*Winner Armed with the Arts Inc. Creative Book Award* Kids will learn how to make colorful kites while exploring Asian culture and history with this easy-to-follow craft book for kids. Fun to build and exciting to fly, kites are a universal expression of joy and wonder for enthusiasts of all ages. Asian Kites for Kids features kite building projects that are beautiful and functional--ideal for teachers, camp counselors, parents, and budding young kite makers themselves. Kite making is a traditional Asian craft and an essential aspect of folklore that uses everyday materials to create beautiful works of art. In fact, kites are just as much fun to build as they are to fly! The colorful, easy-to-follow instructions will have readers building and flying fifteen different models from across Asia, including China, Japan, Malaysia, Thailand, and Korea. With Asian Kites for Kids readers will learn to build: A Butterfly kite from China A Cobra kite from Thailand A Mini kite from Malaysia A Shield kite from Korea An Octopus kite from Japan and much more! This book includes sections on safety, the anatomy of kites, troubleshooting tips, as well as an index of online retailers and resources. Spend hours of fun with your kids and friends crafting handmade Asian kites, and then watching your original creations soar.

From the winner of the 2020 Children's Sports Book of the Year Award. This inspiring collection shows young readers that football has the power to change the world, and so do they! The ultimate gift for every football-obsessed child. Did you know that football can change the world? Well, have you heard of . . . *The children who built a floating football pitch? *The match that stopped a nation fighting? *The girl who kicked down barriers to win the World Cup? *The footballer who fought food poverty? Readers will uncover the most incredible and unbelievable stories of football changing the world for the better, and discover how they can too. Compiled by bestselling author Matt Oldfield, this is the second book in the award-winning Unbelievable Football series. Inspiring, entertaining and conversation-starting, this is a book for football fans everywhere.

This book is intended to act both as an encouragement for children to learn their tables, and as a reward for having succedded in doing so. On every page there are diagrams made up of small numbered areas. If that number will divide by the number being studied, then the area has to be colored. When all the target areas of a particular puzzle are colored then the hidden picture is revealed. In this way children become more familiar with the number combinations, essential for skill at mental arithmetic. There are also other charts and "hundred squares" to color and the book is then rounded off with a target test to confirm the progress being made.

Spot a purple puppy, a dog on a skateboard and a tap-dancing cat. This entertaining book is packed with dogs and cats to find, match and count and there's a little white mouse hiding in every picture. Simple text and picture prompts direct specific searches and there are plenty of other delightful details to discover and talk about.

Little children will have fun using the wipe-clean pen as they solve pet-themed mazes, join dots, spot differences and trace over pictures and numbers. At the same time, they will be practising the vital pen-control skills they need for learning to write letters and numbers. The ink easily rubs off the shiny pages to make the activities ready to be done time and time again.

It's time to compete in the sportiest search and find you've ever seen. Find the friendly bunch of poos as they compete in gymnastics, football, athletics, diving and other super-fun activities. The race is on to find the sporty poos before the final whistle. Plus, there's a special gold medal poo to find in one of the scenes, too. Ready, set, search!

A bumper collection of 300 quick crossword puzzles to test your word knowledge and have you reaching for the thesaurus. The puzzles are in a standard 13x13 grid size. How quickly can you solve these?

You will find the solutions easily at the back of the book.

Keep your mind sharp and improve your word power at the same time. Ideal for whiling away the time while travelling, on holiday or relaxing at home.

Come and explore the incredible lives of spiders and find out all about these eight-legged supreme predators. Exactly 100 facts will help you discover the world of these hairy mini-beasts and their important place in it. Learn about their super spider senses, excellent web-spinning skills and how they capture their prey.