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202 Incredible Things to Make and Do on the Weekend delivers exactly what the title suggests: over 200 fun and creative projects and activities. The entries range in difficulty and complexity, and will fill anything from a wet afternoon to a whole weekend. Full of classic projects and traditional crafts, it makes an ideal gift for a father or grandfather, but is equally useful as a sourcebook of activities for families.

Based on a lifetime spent working with small children in Australian playgroups, Everyday Play is filled with ideas to help children reach their optimum wellbeing through exploration, experimentation and discovery. With an emphasis on practical, open-ended and easily replicated ideas, this fresh, contemporary book is perfect for parents, grandparents, group-learning situations and home learning.
 
 
 
 
 
 

A striking book of opposites ideal for early learning, designed to build vocabulary and discover visual perspective Eleven pairs of opposites each have a clear, acetate sheet between them. Children can simply flip the acetate back and forth to reveal the opposite. This book is full of bold, simple, colorful images, always with a visual twist. Fun, educational, and making graphic design accessible to all ages, these quirky illustrations encourage interactive reading between adult and child.

Look through this pictorial book of astoundingly intricate drawings, and a lot of tongue in cheek, to find Elvis in all sorts of locations and amongst all kinds of weird and wonderful characters. Find the people who have faked their way from ordinary stardom to super-stardom, or even to becoming icons! And check out the ones whose 'after life' expectations didn't lead to the 'after life' cash-in they were expecting. Look for his blue suede shoes, one of his gold records or even a pair of his GI underpants!

Piggity-Wiggity Jiggity Jig is back in a festive tale of Christmas calamity! The Jig household is bustling with preparations for Christmas and the arrival of the grandparents. And when Piggity-Wiggity is told that he is to be the star in the family play, he is very excited. But his festive role in the celebrations is not quite what Piggity-Wiggity expected …

Make 11 fantastic balloon projects for party play or everyday. This book will turn the balloon-twisting amateur into a pro. Beginning with basic instructions on blowing up the balloons and knot-tying, the projects range from a simple sword and helmet, to a braided wreath and a bike. The spiral bound book comes with 40 multi-coloured balloons and a balloon pump. Ages 8+.

Following the success of Yates Young Gardener: Growing Things to Eat, Janice Marriott's latest gardening book is packed full of ideas for outside fun and learning. With experiments like making shrunken heads, a butterfly feeding jar or fungus garden, or even designing a dream garden, this book is packed full of activities for you to do in your home garden. Look out for KIA - short for Mr Know-it-all - offering useful advice along the way, Nurse Nasturtium, teaching you how to keep safe in the garden, and the Red Hot Poker Joker, wh... read more

Continuing with our successful titles in the Tui family this practical, highly illustrated guide has been written specifically for the young gardener. It contains all the essential information you need to start a garden plus information on the most popular plants young gardeners might like to cultivate. There are also sections on protecting your plants, how to design a garden, what tools are needed as well as combating pests and diseases. Recipes using your produce are also included as well as crafts, trivia and key tips. A handy p... read more

This book contains the whole world of childhood. There's a kitchen, and all the things in it. There are planes and ships, plants and animals. Music and sports, colours and clothing ...If you look very closely, you will find enchanting small stories on every page.

*A comprehensive history of disease and pestilence, told from the point of view of the bugs and pests that cause them. The book features case histories of specific epidemics, eyewitness' accounts from the rats, flies, ticks and creepy-crawlies who spread diseases, plus plenty of fascinating facts and figures on the biggest and worst afflictions. Illustrated throughout with brilliantly entertaining artworks and endearing characters, you'll be entertained by a cabinet war room showing the war on germs, a rogues' gallery highlighting... read more

Be inspired to create and build amazing models in LEGO[registered]! "The LEGO Ideas Book" is packed full of tips from expert LEGO builders on how to make jet planes reach new heights, create fantastic fortresses, swing through lush jungles, have fun on the farm and send space shuttles out of this world! This book is divided into six themed chapters - transport, buildings, space, kingdoms, adventure and useful makes. With over 500 models and ideas, this book is perfect for any LEGO fan - young or young at heart - who wants to make t... read more

RESCUE TRUCKS is ideal for the young emergency enthusiast. It's pages actually fold out and turn into extra-long highwqays - full-colour playscapes featuring all sorts of calamaties: fallen bridges, flooded highways, forest fires nad so on. Flip the fold-out over and a new set of playscapes (with black and white art) invte a lot of colour-me-in-time. We threw in build-'em-yourself instuctions for things like paper tube tunnels and shoebox bridges. Last but not least, of course, are the hardworking rescue vehicles themselves, a f... read more

Joan Miro (1893 - 1983) was a Catalan/Spanish painter and sculptor who became one of the greatest artists of the 20th century whose surrealist masterpieces are represented in many of the great art galleries of the world. This fascinating and innovative book invites readers to learn from the master. Step by step, line by line it shows the reader how to recreate some of Miro's most famous work. Through copying and then improvising for themselves, it will help them to see and appreciate Miro's drawings and inspire readers to try out... read more

"When I was young I could draw like Raphael, but it has taken me my whole life to learn to draw like a child". Now you can learn from the master himself. Step by step, line by line we show you how to recreate some of Picasso's most famous motifs. Through copying and then improvising for yourself, this book will help you to see and appreciate Picasso's drawings and inspire you to try out many more of your own.

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Solve the mind-boggling picture puzzles on every page of this book using the three cool searching tools - one to magnify, one to find colours with and a 'flashlight' to use in the dark! With challenging games and amazing optical tricks, this book is sure to keep little hands busy.

Suitable for children, this title presents chemistry 'experiments' that show how the things are made from just 92 chemical elements - from tree to mobile phones, to humans and the Sun.

A super-stylish new activity series for girls. Stacks of sensational festive ideas for a really crafty Christmas including Christmas cards, Advent calendars, table decorations and tree adornments. All wrapped up in an utterly gorgeous cover, this is a perfect gift for girls of all ages.

Ronny Rock is a very, very lucky boy. Why is he lucky? Because he lives with his dad, Rock the Baker, and this bakery is one of the most exciting places on the high street, if not the world. It's National Take Your Child to Work Day and Ronny gets to spend the whole day with Rock the Baker, his dad, and he loves it.