Delve into the world of the four Hogwarts school houses - Gryffindor, Slytherin, Hufflepuff, and Ravenclaw - in this enchanting guide featuring recent LEGO (R) Harry Potter (TM) sets and minifigures. Learn all about the Sorting Ceremony, when each young witch and wizard is put in the house they naturally belong to. Explore the magical world of Hogwart's houses: - Key characters, locations, events, and items. - Presents the Hogwarts founders and their history. - Comes with an exclusive Percy Weasley minifigure in his prefect robes. Find out about the four founders of Hogwarts and the personality traits associated with each house's students. From Ron Weasley to Draco Malfoy, learn which house your favourite LEGO Harry Potter minifigures are in, and discover fun facts about students, teachers, creatures, and locations. Explore the school's magical classrooms, the cosy Gryffindor common room, and the Great Hall with its house tables. Plus, join students for a game of Quidditch. LEGO Harry Potter: A Spellbinding Guide to Hogwarts Houses comes with an exclusive Percy Weasley minifigure, too. A must-have book for children aged 7-9 years, and a perfect addition to the library of any young LEGO Harry Potter fans, LEGO Harry Potter: A Spellbinding Guide to Hogwarts Houses is sure to delight.

Chess enthusiasts of all ages and levels will find this book an instructive delight. In a simple, easy-to-understand format it explains how to bamboozle your chess opponents using commonly occurring tactical motifs. The illustrative positions, all taken from real games, show the 50 Tricky Tactics that experienced chess master use to win their games. Recognizing frequenly-occuring tactical ideas is vital to success in chess. One of the fastest and most enjoyable ways to improve at chess is by learning these thematic maneuvers. Beginners will benefit from the clear explanation of basic concepts, such as how to utilize a fork, pin, or skewer. Advanced players will delight in the many devious middlegame tricks--some classified here for the first time--which can catch out even grandmasters. "Chess Tactics for Kids make improving easy and fun, and is full of helpful explanations on how to approach chess games with confidence--and success.

A visually stunning collection of facts and figures for all the family to enjoy This visually stunning miscellany from the effortlessly stylish print-maker James Brown is a collection of incredible facts and figures. Do you know how many bones there are in the human body or how clouds form? Or about different types of knots or how Morse code works? Each illustration is both beautiful and enlightening, and is accompanied by an engaging fact-filled explanation by celebrated author Richard Platt. Covering more than 30 diverse and fascinating topics, there is a world of information at your fingertips in this book, which is perfect for all the family to enjoy.

This book is a 100% unofficial celebration of all things YouTube! YouTube fans will go dotty for this vlog-tastic activity book, inspired by the world's most popular YouTube stars! From Zoella to Miranda Sings to Pewdiepie, vlog lovers will be able to recreate all of their favourite vloggers with hours of dot-to-dot fun - and their pets, vlogging equipment and accessories too! Handy hints on each page will help dot-to-dotters guess what the final image will be. Once complete, the pictures can be coloured in to complete the vlog-tastic masterpiece.

It's holiday time, and the Hatchimals want to play! Come and join the fun in this sticker activity book with over 400 stickers. Help a Penguala fly home to Polar Paradise, learn to draw a Draggle and use your stickers to decide which new Hatchimals have hatched today. This book also contains exclusive collector cards!

Feite wat jou sal laat RIL en GRIL ... Eeuw! Jig! Sies! Bleg! Dis WALGLIK - maar dis WAAR! WEES GEWAARSKU - hierdie boek is propvol dierefeite wat jou kan NAAR MAAK! Watter oulike dierebabas eet hul ma se poef? Kan 'n gorilla puisies kry? Wat laat miere in zombies verander? Wat is 'n snotvis? Watter voëltjie los winde om sy prooi te vang? Word gril-gril slim en ontdek die grieselige kant van die natuur met hierdie prettige boek wat jong feitevrate sal laat ril van lekkerkry!

This book goes to extremes to introduce kids to the best of the best in the world of over-achieving, amazing, record-setting pets! Pets are more than just our animal besties. They're totally extreme! From the largest to the smallest, the biggest braniacs to the most awesome athletes, discover the amazing talents of all kinds of animals, including dogs, cats, bunnies, horses, reptiles, fish, even insects, and more. Some were just born this way. Others have worked hard to develop their skills. Plus, you'll dive into the details behind the records, see how different pets match up, and encounter some of the world's wackiest pet places. With eye-popping design, unforgettable photographs, and amazing stats, this book is sure to become the leader of the pack on every kid's bookshelf!

Bond Brain Training: Word Puzzles has been designed by Bond, the market leader in 11+ test preparation, to develop children's ability with words through problem-solving. The book is packed with word-based puzzles that are broken into Warm-up, Intermediate and Tricky levels, so that children can take on the challenge they feel best suits them. However, whilst the book looks and feels like fun, it is underpinned by Bond's usual attention to the school curriculum and core SATs and 11+ exam skills, meaning that your child will be building essential word knowledge and reasoning skills without even realising.

Presenting the biggest Hidden Pictures(R) collection ever! This 256-page jumbo book is packed with over 175 black-and-white Hidden Pictures(R) puzzles. With more than 1,500 things to find, this book will keep everyone busy at home or on the go. Makes a great gift for all Hidden Pictures(R) fans!

The perfect stocking filler for fun-loving eight-year-olds, this jam-packed, illustrated activity book will provide hours of entertainment during the Christmas holidays. It contains hundreds of absorbing activities, including word and picture games, puzzles, codebreaking, mazes, riddles, wordsearches, dot-to-dots, and much more - as well as fun things to make and do. The activities cover a range of fantastic, festive themes - including Christmas - and will amuse and challenge all creative and curious eight-year-olds. Also available: The Funniest Jokes for 8 Year Olds and Spectacular Science for 8 Year Olds by Glenn Murphy.

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)

Kids Learn Spanish with Crossword Puzzles for Kids A fun new take on crossword puzzles where kids can build their vocabulary, learn a new language, and have fun all in one! Kids Learn Spanish with games. Introduce your child to learning a new language through the power of Woo! Jr.'s crossword puzzles for kids. Packed with more than 80 bilingual activities to encourage your child's love of Spanish, this crossword puzzles workbook is the essential guide to strengthening your child's dual language learning skills. An ESL workbook for any age. The dual language word puzzles are developed so that either Spanish or English-speaking readers can play within their native languages. Develop familiarity with simple everyday words with these Spanish for kids games that can help Spanish speakers practice English as a second language. English and Spanish Crossword Puzzles for Kids is a resource for classroom and homeschool use and is packed with: Vocabulary word lists in both languages Daily puzzles to keep your child engaged and educated Crosswords with kid-friendly themes such as technology, holidays, sports, hobbies, and more If you liked fun and educational crossword puzzle books for your child such as 101 Fun Crossword Puzzles for Kids, Crossword Puzzles for Kids, or 101 Fun Word Search Puzzles for Clever Kids 4-8, then you'll love Woo! Jr.'s English and Spanish Crossword Puzzles for Kids.

From the creators of the #1 kids podcast Wow in the World comes an interactive, science-based activity book based on their daily game show, Two Whats?! and a Wow! Choose between three unbelievable science statements to identify the true wow fact from the fallacies--and then learn the why and how behind the wow! But that's not all! After each round, tackle a STEAM-based challenge using a few household items and a lot of creativity. And discover even more science fun in the sidebars, which are filled with brain-bursting facts and figures. Packed with Wow in the World's signature, family-friendly humor and fascinating science facts, the Two Whats?! and a Wow! Think & Tinker Playbook will provide hours of learning, laughs, and wows.

Have fun dressing up, accessorising and learning about the props in the Harry Potter films in this gorgeous book that includes 10 paper characters! Learn all about your favourite Wizarding World characters in this exciting book with amazing paper doll characters! Dolls include: Harry Potter Ron Weasley Hermione Granger Draco Malfoy Luna Lovegood Cho Chang Ginny Weasley and more. You'll be able to dress up and decorate these iconic Harry Potter characters with paper props and accessories as seen in the films. How long is Harry's wand? What about Hermione's? What was the first spell that Ron Weasley successfully cast in the Harry Potter films, and do you know what Luna Lovegood's last word on screen were? All this info - and a whole lot more! - can be found in this awesome activity book.

A groundbreaking new series from two bestselling writers that teaches you about the world through football. The first book is packed with awesome true stories, real science and fascinating facts and will make you laugh loads. When do footballers poo? Can you play football on Mars? What is a magic sponge? You will find the answers to these questions and more in chapters on subjects such as history, geography, biology and maths. Illustrated throughout with hilarious cartoons and filled with laugh-out-loud gags this is the perfect book for any boy or girl who loves football. Your coaches at Football School, Alex Bellos and Ben Lyttleton, are journalists, broadcasters and award-winning science and sports writers. Their knowledge, enthusiasm and engaging writing make them the perfect team to teach you how to score with your head.

Eight Bible stories are depicted in intense colour and comic, cartoony illustrations. There is a sentence or two explaining the scene at the top, and then details to spot, mistakes to find and questions to answer along the sides of the picture. Did Noah's workmen REALLY have power tools? How many rabbits are in the picture? Children will love scouring the detail to find the answers and spot more amusing detail in the busy artwork of Emiliano Migliado. Stories are: Noah and the Ark, Crossing the Red Sea, The Fall of Jericho, David and Goliath, Jonah and the Big Fish, Feeding the 5,000, Man Through the Roof.