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A Dog's Best Friend
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Lisa Rosenthal
The Chicago Review Press, Inc.
Activity Book for dog lovers
Softcover
$12.95
$9.71
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How to develop and maintain a positive relationship with your dog is the main focus of A Dog's Best Friend: An activity Book for Kids and their Dogs by Lisa Rosenthal. Within its 147 pages are over 50 pages of activities with directions of how to make a dog-something (bed, hat treats, pillow, etc.) Learn how to select a dog breed, to train puppies, what shots puppy needs, and much more.
Ancient Israelites and their Neighbors
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Marian Broida
Chicago Review Press
Joan Sommers Design
Softcover
$16.95
$11.50
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35 hands-on activities help children experience and connect with the ancient cultures of Philistine, Israel, and Phoenicia and discover how ancient civilizations have influenced present day. The history/activity book also presents the religious beliefs of each ancient culture. Readers will gain a perspective on present-day struggles and current events.
Discovering Great Artists
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MaryAnn Kohl and Kim Solga
Bright Ring Publishing, Inc.
Rebecca van Slyke
Softcover
$18.95
$12.04
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Discovering Great Artists offers 110 unique hands-on art activities in the style of 80 of the great masters. This is a unique opportunity to learn about artists' work.
Kids Camp
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Laurie Carlson & Judith Dammel
Chicago Review Press
Sean O'Neill
Softcover
$12.95
$4.50
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Within Kids Camp! are more than 100 hands-on activities and games to help children learn about nature, to explore and discover, to enjoy nature's great beauty. Carlson shows how to identify animal tracks, to create a sun clock out of rocks, to discover the age of a tree, how to make berry juice ink. There are over 100 hands- on activities and games that teach kids the basics for safe, fun camping while showing them how to really explore the tiny things in nature.
Let's Grow!
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Linda tilgner
Storey Communications, Inc.
John Kuykendall
Softcover
$10.95
$4.50
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Using black-and-white photographs and well-written instructions, Let's Grow introduces 72 gardening adventures. The projects range in complexity from those suitable for very young children to those a 12-year-old can tackle. This is a wonderful book to purchase for Earth Day or for the beginning of the growing season.
Look at Me
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Carolyn Buhai Haas
Chicago Review Press
Jane Bennett Phillips
Softcover
$12.95
$9.71
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"Look at Me" contains scores of creative learning activities for babies and toddlers to encourage positive interaction between parents or caregivers and their children.
Mudworks
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MaryAnn Kohl
Bright Ring Publishing
Kathleen Kerr
Softcover
$14.95
$11.21
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Gathered together in one book are directions for making bead clay, salt and starch goo, and gingerbread architecture. There are ideas from simple to complex for both children and adults. ...an ideal book for a day care, pre-school or home school teacher.
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Playdough
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Ray Gibson & Jenny Tyler
Usborne
Simone Abel
Softcover
$2.50
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The book,Playdough, is packed with original and irresistible ideas for things to make. It contains recipes for making and coloring your own playdough and a type of dough that can be baked hard and painted, allowing you to make things to keep and play with later. There are simple picture instructions for adults and children to follow together, accompanied by written instructions, tips and hints addressed to adults.
Scribble Art
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MaryAnn Kohl
Bright Ring Publishing
Judy McCoy
Softcover
$$18.95
$14.21
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Within these pages are over 200 easy and open-ended independent art experiences. This Benjamin Franklin Award-Winning Book is a book for all ages.
