a Noah's Ark with its animals
aboard.
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