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Introducing two new titles that let kids celebrate Mom and Dad in the best and most personal waythrough their own words and pictures! Sweet, lively, and engaging, A Book about Mom with Words and Pictu

Introducing two new titles that let kids celebrate Mom and Dad in the best and most personal waythrough their own words and pictures! Sweet, lively, and engaging, A Book about Mom with Words and Pictu

Pull away from the screens and PLAY! These lively and easy games and activities (all kid-tested and kid-approved!) just for toddlers ages 1-2 will foster kids' creativity and skills and will keep busy

Being in love makes people happy...and weird (in a good way!). This warm and humorous illustrated gift book celebrates both love and the delightfully bizarre quirks, habits, and traditions that make e

From a professional magician and New York Times bestselling author, 100+ tricks, stunts, and brainteasers that will engage the grandchildren and provide giggles, jaw-dropping awe, and wonderful memori

In its innovative magazines and books, Flow celebrates creativity, mindfulness, and the pleasures of paper through a uniquely appealing marriage of ideas and visuals—beautiful illustrations and painti

A playful and play-filled ode to strong women, BOSS BABES is a coloring and activity book filled with fun facts and whimsical black-and-white line drawings celebrating female powerhouses from Beyonce

An herbalist describes how to read the signals and malfunctions of your respiratory, digestive, immune and nervous systems and provides instructions for making and using natural remedies to nourish th

Expert Glenn Drowns offers all the information and guidance you need to successfully exhibit your poultry at fairs and expositions. Learn how to select the best breeds and birds for exhibition and how

Vegetable gardening is happening every?where—in cities and suburbs, in farms and schools, in community gardens and at the White House. And it’s happening in houses and apartments, on balconies and por

Community gardening enhances the fabric of towns and cities through social interactions and accessibility to fresh food, and has an enormously positive effect on the lives of everyone it touches. And

Explores why being generous and altruistic leads to more personal and societal success than being selfish and mean based on research into brain function, genetics and social psychology behavioral and

Stay organized and stay challenged throughout the year. A practical lined notepad, a mouse pad, and daily crossword all in one, theCrossword Page-a-Day Notepad and Calendar is functional, fun, and an

An exquisite novel about journalism and ethics, the decline of the newspaper and the failure of language, and a woman’s efforts to establish her place in an increasingly alien and alienating world.

Since 2003, Valerie Gordon has provided Angelenos with award-winning sweets and baked goods from her boutique in Silverlake and her booths at the Santa Monica and Hollywood farmers’ markets. With two restaurants opening in 2013 and this comprehensive cookbook filled with her beloved recipes, now even more people can eat and bake the Valerie way. Favorite desserts like petits fours, cakes, truffles, and cookies have been perfected with the addition of candied rose petals, atomized chocolate, fleur de sel, matcha tea, and other special ingredients. Valerie re-creates desserts from Los Angeles’s lost restaurants such as Chasen’s and the Brown Derby; she simplifies the process of making jam; she provides an accessible way to mix and match components so readers can design their own luscious cakes and pies. Filled with helpful tricks, recipes for a range of tastes, and gorgeous full-color photographs, Sweet is destined to become every baker’s favorite cookbook

At turns witty, heartbreaking, and fiercely intelligent, Bobcat and Other Stories establishes Rebecca Lee as one of our most gifted and original short story writers. Using a range of landscapes and co

John Perry’s insights and laugh-out-loud humor bring to mind Thurber, Wodehouse, and Harry Frankfort’s On Bullshit. This charming and accessible audio educates, entertains, and illuminates a universal

Michael Parker’s vast and involving novel about pirates and slaves, treason and treasures, madness and devotion, takes place on a tiny island battered by storms and cut off from the world. Inspired by

With Charred & Scruffed, bestselling cookbook author and acclaimed chef Adam Perry Lang employs his extensive culinary background to refine and concentrate the flavors and textures of barbecue and

Be kind to your pets! That’s the message of Love the Beastie.? Gross, outrageous, but pure fun in a book, Love the Beastie is a pull and poke, spin and play, and cuddle and kiss Valentine for kids and

This interesting and comprehensive volume on the cultivation and use of vanilla examines the natural history, science and cultural meanings of this rare and valuable essence and flavoring. Beginning w

Things Considered, and dozens of other television and radio shows. She lives and bakes in Nashville, Tennessee. Please visit her website and subscribe to her newsletter. A Piece of Cake, at www.cakem

Fantastic color photographs and excellent writing make this an inspirational and accessible guide for specialty plant collectors, alpine and rock gardeners, and city gardeners, as well as anyone garde

Move over South Beach, Atkins, and the Zone. Here's the real secret to losing weight and keeping it off: The Dieter's Guide to Weight Loss Before, During, and After Sex. Bigger and better and more in

An inspiring and comprehensive guide for anyone interested in growing these fragrant flowers. Covers history of the sweet pea, seed raising and cultivation, and dwarf varieties for small gardens and p

Sara Midda is back and so are the tiny, whimsical figures that have always beguiled us. The acclaimed artist and author of In and Out of the Garden, Sara Midda's South of France, and Growing Up and Ot

A simple, incremental poem and scientific facts about the Earth celebrate the beauty, bounty and wonder of Earth and convey the love and respect that humans ought to have for it

Covers all aspects of western riding competitions from timed and working horse events to distance and endurance trail riding and rodeo roping, penning, and stopping

Provides designs and instructions for creating new mailboxes, dressing up purchased boxes, and adding plants and flowers to enliven a setting, and discusses the U.S. Postal Service mailbox requirement

Here is the world of widow's walks and white picket fences, schooners and sloops, book straps and sailor suits, carousels and striped awnings, quaint, inviting verandahs and window boxes bursting with

Think risotto or polenta, but funkier. Think texture, and the wholesome goodness and flavor of stone-ground corn. And think Cheese Grits Souffle, Blueberry Grits Muffins, Grits Pizza, and the quintes

Bistro is warm. Bistro is family. Bistro is simple, hearty, generous cuisine-robust soups and country omelets, wine-scented stews and bubbling gratins, and desserts from a grandmother's kitchen. Researched and written by Patricia Wells, author of The Food Lover's Guide to Paris and The Food Lover's Guide to France, together with over 220,000 copies in print, here is a celebration of the no-nonsense, inexpensive, soul-satisfying cuisine of the neighborhood restaurants of France.BISTRO COOKING contains over 200 scrumptious bistro recipes made lighter and quicker for the way we cook today. Warm Poached Sausage with Potato Salad. Benoit's Mussel Soup. Guy Savoy's Fall Leg of Lamb. Beef Stew with Wild Mushrooms and Orange, Chicken Basquaise, Pasta with Lemon, Ham, and Black Olives, L'Ami Louis' Potato Cake, Provencal Roast Tomatoes, Pears in Red Wine, and Golden Cream and Apple Tart.Throughout, lively notes and sidebars capture the world of bistro owners in the kitchen, les grands chefs, an

The perfect, sparkly gift for your valentine!Paint by Sticker Kids: Love Is Everywhere! includes everything kids need to create ten colorful images, including a smiling glitter rainbow, a cute otter holding a heart-shaped shell, a kitten wearing glitter sunglasses, a pair of nuzzling bunnies, and more! All you need to do is follow three easy steps:Step 1: Find the sticker.Step 2: Peel the sticker.Step 3: Place the sticker.And watch your paintings come to life!Painting by sticker is easy, mess-free, and portable (plus, all the pages are perforated so multiple kids can create at the same time!). The stickers are designed to be easy for small hands to maneuver, and no actual paint means no splatter, drips, or messy clean-up.

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It’s fun to be smart! Now updated with a technology section, these illustration-based card decks will make learning exciting for first graders everywhere.Loved by kids and teacher approved, and featuring hundreds of questions based on reading, math, language arts, science, and more to reinforce classroom learning with a fun, fast-paced game.Brain Quest 1st Grade Smart Cards helps kids aged 6 – 7 to learn core classroom subjects in a smart, entertaining, and engaging way. It’s a Q&A game that first graders can play with friends, family, or against the clock to test their knowledge. Smart cards feature hundreds of questions with answers to help kids know exactly what they need to know, when they need to know it.Featuring:Two full-color Q&A decks in a reusable flip-top storage box750 questions and answers covering reading, math, language arts, and moreWhat’s New?Technology questions that cover computer science, coding, and technologyUpdated content with new and revised questions t

Let your curiosity be your guide.Boxed set includes bestselling travel adventure titles Atlas Obscura and Gastro Obscura.

A fun papercraft for kids: punch out and fold 10 paper animals with wonderful illustrated detail!You can almost hear the lion’s roar: Announcing an ingeniously fun new idea in paper craft for kids. Think of it as the anti-origami―instead of complicated folds leading to an abstract result, Paperfold Wild Animals uses a punch-out design, two simple types of folds (the classics, “mountain” and “valley”), and beautiful full-color illustration to let kids ages seven and up construct creatures that are satisfying to make and a real spark to the imagination. And they’re especially good for parents, with no scissors required, no glue or tape needed, and no mess to clean up afterward. Conceived, designed, and illustrated by Megan Montague Cash, Paperfold Wild Animals gives kids everything they need to make ten favorite animals from around the world: lion, giraffe, elephant, tortoise, ibex, orangutan, wolf, kangaroo, crocodile, and bear. But not just a wolf―a howling wolf. Not just an

A little book of travel inspirations, pairing stunning photographs with life lessons on why travel matters and what we learn when we pack our bags and see the world, from the renowned expert Patricia Schultz, author of 1,000 Places to See Before You Die. From the author of 1,000 Places to See Before You Die, a rallying cry to get off the coach and out into the world. Why We Travel is filled with personal stories and anecdotes, quotes and inspire, and reasons to motivate – plus images so lush you can’t wait to be there. For years Patricia Schultz has been telling us where to travel, and we love listening. Now, in telling us why to travel, she reveals what makes her such a compelling guide and what makes travel such a richly rewarding experience. There’s the time she was on safari in Zambia yet found her most lasting memory in a classroom of five-year-olds. The comedy of mishaps that she and friends endured on a canal trip through rural France―and how it brought them together in an unex

The on-trend notion of self-compassion, in book form: an interactive book packed with thoughtful reading, beautiful illustration, and paper goodies throughout to help readers slow down and be kind to themselves, from the experts at Flow.Slow down, celebrate the flaws, own the good stuff, and focus on learning to love and appreciate yourself. These themes of self-compassion and self-care are hugely popular, and Flow® has a unique and creative take on them. Now, following A Book That Takes Its Time, with 205,000 copies in print, A Book That Loves You offers a message that will resonate in its simplicity: Be sweet to yourself, no matter what kind of day you’re having. (In fact, the challenging days are the days you’ll most want to pick up the book.)Discover the comforting effects of a daily ritual, like drinking tea. Why it’s okay―and even beautiful―to stumble now and again. Embrace the art of being alone. Release the reins on your schedule. And learn to love yourself with all your imperf

A revised edition of the classic kids' chess instruction book, with more than one million copies in print―with revised and updated text, plus new punch-out cardboard chess pieces and a chessboard.It’s the classic revised and reillustrated! With more than 1 million copies sold, The Kids’ Book of Chessis the bestselling introduction for kids to the game that’s inspired passion and challenge for over 900 years―and, thanks to Netflix’s monster hit, The Queen’s Gambit,is again surging in popularity.The New Yorker said it best: “Harvey Kidder explains the game with a clarity that is almost absolute.” By grounding the fundamentals of how chess works in the game’s origins―the medieval battlefield―Kidder captures chess’s energy and excitement while offering instruction that is direct and concrete. Pawns, modeled after common foot soldiers, advance step by step. The Knight’s leaping “L”-shaped move recalls the warrior on horseback. Powerful Bishops line up alongside Queen and King, just like the