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Find a galaxy full of LEGO(R) Star Wars(TM) ideas to build--from activities and art, games and challenges, to practical makes and your very own inventions!

This book features 200 imaginative play and building ideas, from LEGO projects that take just a few minutes and a handful of bricks, to builds to keep you occupied for hours. Set up a game of LEGO Star Wars skittles, create a pencil pot shaped like your favorite Sith or Jedi, build a fleet of tiny TIEs, design Darth Vader's family tree, and customize a podracer. Challenge a friend to take on a rathtar, mix up your minifigures, stage your favorite movie battle scene with LEGO StarWars bricks--and much, much more! LEGO(R) Star Wars(TM) Ideas Book is packed with a family friendly range of activities to inspire every LEGO Star Wars fan. What will you build?

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A brand new edition of this international chess classic, with all-new illustrations. Aimed at children aged 7 and up, this character-based book is a complete guide to chess for those starting out in the game. In straightforward, animated language, Jess and Jamie - two rough-and-tumble kids who are obsessed with chess - explain everything you need to know, from first sitting down at the board to sneaky tricks to help you beat your opponents. The book explains who the pieces are and how they move (and that we're talking about pawns, not prawns), how to reach checkmate (or, in Jess's words, 'how to kill the king'), and the concept of the opening, middlegame and endgame. It also introduces the idea of chess etiquette - and explains why sometimes no one wins and a game ends in stalemate. Friendlier and funnier than the average children's chess book, The Batsford Book of Chess for Children is an essential addition to any child's bookshelf. Chess is experiencing a new wave of popularity in schools, and it's educational too. Organisations like Chess in Schools are promoting it as the perfect way to develop analytical thinking skills, increase resilience, foster the competitive instinct - and provide a lot of fun along the way.

The LEGO toy company was founded in 1934 by a Danish carpenter who loved making wooden pull toys. From its humble beginnings, the company has lived up to its name - which comes from the Danish phrase meaning to always "play well" - encouraging children to use their imagination and build whatever they can dream up. In this book, author Jim O'Connor describes how a simple concept - small plastic bricks that snap together - morphed into a cultural phenomenon.

It's December 24th, and the old farmer settles down for a winter's nap, wondering how Christmas can come when there is no snow! It is in his dream that he imagines a snowstorm coming and covering him and his animals--named One, Two, Three, Four and Five--in a snowy blanket. But when the farmer awakens, he finds that it has really snowed outside, and now he remembers something! Putting on his red suit, he goes outside, puts some gifts under the tree for his animals, and presses a button near a Christmas tree, creating a most surprising musical treat for children everywhere.

"Few in number are the parents who have made it through their toddler's years on just one copy of Carle's The Very Hungry Caterpillar. Dream Snow has similar ingredients: a simple story, lively collage-like illustrations and a fun gimmick for little hands..." (Time)

"This is a simple, well-told story about a simple farmer.... Viewers...will want to get their hands on it." (The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books)

"Carle fans and toddlers learning the basics will...enjoy the gentle text and creative design features." (Booklist)

"The pictures are in Carle's trademark richly colored and textured collages that capture the snowy magic of Christmas." (Kirkus Reviews)

Read all about how the royal family prepares for the Ball in the 12 page fully illustrated board book. Then turn the box into a beautiful, little castle and have lots of fun playing with the enclosed wooden royal family figures. A puzzle is also included which forms the palace gardens.

The 12 page illustrated board book tells an exciting story about the quest of the knights. Turn the box into your very own fortress and add the enclosed brave wooden knights and scary cardboard dragon to create your medieval world. A puzzle can then be put together to create a typical landscape on which the knights can start their quest.

An engaging storybook and toy in one activity kit! My Busy Books offer full-page illustrations, a story, figurines, and a playmat that bring the characters to life and ignite your child's imagination.
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Features:

Sturdy board book
Colorful images
Lively story
Plastic figurines
Durable playmat
Figurines and playmat stored in the book
Portable
10 pages of fun!

Packed with fantastic puzzles to tackle, this football puzzle book is guaranteed to keep fans entertained long after the final whistle has blown. Football-crazy kids will love to get their heads in the game with these themed quizzes, mazes, wordsearches, crosswords, guess the goals, stats attacks, spot the difference puzzles and many more. Packed full of engaging puzzles to entertain for hours, this book is suitable for supporters of any team to test their knowledge. Written by football fanatic Clive Gifford and with entertaining black and white illustrations from Richard Watson and Julian Mosedale, this is a great way for football fans to learn facts and stats about the beautiful game.

Level: KS2 Subject: English Children will have lots of fun practising their vocabulary skills using these word searches. Prepare for school with easy home learning. Written to match the primary curriculum, each word search helps to enhance your child's vocabulary. Contains 25 puzzles covering synonyms, antonyms, word families and more. A fun and motivating way for children to build their vocabulary. Makes an ideal holiday purchase.

This bite-size collection of space-themed LEGO ideas will launch you into a whole new world of creativity. Small in size but big in inspiration, this neat 32-page volume contains a collection of projects from the 'Out of This World' chapter of The LEGO (R) Ideas Book. These ideas will do more than teach building skills; they will unlock your imagination and get you dreaming up dozens of ideas of your own. And of course, every one of them is great fun. Building that LEGO rocket is a must, but you'll need jet packs, space walkers, and moon miners for exploring alien planets. And then there's the aliens themselves, plus their stealth ships and flying saucers. There's all this and lots more inside this book, so dip in - and don't forget, there are four other exciting books in this series, too. (c)2020 The LEGO Group

Learn one of the most popular children's games in history with this easy-to-follow activity book perfect for unplugged fun wherever you go.

Learn one of the most popular children's games in history with this easy-to-follow activity book perfect for unplugged fun at home, on the road, or wherever you go. Each kit features two extra-long continuous cat's cradle strings, perfect for up to four players. Learn the ins and outs of classic string games like cat's cradle and hand catch, as well as string shapes like witch's broom, parachute, and more. Featuring easy-to-follow instructions and pictures for every trick, twist, and tie, you'll be a string wizard in no time!

When Woody gets toynapped, it's up to Buzz Lightyear and the other toys to rescue him. But now that Woody has met Jessie and the other "Woody's Roundup "toys, will he want to go home? Find out in this exciting Little Golden Book retelling of the hit film "Toy Story 2."

This 6-inch doll brings Julie's world to life on a smaller scale. She arrives dressed in an outfit authentic to her era. Plus, she comes with a mini abridged version of her first book.

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.

Dive into the world of the Fingerlings! This new sticker collection, packed with more than 1,000 stickers, takes readers on a fun journey to the Fingerlings' home in Melody Village.

Read about your favourite Fingerlings characters, including Bella and Boris, Marge, Kingsley and Gigi, and meet exciting new characters such as the Glitter Girls. Find out all about each Fingerling, including their BFFs, hobbies and adventures. Learn all about their amazing home in Melody Village, and the different Fingerlings animals that live there. Discover how bubbly Gigi has fun with her unicorn friends, how Kingsley the cool sloth likes to chill out, and what Bella the busy monkey does in a day.

With DK's Fingerlings Ultimate Sticker Collection you can have fun finding the stickers for each page and creating your own adorable Fingerlings scenes.

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For any boy and girl who loves Minecraft, what can be more fun than a sweet, colorful Minecraft-themed snack, drink, meal, or cake! The Minecrafter's Cookbook brings the Overworld to life with over 40 fantastic, Minecraft-themed recipes that kids and parents can make together. From main courses that will fill your hunger bar; to enchanted snacks that Alex and Steve couldn't survive without; to party-friendly, game-themed desserts and potion drinks, there is plenty in this book to enchant young gamers and their families. Kids will love the accompanying illustrations of their favorite characters and scenes, while parents will appreciate the simple, step-by-step directions to guide them as they craft. The Minecrafter's Cookbook makes cooking an irresistible adventure: Includes photos of each finished item, plus colorful illustrations of popular Minecrafting scenes and characters for maximum fun. Features over 40 kid-friendly meals, drinks, and desserts including Beetroot Stew, Golden Apples, Grass Block Brownies, and Creeper Crispies! Encourages young gamers to power down and enjoy family time in the kitchen The delicious recipes in this book are sure to make spending time together a whole lot more fun!

Part of Buster's brand-new 'Big Activity Book' series and packed with 70 puzzles and games, The Big Human Body Activity Book is bursting with fun and fact-filled activities for inquisitive kids. This innovative activity book includes brain-training memory games, intestine mazes, spot-the-difference searches, odd-one-out puzzles and so much more. Each puzzle explores a different part of the body and includes lots of fun facts to discover along the way. Children can find out about everything from where to find the smallest bone in the body to when you are most likely to need a poo. Other books in the series: 9781780556093 The Big Green Activity Book 9781780556314 The Big Animal Activity Book

Welcome to location games and spatial thinking! Emma and David find a chain and padlock across the local playground entrance. Where can they play? With help from neighbor Kayla and her dog Blazer, Emma and David set out to find a new place to play. But how will they know where a good location is? Kayla shows them how they can use basic mapping, distance, direction, spatial pattern analysis, and overlay skills to find the perfection location. And just when they do, they encounter more obstacles-all of them have to work together quickly to solve their playground problem! Using a colorful, easy-to-follow comic book-style story with fun in-book activities, The Playground Problem takes readers along to see how to overcome problems and find the perfect solution. Large pages brightly illustrate the adventure as readers learn about maps and use basic spatial thinking. Written by geographic information systems (GIS) expert Dr. Lauren Scott Griffin and illustrated by artist Fred Folger, this hybrid graphic novel/activity book teaches young readers introductory mapping, zeroing in on distance, direction, basic spatial analysis, and other skills. Solving interesting puzzles and learning to "think spatially" not only helps kids with their math skills for higher grades, but also gives them a head start in exciting careers. Research shows exercising spatial reasoning skills at an early age accelerates children's competence in the science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields. Mapping for kids has never been this much fun! For grades 1-5. Includes a glossary.

Keep children occupied and entertained in the car with this write-in activity book's impressive variety of puzzles and games. There are amazing mazes, things to spot, challenges of logic, engaging word puzzles, and inventive games for one or more players. This book will keep boredom at bay - no matter how long the journey - and make the question "Are we nearly there yet?" a thing of the past.