This book provides early knitters with 12 new projects that take advantage of some of the newest, "coolest," in-style fun yarns on the market today. Every pattern is accompanied by how-to-do it step-by-step illustrations and a clear list of what is needed. Kids will find how easy it is knit!

Kids discover what makes the weather happen and how to predict what's ahead. Activities include making equipment to measure rainfall, wind direction and speed, humidity, and barometric pressure; recording measurements and observations in a Weather Log; and simulating weather events to demonstrate the science behind them. From foggy mornings to sunny afternoons to our changing seasons, weather forecasting is a year-round, practical science that children will have fun learning about. Perfect for budding meteorologists and science lovers. Launch date: January 28, 2017.
— In a December 2011 survey Mary Porter Green, owner of The Curiosity Zone in Ashton, Va., told TDmonthly, "We sell a lot of the science and craft books from Ideals Books - such as Science Play and Weather Forecasting. They are brightly colored with great graphics on the covers and full of simple projects for kids."           

Beginning and skilled puppet makers alike will appreciate the crafting and performance techniques this book offers. Activities are presented as beginnings that children can then expand upon with their own ideas and creative touches.

This book creates situations that allow parents and teachers to spend stress-free time with kids, while also providing the best types of learning environments. Learners of every style will find something that they excel in and many opportunities to try out new things in a safe, encouraging environment.

This creative book encourages children to engage in developmentally appropriate role-playing, while the learn to improvise by creating something out of "nothing." Kids will call on their own special talents to "build," imagine, pretend, and act out, while exploring life in various kinds of self-made "structures." These activities will stimulate children to develop improvisational, creative, and problem-solving skills, while also encouraging them to work together.

This book is written by two kids who found they were fending for themselves (and their working parents) in the kitchen. It includes more than 150 recipes covering each mealtime plus snacks, desserts and salads. Mouthwatering dishes include A Whale of a Fruit Salad, Jammed Potato Skins, Chicken Shirt Pocket, Taco Salad, Tortilla Pizzas, Breakfast-on-the-Go and Faux Lasagna.

By P.K.Hallinan: Friends come in all colors and sizes; they can be funny or serious, musical or athletic, outgoing or quiet. This book reminds children to celebrate their differences because that is what makes each of us so special. A superb book about acceptance/tolerance.