Early learners will love these 45 simple crossword puzzles, dot-to-dot pictures, word searches, mazes and more, sharpening their fine motor development, vocabulary, logical thinking, and number skills. Solutions included.

Solve a treasure trove of entertaining puzzles — and enjoy coloring them once they're completed! There are plenty of activities to keep you busy: crossword puzzles, dot-to-dot pictures, spot-the-differences scenes, tangled mazes, number puzzles, and so much more! As an extra bonus, 34 full-color adorable animal stickers are also included.

Created by Natan Last, a senior at Brown University, three-time intern with Will Shortz, and in 2008 the youngest person to have a puzzle published in the Sunday New York Times, Word kicks the crossword puzzle squarely into the 21st century for a new generation of puzzle-lovers, replacing fusty crossword-ese with hip cultural references, modern wordplay, and a lively mix of high-and low-brow pop trivia. A Word puzzle begins with the shared knowledge of a literate but not-so-reverent generation, and celebrates the knowingness with a deft touch. Your parents' crosswords make solvers feel smart. Word puzzles make solvers feel smart and cool, getting the references to The Daily Show, Mario Brothers, the Goo Goo Dolls, and a hefty dose of nostalgia (the name of the motel in Psycho). But they also know the core curriculum: Charlotte Bronte's Jane, Roman generals, Berlioz and von Bismarck, Homer—and not just Homer Simpson. The puzzles are constructed with all the smarts of a daily Times crossword: themes, interconnected clues, titles that unlock the overall puzzle (solve all the clues and the circle letters will spell out a famous name at Hogwarts). Assisting Mr. Last is a group of five more top “under 25” constructors, all of whom have published puzzles in The New York Times.

This valuable resource features the colourful biographies of 72 illustrators and artists whose works are considered among the best in the world. Told in the artists' own words, these biographies offer fascinating insights into their lives, and feature a sample illustration from one of their favourite books. Discover how these fantastic artists work, what their favourite books are, who influenced them, and how they came to illustrate children's books.

Preschoolers and other youngsters will love coloring these charming drawings as they have fun learning the alphabet. Included are 25 plates (one for each letter, except X and Y, which are on the same plate) consisting of illustrations of objects beginning with the letters of the alphabet. A total of 178 different objects are represented with the names of the objects printed beneath the pictures.

This collection of scrambles, searches, crossword puzzles, codes, and other word puzzles is compiled from Highlights' new Puzzlemania series. Full-color illustrations of kids and animals with a contemporary twist by such talented children's illustrators as Dave Klug, Mike Dammer, and Carolina Farias. Consumable.

In the City of Triopolis, young girls are disappearing! Vanishing without a trace, now it is up to Detective Donald Mictagart, and his partner Simon Veal to solve these abductions, but the truth and reality can become two different fabrics of understanding as a dark figured man appears and to make things worse He believes in cutting, because of the trail of corpse behind him! Take a wild ride into the Unknown, as writer Nikolas Spade Spins a tale that will leave you wanting more, and just hoping that the cutting thing is just a joke! This is The Book of Now. Book one of the Last Paladin series.