Best Children's House & Home Books
From Rapunzel's Frying Pan Eggs to Ariel's Sea Turtle Cupcakes, this beautiful cookbook is filled with delicious recipes inspired by the Princesses' many adventures.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"I couldn't stand Disney's extreme "makeovers" on all the princesses, where they glammed them up by not only giving them more makeup and fancier hair and clothes, but also changed their bodies and faces, making them taller, skinnier, paler, older and vapid. But in this book, the princesses look just like they did in the movies, very cute, more "real" (as real as a cartoon can get) and down-to-earth, with some personality."
"Book came nicely packaged."
"My daughter is three and loves to “cook” with me. Every recipe has a photo (I wish every cookbook was like that!). and a lovely drawing of the princess cooking it."
"Finally, being Disney fans, we love the artwork and my daughter always relates to the recipes and the characters who made them."
"Being involved in preparing meals is important and you have an opportunity to teach them math skills in a fun way."
"I love that they make the food pretty to eat, shaped like flowers in one."
"I really wanted a cook book to start with my daughter a few things here or there."
"This had recipes so cute and easy that I almost kept it for myself instead of gifting it to my kid sister."
Cook up some science in your home with Kitchen Science Lab for Kids . Kitchen Science Lab for Kids offers 52 fun science activities for families to do together.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Here is a list of the sections: Unit 1-Carbonated Chemical Reactions. Unit 2 Crystal Creations. Unit 3 Physics in Motion. Unit 4 Life Science. Unit 5 Astonishing Liquids. Unit 6 Polymers, Colloids & Misbehaving Materials. Unit 7 Acids & Basis. Unit 8 Marvelous Microbiology. Unit 9 Shocking Science. Unit 10 Bodacious Botany. Unit 11 Sunny Science. Unit 12 Rocket Science. The projects are so much fun."
"This is the neatest book."
"Gave this as a gift to a very inquisitive kid."
"Gave as gift."
"Item arrived on time and as described."
"Love this book."
"My 4 1/2 year old daughter is obsessed with this book."
"It looks like it has a lot of fun ideas/activities!!"
Counting on Community is Innosanto Nagara's follow-up to his hit ABC book, A is for Activist . Besides being a fun, rhythmic, and lively text to read, the book's illustrations present a world of diversity and complex, inclusive beauty. We should shower our children, schools, libraries, and our communities with books like this one." "Counting on Community is a meaningful introduction to early readers about our innate power to contribute to our home, neighborhood and the world." Not only is Counting on Community an endearing and beautifully illustrated book, it represents the best hopes and dreams for our communities."
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Not all the pages have the number clearly printed in a predictable way for children to recognize - something I initially overlooked when I received it because it seems challenging to hunt down the message on each page and probably useful for them to recognize the many different forms that numbers come in. The number two page references "neighbor friends" but there are 6 people on the page (all mostly in groups of two, all of them potentially "neighbor friends"). The number 5 page has 5 chunks of chalk clearly piled right in the foreground of the picture, under the text. The number 7 page is the most confusing of all. I also think it's worth noting that if there are x number of bikes and scooters "to share" there should be that number of helmets as well but I'm more concerned with the fact that there's not a total of 7 things on the number 7 page. Overall, I give the book 4 stars because I value the art and the conversation-with-child aspect of evaluating what is on each page but I feel like as a fundamental numbers book, it is lacking in clarity and consistency and I just couldn't give it 5 stars."
"Great book!"
"This is an amazing book."
"Amazing book for young children."
"I Love it and purchase a copy for every baby show."
"I purchased this book to be part of my grandson's collection of first books in his library."
"Cute book!"
"This book is beautiful for the fun illustrations, AND the message."
Best Children's Where We Live Books
This New York Times bestselling Nordic tale in the tradition of The Snowman, The Polar Express, and the many books of Jan Brett will have readers of all ages believing in the magic of Christmas. The full-page photographs look like they could be movie stills, so sharp and seamless are the figures that Anja and the animals cut against the winter landscape of Northern lights, glaciers, and snowy pine trees.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Great book!"
"I have most all of Lori evert books and they are such a great story and the most beautiful pictures."
"Beautiful story."
"Beautiful story, great gift for adults and children alike."
"Sweet story, awesome photos."
"Such a Beautiful book!"
"Beautiful book to keep for years to come."
Best Children's Woodworking Books
So now it’s even easier and more fun for kids to handmake a bench for their own workshop, create a DVD storage cube that spins, build a doggie diner, or craft adjustable stilts, a box with a secret drawer, and many other long-lasting items. Praise for the first edition:
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Find Best Price at Amazon"The projects include: A workbench (4'x2' and 30" tall), miter box, tool box, compass tool, bench hook, assorted bird houses, a squirrel feeder, standing cat scratching post, dog house for a small dog, critter observation station, bike stand, 2 toy boats, rope ladder (like the kind you would use for a tree house), a scooter, 8' balance beam, baseball shelf (holds bat, glove and balls), curio-type shelf, jewelry tree, desktop organizer, study partner (holds your book open), table top easel, a heart box (the heart is added as a sort of handle, could cut a different shape, the box is like a shoebox), place card holders, key rack (holds keys), media tower for dvds or cds, travel checkers, airplane, drum, and a tesselation bird puzzle."
"Nice book and has easy projects for kids."
"This is a wonderful book to teach basic woodworking skills to kids and others who needs basic knowledge."
"Wonderful book with projects for all ages on many different levels of complexity."
"My husband teaches woodshop and likes the tips for his class."
"At first my 9 year old just looked at it."
"Grandson was excited about receiving this for Christmas."
"Grandson received for 2011 Christmas and has used for multiple of the projects, making presents for family members and friends."
Best Children's Engineering Books
Created by an MIT engineer, award winning educators, designers, and homeschooling experts, STEAM Kids will inspire your children to: question like a scientist design like a technologist build like an engineer create like an artist deduce like a mathematician – and, most importantly – play like a kid! If you're an after school teacher, classroom educator, homeschooler, or curious parent, this well organized, beautifully photographed book will delight and inspire you and your kids to create, invent, and tinker."
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Find Best Price at Amazon"The back of the book has a great resource to help you plan a week of experiments/activities, printables, and a list of where to find additional project extensions on the web to further an experiment or idea. There are a few things you have to purchase for some of the experiments, like thermochromic pigment for the color changing play doh (I found it here on Amazon for about $18) and 3 volt coin batteries and copper taping."
"I was hoping that this book would do a better job at helping us parents and educators come up with better terminology to use with the kids on how STEAM applies to each of the projects."
"good product and good trade."
"A lot of different ideas, we did one of the project about 4 times."
"Lots of fun activities, not too complicated."
"I'm So excited to start the projects with my little boy."
"Quick delivery and the book has many great ideas for 4-H groups."
Best Children's Country Life Books
This New York Times bestselling Nordic tale in the tradition of The Snowman, The Polar Express, and the many books of Jan Brett will have readers of all ages believing in the magic of Christmas. The full-page photographs look like they could be movie stills, so sharp and seamless are the figures that Anja and the animals cut against the winter landscape of Northern lights, glaciers, and snowy pine trees.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"The older students loved the photographs along with the story."
"Great book!"
"I have most all of Lori evert books and they are such a great story and the most beautiful pictures."
"Beautiful story."
"Beautiful story, great gift for adults and children alike."
"Sweet story, awesome photos."
"Such a Beautiful book!"
Best Children's Farm Life Books
Series description: With appealing touch-and-feel elements on every spread, DK's Touch and Feel series is a favorite for both parents and children, in a larger format than DK's Baby Touch and Feel books.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"The book had 5 pages of touch and feel."
"Overall this is a fun book to read to your child."
"I got this for my step sister and she is obsessed with it."
"My 6-month-old loves this book."
"This is one of the best "Touch and Feel" books."
"Its the perfect distraction for changing times and she will spend time just playing with it on her own."
"My 2 yr.old grandson loves this book, every night we have to read this."
"It is a great travel book or just stay at home and read book."
Best Children's City Life Books
Everywhere Blue looks, he sees buses, police cars, taxis, vans, a street sweeper, and even the mayor’s limousine. Brimming with bright colors, sounds, and city energy, this adventure makes working together and taking turns more fun than ever.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"We love the original Little Blue Truck book so we were excited to try this one."
"It tries to teach a good lesson, similar to the first book."
"The illustrations are first-rate, with a lot of detail to explore, including several different kinds of vehicles and stores and tall buildings, and many different kinds of people on the street. The storyline is about a tangle of fast-moving traffic as Little Blue Truck comes into town with a load of lettuce to sell, and the mayor's limousine breaking down in the middle of it."
"The illustrations are just kinda difficult to really fully see on some pages, as the scene was split onto different pages with some car being split into both."
"This is my son's favorite story from his favorite series."
"My son loves this book."
"He asks questions about the expressions on the cars faces and likes to point things out on the pages."
"My 4 yr old grand son LOVES this book....he has the first book "The little blue truck" already, and was so happy with the second one."