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Chugga Chugga Choo Choo

Kevin Lewis

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Total reviews: 96 Average rating: 5.0 of 5

Chugga Chugga 5 out of 5 stars.
1 of 1 people found this review helpful.

Our boy already loved Tugga-Tugga Tugboat and My Truck is Stuck, so I had an idea that he would like this book by the same author/illustrator combo, especially because he likes trains.

Well, this was his favorite of the three. The drawings are charming, the story sufficiently uncomplicated for a nearly-three-year-old, and he wanted us to read nothing else for weeks. Highly recommended.

My children's favorite book 5 out of 5 stars.
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This simple, rhyming book about a toy train has been read and re-read in this house. My girls absolutely MUST hear this book at least five times a day. We're on our third copy, as the first two were destroyed from overuse. My only criticism is that the book is not of more sturdy construction. If you have toddlers and pre-school age children, this book is a must have!

Great bedtime book for train lovers! 5 out of 5 stars.
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My 2 year old son loves this book. He's loved it since he was about 9 months old. It's rhyming and fun to read out loud with bright and interesting illustrations. Sure to be a hit for any boy who loves trains!

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A rhyming story about a toy freight train's day, from loading freight in the morning to retiring to the roundhouse after the day's work is done.

Friendship Bracelets (Klutz)

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Total reviews: 24 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

Friendship Bracelets Klutz Book 5 out of 5 stars.
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This is our 2nd Klutz book we have purchased. (we have the Cootie Catcher) AND WE LOVE THEM!
My daughter, age 9 is a big fan, especially on the rainy days. It will remind you of those bracelets I think we all learned to make as a kid PLUS some really different versions of them. Not a whole lot of string comes with it, so if you are giving it as a gift (which we did- her best friend, age 10), Make sure you pick up some extra string. I was able to find them at pretty much any craft store for 25 cents a color. (Not bad- eh?)
It comes with a handy clip and a measuring area on the book to make things a lot easier then when I was a kid! No more putting the string under a heavy book and working that way :o)
WOrTh EvEry PennY!

Klutz craft 4 out of 5 stars.
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KLUTZ is the place to start for creativity for the beginner. Easy with step-by-step instructions. Bracelets can be created in team colors, flowers, hearts and other designs. Fun to make with a great product to wear or share at end learning process. Book to be returned to over and over for new designs and colors.

Editorial Review:

Super-clear directions for ten different kinds of bracelets, with all the colorful floss and beads you need to make all of them. A built-in clipboard provides the ideal work surface for this coolest of crafts.

The Big Book of Brain Games: 1,000 PlayThinks of Art, Mathematics & Science

Ivan Moscovich

Amazon Price: $15.61 List Price: $22.95 By: Workman Publishing Company - Model: 13466 Amazon Marketplace: 31 new & used starting at $6.95

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Total reviews: 6 Average rating: 5.0 of 5

Highly recommended book of puzzles 5 out of 5 stars.
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A superbly designed book of puzzles. You will find all types of "brain games" with different degrees of difficulty clearly marked. An index at the end of the book allows you to choose a "brain game" according to its type and degree of difficulty. Solutions to all brain games are at the end of the book.
Very colourful and inviting for all ages. Just leave it on your coffee table and all the family will stop to browse it and try their hands (or brains rather) at any of these attractively presented puzzles.

Editorial Review:

About the original 1000 PlayThinks,Will Shortz of The New York Times said it best: “The most wide-ranging, visually appealing, entertaining, gigantic collection of brainteasers since Sam Loyd’s Cyclopedia of Puzzles almost a century ago.” Inside The Big Book of Brain Games, you will find an obsessive collection of 1,000 challenges, puzzles, riddles, illusions—originals as well as must-do classics—it’s like salted peanuts for the brain. With jampacked pages and a full-color illustration for each entry, the book, opened anywhere, is a call to action. (And it’s guaranteed to make you smarter.) Twelve basic categories include Geometry, Patterns, Numbers, Logic and Probability, and Perception. An easy-to-read key at the top of each game ranks its difficulty on a scale of 1 to 10, while indices in the back cross-reference the puzzles. (You’ll find the answers back there, too.)

Baby's Box of Fun: A Karen Katz Lift-the-Flap Gift Set: Where Is Baby's Belly Button; Where Is Baby's Mommy?; Toes, Ears, & Nose

Marion Dane Bauer

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Total reviews: 30 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

Adorable, interactive books! 5 out of 5 stars.
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My 9-month-old loves these books! The flaps make them interactive and the illustrations are very colorful. Also, there are a variety of nationalities included. I highly recommend them (but be sure to supervise since it would be easy to bend or tear the flaps).

BEST BOOKS EVER 5 out of 5 stars.
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My daughter LOVES these books and always gravitates towards them. They are fun to read and very interactive. I just bought several sets as gifts for new parents!!

PERFECT FOR BUSY & TOUGH BOYS! 5 out of 5 stars.
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I have a 1 year old son who, until these books, would NEVER sit still long enough for me to read to him. I got one of these books for him ("where is baby's belly button") about 3 months ago, and he LOVED IT! The pages are cardboard, so he can't rip the pages out (which he normally does). The "flip-ups" are made of a thick paper so it's rather difficult for him to rip those out, as well. The can be ripped out, especially by rough & tumble boys like mine, but it takes some effort on their part, which is good considering other books get domolished in seconds. Anyway, after about 3 months, the flip-ups of the 1st book were mostly ripped out, but he LOVES that book, so I ordered the set of 3 books. Now, the flip-ups don't get ripped out (maybe one or two total of all 3 books), especially since my son is a little older now, and he now loves all 3 books. This is a GREAT product!

Pirates Tattoos (Temporary Tattoos)

Steven James Petruccio

Amazon Price: $1.50 List Price: $1.50 By: Dover Publications Amazon Marketplace: 16 new & used starting at $0.20

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Total reviews: 8 Average rating: 3.0 of 5

Not enough product 2 out of 5 stars.
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While my 3 year old son liked th tattos you'd think that a few more could be supplied. I think there were something akin to 8-10 total. A few more skull and cross bone flags would be nice.

The tattoos did seem to transfer well but didn't last longer or less than most other temporary tattoos.

Only 8 tattoos but very colorful 5 out of 5 stars.
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I noticed people have complained about the price....$1.50 for tattoos and $1.50 for the handling...which seems fair enough but as I wanted this little set of tattoos to accompany a set of pirate books for my grandson and I wasn't willing to go out and hunt for them...this was worth it.
He loved the tattoos, lots of detail & very colorful, seem to be very long lasting. It's true there are a lot of tattoos (I think there were 8) that was ok, too. I mean how many tattoos do we need. I think they were the perfect accompaniment to "How I Became a Pirate" and "Pirates Don't Change Diapers"...at least I know my grandson (age 3 1/2) was thrilled and his Grammy had fun. They arrived quickly and were a big hit.

Editorial Review:

Ahoy, me hearties! "Arr" you ready to hit the deck with these symbols of the swashbuckling life? Show the world that you take no prisoners with 10 colorful tattoos, including the Jolly Roger, a mighty galleon under full sail, cutlass-wielding cutthroats — with and without parrots — and other piratical images.

Knuffle Bunny Too: A Case of Mistaken Identity

Mo Willems

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Total reviews: 32 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

We read this every night! 5 out of 5 stars.
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My 2.5 year old daughter received this book as a gift and we have never read the first one. The story is wonderful, funny and cute and the illustrations are a very creative mix with real photography. My daughter has this book memorized now and reads it to me which is priceless. I'm getting her the first one for her 3rd birthday and I'm sure it will be a great addition to our home library.

Editorial Review:

Trixie can't wait to bring her one-of-a-kind Knuffle Bunny to school and show him off to everyone. But when she gets there, she sees something awful: Sonja has the same bunny. Suddenly, Knuffle Bunny doesn't seem so one-of-a-kind anymore. Chaos ensues until the bunnies are taken away by Ms. Greengrove. After school, Trixie finally gets her beloved bunny back. But in the middle of the night, Trixie realizes something. She has the wrong bunny! Daddy comes to the rescue again as a midnight swap is arranged with the other bunny, the other little girl, and the other daddy. Needless to say, the daddies are not very happy. By the end of the story Trixie has her beloved bunny back, but she has also gained something new: her very first best friend. In the tradition of the Caldecott Honor-winner KNUFFLE BUNNY: A CAUTIONARY TALE, this is another heartfelt, hilarious picture book that children (and their parents) will love.

Marveltown

Bruce McCall

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Rutgers University Project on Economics and Children 5 out of 5 stars.
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Inhabitants of Marveltown have used their extroaordinary creativity and engineering skills to develop their town into a futuristic place with the biggest, most enjoyable, and most efficient contraptions imaginable. People could drive through a special carwash at 80 miles per hour, fish from atop a mile-high tower, and turn a large area of farmland into a winter playground at the flip of a switch. The clever children learned quickly from their parents' ability to innovate, and free access to the supplies in the "Invent-o-Drome" gave the kids unrivaled opportunities to produce their own marvelous inventions.

When the parents built enormous electro-hydraulic robots to take over construction of the new airborne highway, they did not realize that a small electrical mishap could turn the robots into an army of menacing monsters. Can the children save Marveltown from destruction?

Bruce McCall tells a fascinating story that is centered around some important ideas in economics related to innovation and production. Namely, Marveltown's various inventions have allowed the residents to do things better and faster, enjoy new activities not imagined before, and improve their well-being. This lesson is woven into an action-packed account with intriguing illustrations. Hold onto your hats and go for an incredible ride into Marveltown.

Editorial Review:

What’s it like growing up in a town founded by inventors? On Saturdays, the adults open the doors of the Invent-o-Drome and give local children free rein to create whatever gadgets they can think up. Hypno-Goggles, a Rocket Chair, a homeworkeating robo-dog – the can-do kids of Marveltown are never at a loss for ideas. But when an unfortunate short circuit causes a group of giant robot workers to go berserk – and the adults flee for their lives – are the kids ready to put their know-how to the test?    In his first book for children, veteran illustrator Bruce McCall has crafted a tale of ingenuity and mayhem with pictures that pop with retro charm and crackerjack wit.

From Head to Toe

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Total reviews: 47 Average rating: 5.0 of 5

Editorial Review:

What does an elephant do? It stomps its foot. Can you? From the creator of such beloved classics as The Grouchy Ladybug and The Mixed-Up Chameleon comes this interactive story that invites kids to imitate animal movements. Watching giraffes bend their necks or monkeys wave their arms is fun, but nothing could be better than joining in. From their heads down to their toes, kids will be wriggling, jiggling, and giggling as they try to keep up with these animals!Alligators wiggle, elephants stop, gorillas thump, and giraffes bend. Can you do it? ' I can do it!' is the confidence-building message of this fun-filled interactive picture book. A variety of familiar animals invite young children to copy their antics, and as they play, they will learn such important skills as careful listening, focusing attention, and following instructions. Just as alphabet books introduce the very young child to letters and simple words, From Head to Toe introduces the basic body parts and simple body movements. And in the same way that children progress from understanding simple words to reading and writing sentences and stories, so they will progress from simple body movements to dancing, gymnastics, and other sports and activities, with confidence and pleasure.

Eric Carle's colorful collages have delighted children for more than a generation. Each book provides hours of fun while encouraging them to stretch their imaginations. His matchless words and illustrations now send out a new challenge:

Are you ready?
Here we go!
Move yourself
From Head to Toe.

Mythology

Dugald A. Steer; Illustrated by Nick Harris; David Wyatt and Nicki Palin

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Total reviews: 14 Average rating: 5.0 of 5

Greek Mythology 5 out of 5 stars.
1 of 1 people found this review helpful.

I really like Greek mythology and have read some books on it,so for anyone who is thinking of buying the book Mythology,I recommend also buying books in the Percy Jackson and the Olympians Series,by Rick Riordan. They are about a boy who discovers his father is a Greek god and the adventures he has. As for Mythology, I think it is a great source for information on the ancient Greeks, and highly recommend it.

Ella, age 9

Great to get them interested 5 out of 5 stars.
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My daughter received this book as a gift and loved it. Although it gives shortened versions of different greek myths, it is a great book to get children interested in them. The pop up Pandora's Box was a big hit with my four year old and she loved all the different objects that she could interact with. The storyline in the margins made for a great bedtime story and she was excited to see how the book started to turn to gold after he was given the gift of King Midas.

LOVE this book and the others in this series!! 5 out of 5 stars.
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My wife and I enjoyed these books as much as the kids! They were huge hits as Christmas gifts. Great way to get kids interested in ancient history/mythology. Try the other -ology books too!

Winter's Tale: An Original Pop-up Journey

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Total reviews: 52 Average rating: 5.0 of 5

Heirloom Quality Book! 5 out of 5 stars.
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I stumbled on this book while reading a booklist on Amazon, and purchased it the same day. I collect pop up books, and this one is top notch! the binding and cover are sturdy and beautiful, and the pop ups inside are ornate. My kids and I love it, and it's on the shelf with all of the best children's collectible books!

Lovely winter pop-up book 5 out of 5 stars.
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Watch Video Here: http://www.amazon.com/review/RRES1COIU0OLH This is a brief video overview of this classic Robert Sabuda pop-up book.

OK, but can be damaged 2 out of 5 stars.
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I really liked the book, it is beautiful, but I ordered several books and many of them were damaged. Amazon was really good about exchanges, but it was still a pain. If you buy one, check it carefully for defects.

Editorial Review:

Winter's Tale is Robert Sabuda's most spectacular original pop-up story yet. The simple, elegant text is illustrated with breathtaking artwork and extraordinary paper engineering. Stunning visual effects of foil, glitter, and a twinkling surprise further capture the magic of winter. This is a must-have for everyone's bookshelf.