Conceived as a unique publishing program for parents to share with their babies, the Amazing Baby series from Silver Dolphin Books features a range of formats designed to grow with the developing minds of amazing babies. Amazing Baby I Love You, Amazing Baby Squeak Squeak and Amazing Baby Baby’s Day continue in this tradition, providing parents with a great way to spend quality time with their babies as they learn and have fun. Each title features bold graphics, rhyming text, interactive activities and manageable formats that deliver a stimulating experience for children and parents alike. (This product is no longer in print.)

Inside Big Dig from Silver Dolphin Books, you can get up close and personal with the tough and exciting world of construction vehicles. Pull the tabs, lift the flaps and slide the panels to find out such things as how a bulldozer works, how a crane reaches up high and how concrete is mixed. Reusable stickers take the fun further as kids use them to decorate the different machines and create their own scenes. (This product is no longer in print.)

Read, play, and listen to this soft and squeezable cloth book from Silver Dolphin Books. Each page features a classic nursery rhyme with bright and colorful artwork. This egg-shaped book has arms, legs, and surprise squeakers in the hands. Pull the string and listen to the musical lullaby.

Totally fun and engaging, Totally Sea Creatures is the newest title in Silver Dolphin’s best selling Totally series, a build-your-own-kit collection that combines factual reading, realistic graphics, and imaginative play for a complete learning experience. In the newest title, budding oceanographers learn about the fascinating life found at various depths in the sea, including mysterious events that occur so deep down that humans can only speculate about them. Kids can then create sea creatures of their own, such as a Crab, Squid, Hammerhead Shark, Seahorse, and Orca.

From the library of Silver Dolphin’s most cherished series, Snappy Little Pop-Ups, comes Snappy Little Splashers, a charming story featuring a cast of lovable ocean dwellers that pop-up to play with young readers. Incredible adventures, lovable characters, bold bright graphics, engaging rhyming text, and big, fun pop-ups await the hands of each little tot.

This book is great for those who love to sculpt and want to hone their skills. In addition to a complete set of sculpting tools, this kit provides lessons on the sculpting techniques used by great artists. This unique book also features step-by-step sculpting projects that will increase skill and pleasure in the art of sculpting. Clay is included.

Math Mastermind: Grade 1 reinforces math skills and enables first–graders to apply math concepts through simple, engaging exercises. By following shape designs, constructing with blocks and playing card number games,

children learn to count whole numbers and recognize basic geometric shapes. The activities use such tools as dominoes, spinners and cubes — all included in the kit — to teach skills in the areas of observation, logical thinking, fine motor and eye–hand coordination and problem solving. It also helps early learners develop a positive attitude toward math while enjoying a fun educational experience. This all–inclusive kit includes a 52–page workbook, a 32–page activity book, a 12–page parent manual, a CD–ROM with activities, math games and a variety of components to reinforce the mathematical skills a first–grader needs to know. READ MOM REVIEW

Move over, Sgt. Pepper. This pop-up book is not only a treat for the eyes, but for the ears as well. The rocking and rolling Snappy Town Band (made up of furry and feathered animals) is giving their first concert performance, and each pop-up plays a different tune. Kids will love the characters and hum along with the rollicking songs as they get a kick out of this spirited book.

Itīs Thanksgiving in Snappy Town, and the usual gang prepare for the annual feast in this creative pop-up book. Grocery shopping, raking leaves, and doing dishes are some of the everyday activities brought to life by the pop-up designs of Jonathan Lambert. The book also gives a sense of the values and meaning behind Thanksgiving.

The pop-up residents of Snappy Town are making out their lists, because itīs almost Christmastime in their jolly little town. This is also an audio book, and sounds play with the turn of each page. Kids will be enchanted by the bells and carolling while they wait for Santa to come down their own chimney.

Something spooky is going on in Snappy Town, but the gentle residents keep the mood light while they wait for the clock to strike midnight on Halloween. The audio portions of the book contain eerie sounds, and the pop-up design is top-notch. Snappy Sounds: Boo will make a great read for any youngster after a fun (and fruitful) night of trick-or-treating.

Children get an extreme close-up of all kinds of bugs in this extraordinary, 48-page, educational book. Kids will love the extreme creepiness of looking at the microscopic details of everything from ants and bees to dragonflies, milipedes, and more. Each spread features awesome 3-D photographs that kids can check out with the included 3-D glasses, and plenty of fun, fascinating facts like where ants go to the bathroom.

Kids will love the extreme gross-out factor in this 48-page educational book that explores the mysteries of the human body. Armed with the included 3-D glasses, young readers can view fascinating 3-D photographs taken by special scanning electron microscopes. Not only will they be able to learn about how their bodies work, but they will enjoy learning about all of the microscopic organisms residing in their hair, nails and mouth.

Written by David George Gordon, Uncover a Tarantula examines the structure and anatomy of the largest spiders in the world and provides fascinating facts and information on each exciting page. Learn how these predators capture and kill other insects and animals, use their bodies to protect and camouflage themselves and why their blood is green. This full-color illustrated book combines the best model elements to help readers truly uncover the mysteries of what makes things work. A fascinating three-dimensional presentation allows in-depth, hands-on exploration of the subject at hand. This unique model is easily built, deconstructed, and rebuilt layer-by-layer, system-by-system, just by turning a page, until an understanding of the topic is achieved. Kids will love to see and touch each disgusting but interesting tarantula part!

Kids will be ready for some silly Halloween surprises as young readers meet a colorful collection of would-be Halloween haunters. Featuring 10 tremendous pop-up treats, playful rhymes lead little ones on a hilarious hunt for creepy characters. This 8½” x 10½” book includes 20 pages full of pop-ups with full-color illustrations throughout.

This new craft kit from Build-A-Bear Workshop includes all the ingredients for making jewelry: alphabet beads, charm beads, pony beads, embroidery thread, ribbon, felt, and more. The kit also comes with a 32-page book filled with lots of fun projects as well as the basic sewing and beading skills youngsters need to create their own jewelry. Each project features easy step-by-step instructions, close-up photos and how-to illustrations, and pictures of the finished jewelry. Projects include Bear-aided Friendship Bear-acelets, Spiral Swirl Chokers, Letter and Charm Necklaces, and Tropical Flower Hair Ornaments.

Critics back in the 1500’s thought Leonardo da Vinci had bats in his belfry when he drew plans for a flying machine that looked and worked like the wings of a bat. Scientists today, however, know there is a lot to be learned from these incredible animals. Because bats’ brains are built for "seeing" with sound, scientists are now studying this special bat skill to build robots that use echolocation to navigate in the dark. Kids will love exploring the mysterious world of the planet’s only flying mammal in this cool book packed with amazing information and awesome illustrations. Then they’ll get a chance to build their very own robotic bat — complete with light-up eyes and flapping wings! The model can hang from a post and attach to a door, or stand on a perch.

Did young Henri Matisse create faces out of the peas and carrots on his dinner plate? Probably. Now here’s a chance for kids to release their inner artists and create modern collage masterpieces of their own. Each practical kit comes with a set of basic collage essentials as well as a 48-page book filled with the inspiring stories of famous collage artists like Robert Rauschenberg, Joan Miró, Gustav Klimt and contemporary artists like Nam June Paik. Kids can challenge their creativity with 20 exciting art projects, including their own Matisse-inspired disco dancer collage. The 48-page book is 10” by 10” with full-color illustrations throughout.

Who says “baa, baa?” What does a fish like to do? There are lots of fun, stimulating activities in these new flash cards from the child development specialists at Amazing Baby. The set includes 26 colorful illustrated cards featuring sparkly foil adornments and simple read-aloud text, as well as instructions for simple games and activities. Designed for adults and children to enjoy together, the cards encourage interaction, word association and picture recognition. The pack of 26 cards are 4 ½” by 7 ½” with full-color illustrations throughout.

During the Ice Age, woolly mammoths roamed the earth in great herds, but now only their fossilized bones remain. In this all-inclusive kit, young paleontologists can hunt for fossils — and clues — as they attempt to solve a mystery thousands of years old. Utilizing the tools and techniques used by real fossil hunters, kids can unearth the bones of a woolly mammoth and assemble their own museum-style exhibit. This unique interactive kit comes with everything kids need to dig up some fun. The 40-page book is 11 ¾” by 10” with full-color illustrations throughout.

This unique book is filled with fascinating facts about what goes on beneath the skin and includes a comprehensive range of visual aids, including detailed photos, illustrations, diagrams, two wall-sized posters, and cool transparent pages that allow curious kids to peel back the layers and discover just how their bodies actually work

This book lets readers leap into an interactive journey through the jungle and learn about exotic animals and their habits. They can follow the trail of the jungle’s most magnificent creatures, including silent jaguars, leaping monkeys and pink river dolphins. And then assemble their own animals for a museum-ready display. It includes 51 pieces to assemble eight rain forest animals. Launch date: March 2, 2008.

This book offers an inside look at the special anatomical and behavioral characteristics that make dogs our most trusted and lovable animal companions. Readers can learn why certain dogs have certain behaviors and why others don’t. This extraordinary title brings together the best elements of a traditional book with an incredible 3-D model that provides an in-depth, hands-on exploration of the subject at hand. It’s a fascinating adventure, filled with wild facts, cool illustrations and diagrams that bring this awesome animal to life. Launch date: May 31, 2008.

Readers will learn all about the ocean’s most magnificent creatures, including the powerful gray reef shark, the graceful-yet-deadly man-of-war and the paralyzing blue-ringed octopus. The book is filled with incredible animal photographs, maps, interesting information and detailed illustrations. The book also offers the opportunity to assemble eight different animals stored inside the pockets of each page. Launch date: April 2008.