This tale of Ms. Bogus's attempts to potty train her entire class at the same time is destined to be a children's classic. The book's title alone is sufficient to bring smiles to the faces of adult and child readers alike, a promise of mirth-to-come that is amply fulfilled as the pages are turned. The highly amusing storyline (perfectly accompanied by jubilant illustrations) unfolds with students returning to class each d...Read more

For kids, this collection of connect the dot activities is a highly entertaining educational adventure, wrapped up in one colorful, reusable Wipe-Off Book. Because the dots are labeled with letters (either lower case or upper case, or in some cases, both), kids get a substantial alphabet workout with respect to letter recognition and order. The activities start off simple and become more challenging, with youngsters compl...Read more

Parents and students will be grateful for this academic planner, a time management tool whose layout is so practical and intuitive that planning, scheduling, and tracking activities and assignments quickly becomes second nature. It's a skill many students find challenging but that, with the help of Academic Planner, becomes a straightforward process comprised of bite-sized, easily manageable steps. The planner's calendar/...Read more

Tools for reviewing and remembering mathematical concepts are as varied and diverse as the students who employ them. Algebra Summary Sheets is a carefully crafted collection of 9 X 11 inch posters designed to help learners memorize and retain some of the most common algebraic concepts and procedures. Each poster displays a fair amount of interrelated information on a given topic such as order of operations, linear equatio...Read more

This lovingly illustrated board book depicts a wide range of animals (44 to be exact), creatures of the farm, forest, jungle and elsewhere from around the world. The book functions brilliantly either as a point-and-learn picture book or as something to be read aloud. With each turn of the page, kids delight in identifying animals they know and learning the names of ones they don't. When the time is right for reading, the ...Read more

Parents and educators will find Buckleitner's Guide to Using Tablets With Young Children to be an invaluable asset. Its pages concisely (yet fairly exhaustively) illuminate key areas to consider when choosing a tablet and putting it at your child's fingertips. The book's author is a parent, teacher, and founding editor of Children's Technology Review whose writing style is as enjoyable as it is informative, making for a s...Read more

Dr. Bonyfide Presents Bones of the Rib Cage and Spine engages and holds kids' attention while conveying a wealth of information in ways young minds find easy to absorb. Through richly defined characters, colorful illustrations, and playful, compelling storylines, it entertains even as it teaches - a powerful combination that facilitates deep learning in young readers. A host of learning strategies (memory cues, puzzles, f...Read more

Factivity On-The-Go Science Exploration packs a whole lot of fun and learning into one highly portable educational activity set. Its compact, colorful packaging provides a sturdy, highly appealing carrying case for the 3 factivity books, 4 colored pencils, and 35 stickers contained within. The 3 books (Natural Science, Awesome Energy, and Cool Chemistry) contain dozens of entertaining and enlightening activities. Topics r...Read more

Kids love searching for, and finding, hidden objects among the joyful illustrations in this reusable activity book. They'll find birds, bugs, musical notes, geometric shapes, and a myriad of other objects hidden there. The dry-erase feature gives kids the freedom to explore without fear and comes in particularly handy in those activities in which they get to draw their own hidden pictures - invaluable exercises in creativ...Read more

The first thing one notices about this publication is the high quality of its writing, which is crisp, clear, engaging, and informative (not to mention entertaining). The second is the diverse range of Computer Science topics covered in a single issue - highly absorbing and entertaining pieces such as those covering artificial intelligence, classic video game consoles, and automobile computers, among others. Along with th...Read more

Leap is the charming adventure tale of a boy who passionately dreams of going to the moon. Readers accompany this would-be rocketeer as he lays out plans before less-than supportive classmates, builds a rocket ship out of a dump truck, pilots it to the moon, and returns to a hero's welcome. Each page is a delight, humorously conveying the boy's exuberance through buoyant illustrations and clever words. Ingeniously child-l...Read more

A distinctive and amusing quality permeates this hardbound children's book, an appealing quirkiness that pops and crackles on every page. In it, 6-year old Leopold enthusiastically agrees to help his mom bake a cake for his sister Jesse's birthday. His unbridled energy and kooky expressiveness have readers laughing from the start. On an excursion to the grocery store for ingredients, Leopold learns how to conjure the 5 Se...Read more

Let's Take the Car! is a wonderfully integrated play and learning experience for children, one that encompasses reading, storytelling, puzzle making, and imaginative play. Packaged in what at first appears to be an oversized hard cover book, the contents include a storybook, 16 2-sided puzzle pieces, 4 crayons, and a wind-up toy car. The book tells the story of a happy family running errands and engaging in pleasantries a...Read more

Loose Parts 2: Inspiring Play with Infants and Toddlers is as beautifully conceived and executed as its popular predecessor. This entry in what we hope will be an ongoing series introduces a variety of new ideas, abundantly accompanied by gorgeous photographs, to inspire safe loose parts play at the infant and toddler level. The loose parts featured on its pages were chosen specifically for children under the age of three...Read more

'One fine day, with little to no fanfare, a really nice kid named Martin began a journey.' Thus begins the fabulous 'Martin Finds a Way,' a book about individuality, openness, self-discovery, acceptance, and the multitude and diversity of paths we all encounter in life. That's a tall order for any book to fill, but 'Martin Finds a Way' does so with great artistry. Which is not to say it is heavy-handed, quite the opposite...Read more

As with previous entries in the excellent 'One Minute Mysteries' series, this book focuses on real-life applications of science in a way that young readers find engrossing and thought-provoking. There are four main sections - Life Science, Earth and Space Science, Physical and Chemical Science, and General Science - with 15 mysteries apiece that demonstrate just how thoroughly science permeates our everyday lives. These a...Read more

Children find this rich and varied collection of educational activities to be utterly compelling. For kids, moving through its pages is like navigating a series of highly entertaining fun and games. But these carefully conceived activities provide substantial educational benefits. Counting, number and math sense, drawing and matching shapes, identifying colors, letter-tracing, beginning sounds, opposites, and understandin...Read more

Children and adults can learn quite a lot from this fun-filled collection of bite-sized science mysteries. Each brain teaser-like Science Stumper consists of two pages. The first page provides the set-up, a mini-story that uses fictional characters to describe a set of events that often have counterintuitive results. Each set-up ends by inviting the reader to speculate on the mysterious outcome that, as it turns out, can...Read more

Sight Words Smart Cards is a systematic and oh-so-effective way to teach kids sight words while enhancing reading and comprehension skills. It was developed by a pair of very smart moms and educators who noticed how difficult it is for children to learn certain words using commonplace, but often ineffective, memorization drills. Each Smart Card is cleverly and playfully illustrated and incorporates activities that convey ...Read more

Snailopolis, a hands-on study of snails and their environment, is an extraordinary educational tool. The book includes more than a dozen lessons in which students participate in science, reading, math, language, and art activities. Common Core Standards are applied throughout. From a teaching perspective, Snailopolis, with its highly organized, creativity-infused structure, is a gift. Its content engages to such a degree...Read more

TERL Phonics (Teen Emergent Reader Libraries) is an outstanding, much-needed educational resource that provides age appropriate phonics-based books to serve the needs of emerging teen readers. While written at emergent and beginning reader levels, these books present content in the context of teen ages and interests. These highly engaging, teen-centric storylines are set in a 16-page format adorned with dynamic, full-col...Read more

The Barefoot Book of Children is a big book, both in terms of size and with respect to the rich concepts it navigates so simply and beautifully. Things like individuality and belonging, uniqueness and commonality, diversity and acceptance are communicated in a way that children enjoy and understand. Gorgeous, plentiful illustrations and gentle, playful words portray children of various shapes, sizes, and hues in many a co...Read more