An edge-of-your-seat adventure packed full of puzzles, spooks and mystery! When Claude's little sister, Amity, runs off in forbidden Badwell Woods - where children disappear - Deliah, Sam and Claude follow her to a mysterious mansion. Inside, time has frozen in the 1930s and an invitation promises a devious party game. Not long after they find a terrified Amity, hiding from 'ghosts', the floor beneath their feet starts to twist and turn: the rooms are changing places. The house has rearranged itself like a giant Rubik's cube. To escape, they must solve the puzzle - and the century-old mystery of a girl who disappeared ... A fabulous twist on a timeless haunted house adventure from the acclaimed author of the Milton the Mighty series Scooby-Doo meets The Mysterious Benedict Society via Escape Room Full of friendship, teamwork and logic versus instinct - all wrapped up in a book with thrills, heart and bags of atmosphere Perfect for readers aged 9 and up

This out-of-this-world activity book offers kids more than 20 space-themed code puzzles to crack using the built-in cipher wheel. Each space-themed code puzzle in this book challenges players to think creatively, while it builds their confidence. In addition to the engaging code puzzles, kids will find fun facts about space, tongue twisters, and colourful art. Perfect to take along on airplane or car trips, or to use as a rainy-day activity, this is a spectacular gift for any occasion.

An exciting interactive title chock-full of stars, planets, aliens, and everything out of this world brings National Geographic Kids signature content to a sticker and activity book format. For kids who love our universe, this book features the coolest science kids can't get enough of: our planet Earth, cool asteroids, fun aliens, comets, and so much more. Packed with mazes, spelling and pattern games, drawing activities, and more, kids are sure to love these pages loaded with fun.

An exciting interactive title chock-full of adorable piglets, fuzzy baby chicks, and other barnyard fun, brings National Geographic Kids signature content to a sticker and activity book format. Packed with mazes, spelling and pattern games, drawing activities, and more, kids are sure to love these pages loaded with fun.

Get your family's brains going with 57 more creative calisthenics for the mind

In China, for centuries it has been acknowledged that early childhood training supports lifelong intellectual growth. For generations, parents have taught their children "brain games"—delightful amusements that challenge the intellects of young people while appealing to their senses of fun and play. While growing up in China, Baifang learned scores of such games that both challenged and intrigued her. Now she shares 57 new stick-puzzle, number, and shape games for children and parents everywhere to share and enjoy. A terrific way to stimulate parent-child interaction, these quick and challenging puzzles and brain teasers enhance creative capacity and logic, fostering problem-solving skills and mathematical awareness.

Baifang came to the United States from China in 1977 and earned a degree in psychology from the University of California at Berkeley. Since then, she has worked on various media and cultural exchange programs with China. She is also the author of Chinese Brain Twisters.

Who's the smarty pants in your family? Packed with number and logic puzzles, riddles, dingbats, codes and much more, this fun and challenging travel-themed activity book is perfect for car journeys, holidays and rainy days - and provides a great test for both kids and adults. Designed for children aged 7+. Brain teasers include: Scrambled Cities - anagrams of famous places Code breaker - morse code messages to decipher Flagtastic - match the country to its flag World traveller, desert and jungle word searches Say what you see - solve the visual word puzzles Flag finder - crack a series of semaphore messages Riddles of the Sphinx - crafty cryptic questions Arctic explorer crossword and airport sudoku Other Lonely Planet Kids family activity books also available: -Boredom Buster -Round the World Quiz Book -My Holiday Scrapbook -My Holiday Drawing Journal -My Travel Journal -Backyard Explorer -My Family Travel Map -My Family Travel Map: North America -My Family Travel Map: Europe -My Family Travel Map: Australia -My Family Height Chart About Lonely Planet Kids: Come explore! Let's start an adventure. Lonely Planet Kids excites and educates children about the amazing world around them. Combining astonishing facts, quirky humour and eye-catching imagery, we ignite their curiosity and encourage them to discover more about our planet. Every book draws on our huge team of global experts to help share our continual fascination with what makes the world such a diverse and magnificent place - inspiring children at home and in school.

A fact-packed fun book of puzzles. Test your knowledge and get thinking with this fact-packed National Geographic Kids fun book of themed puzzles, featuring the planet's deadliest creatures. More than 100 brain-tickling wordsearches, sudokus, crosswords, quizzes, spot the difference and mazes. Great white sharks, poison dart frogs, black mambas, grizzly bears and lots more fearsome favourites. Colourful photographs and fascinating facts along the way.

Preschoolers will develop important pre-writing fine-motor skills and hand-eye coordination through cutting and pasting activities, using That's Silly(TM) puzzles, matching, and more, all in an affordable, travel-friendly pad format. Being able to cut and paste is an important step toward school readiness, and Highlights infuses Fun with a Purpose (R) into this essential learning skill. Cutting and Pasting is a 64-page full-color pad that gives preschoolers plenty of practice with scissors through interactive puzzles, cutting lines and shapes, cutting out and assembling simple toys, and other activities that improve manual dexterity.

Crammed full of puzzles and games that will keep children occupied for hours, this book contains 17 solo games and 13 to play with a friend, including classics such as 0s and Xs, word searches, matching games and Sudoku.

Challenge your brain with tons of do-it-yourself, interactive fun! These crosswords, sudokus, word searches, and other boredom busters will keep you entertained for hours.

Blast off to the most fascinating places in our solar system! You'll get to know the planets, moons, and rockets of outer space--and test your puzzle chops while you're at it. This activity book is brimming with out-of-this-world facts, awesome photos, and endless entertainment. (Where else can you learn about space exploration AND master a crossword puzzle--all in the same book?) Plus, all this fun is packed into a handy, portable size, perfect for tossing into a backpack or taking on the road.

Highlights for Children's often-imitated, never-equaled Hidden Pictures puzzles have delighted children--and adults--for over 67 years. This engaging series brings an exciting new element to everyone's favorite puzzle. Each book is filled with vibrant full-color Hidden Pictures puzzles, plus classic black-and-white puzzles with a special bonus--12 pages of colorful stickers to mark the hidden objects! An unbeatable combination for Hidden Pictures fans everywhere!

This enchanting activity pad is bursting with unicorn-themed activities. Guide a little lost unicorn through a maze to the stables, join the dots to draw a magical palace, and spot differences between flying dragons. There are 30 pages of pictures to colour and all the puzzle answers are included at the back of the book.

The Parthenon in Athens is the most famous Greek temple in the world and an icon of Ancient Greek art. It was built to house a colossal statue of the goddess Athena, and the temple itself was decorated with sculptures and reliefs of the most magnificent quality. These sculptures are now on display in London and Athens, and are admired by thousands of visitors each year. This book explores in detail these lovely carvings, with the aid of new detailed digital photography. Who are the people, animals, and gods and goddesses shown on the frieze and what are they doing? Why were they shown on a temple? How were the sculptures made, and how did the carvers give such an amazing illusion of ranks of horsemen, chariots and people in carvings only a few centimetres deep? Ian Jenkins, a world expert on Ancient Greek sculpture, describes and explains these wonderful sculptures in a vivid and simple way for children, and puts them in the context of Ancient Greek religion, life and art. Children will enjoy discovering the wonders of the Parthenon sculptures for themselves but in the process they will also gain a much greater understanding of the people who created the Parthenon and of the world of classical Athens.

Keep calm and puzzle on! A collection of over 100 fun puzzles to keep kids busy, entertained and relaxed. Got bored kids stuck at home? This fun and challenging puzzle collection is just what they'll need to stay calm and content - and off their computer screens! Puzzles are a great way for kids to relax and unwind, especially in stressful times. This collection contains a great variety of puzzles including stress-busting sudokus, crosswords, word searches, word wheels, mazes, dot to dots, spot the difference and brainteasers, as well as helpful mindfulness tips for keeping calm. Perfect for travel and school holidays, too.

The perfect gift for puzzle loving kids this Christmas. When you step into an enchanted storybook in the library, your magical quest begins! The pages of this book are all mixed up and the only way for you to return is to piece the stories back together. Meet missing characters and solve mystical mysteries in this fun-packed book of puzzles. Solve mazes, wordsearches, number puzzles and more Find the clues and crack the code to finish the story Will you take on the quest? For more puzzling fun...collect the set! Mythical Mystery (9780008457457) Enchanted Lands (9780008457464) The Missing Astronaut (9780008457471) Secret Island (9780008532109) The Lost Emerald (9780008532116)

A powerfully moving and beautiful picture book about the voyage of HMT Empire Windrush from national treasure, Benjamin Zephaniah. The hopes, dreams and bravery of the Windrush generation are expressed in this vivid story through the real-life experiences of Trinidadian musician, Mona Baptiste. Written as a brand-new poem by Benjamin Zephaniah, the book is beautifully illustrated by the extraordinary artist, Onyinye Iwu. The arrival of the Windrush in 1948 is celebrated each year on Windrush Day, 22 June Benjamin recently won a BAFTA for his Sky Arts show, Life & Rhymes, a showcase of some of Britain's finest poets This book is perfect for teaching young children about inclusivity and diversity Praise for Windrush Child: 'An invaluable story for any young readers who enjoy adventure and want to learn more about the Windrush generation's experience. Essential reading' Alex Wheatle