Thomas the Tank Engine, James, and everyone's favorite Thomas & Friends characters are featured in five different puzzles in this oversized padded book. Each full-color puzzle has twelve sturdy board pieces that fit right inside the pages of the book—so they’re fun to put together and easy to keep together! Plus, the padded cover makes the Thomas & Friends Puzzle Book the perfect gift!

Originally created as an educational tool for children in the 1700s, jigsaw puzzles developed into a national craze during the Great Depression. A renowned puzzle expert pieces together the origins of this beloved pastime and examine the minds of such famous puzzlers as Queen Elizabeth II, Bill Gates, and Stephen King. Includes illustrations and photos. 0-425-19820-0$22.95 / Penguin Group

From apple to zebra, this colorful photographic book and puzzle set is an excellent introduction to the alphabet for toddlers. Each spread highlights different letters and includes bright photographs and labels to reinforce them. Related questions help to further engage children in the learning process. The double-sided, 30-piece puzzle supports the development of problem-solving skills and hand-eye coordination.

The tangram's challenge lies in arranging seven geometrical pieces — a square, rhomboid, and five triangles — into a variety of different shapes. These 700 absorbing puzzles include complete solutions.

The First Piece of the Puzzle is a delightful book of poetry and short stories with many topics. Wonderful to read on the back porch, in the hammock, riding in the car, on a plane, train, tram or bus - at bedtime, teatime, or anytime! Some parts make wonderful bedtime stories. Makes an excellent gift. Has romance, and has a travel poem that is a roaring delight! It is exciting, fun, informational and reverent. Read it out loud to your friends! The First Piece of the Puzzle includes five chapters: Chapter One: Tells us about the many blessings showered upon us by our Creator; about the world and the absolute beauty therein. It describes our walking with our hands in God's. This section contains a poem about God's Laughter and Love, and word-paints God's colors in an exciting manner. Chapter Two: Includes warm memories about family and friends. There is a beautiful poem entitled "Remember Mom", memories for Mother's Day celebrations, as well as an outstanding poem about Fathers and their love for us. Chapter Three: Romantic Poems about love and commitment, for the romance we hope for, have, or have had, and for the lonely and the one you're missing. "I Love You" says it all. Chapter Four: A humorous collection of unique thoughts and unusual dreams. "Did this really happen or was I dreaming" is a heartbreaker and "I should have known -" is quite a chuckler. There is a poem about her travels that just might remind you of an experience or two. Delightful! You must read it!! Chapter Five: This is the chapter that has a potpourri of feelings and sensations. It has a little bit of everything in it. A roller-coaster ride throughout life!! It is Great! What can we say? This book is the best way to lessen your stress!!

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The genealogy of Adam in Genesis Chapter 5 is a number puzzle that encodes a fully functional calendar! "From Adam to Noah-The Numbers Game" shows you precisely how the Bible writers encoded a calendar into the ages of Adam and his children in Genesis 5. It then goes on to show how the Bible writers designed their calendar puzzle so that anyone who managed to solve it would be certain they had the correct solution. Proof of a highly accurate calendar encoded within the numbers of Genesis 5 is a revolution in our understanding of Genesis. It allows us to dramatically revise our understanding of the entire Bible.To truly understand why a calendar puzzle exists within the Bible, we have to explore the reasons why someone several thousand years ago would enshrine a calendar in such an ingenious puzzle. That exploration leads to new and insightful interpretations of each of the stories in Genesis 1 to 11: The creation, Adam and Eve, Abel and Cain, Noah's ark, the story of Noah and his wine, and Tower of Babel story.Most of us have been taught that the Bible was written to be understood. The existence of the calendar puzzle forces us to recognize that those who wrote the Bible hid things there that they did not want everyone to understand. They hid a world view that they never state explicitly. We will find that this philosophy inspired them to create the calendar puzzle, and that the way they viewed the world is more important and more fascinating than the calendar itself.In this book you will experience what it is like to discover something very new hidden within something very old. You'll discover that this new thing was ancient knowledge when the Bible was written. Remember the story of the pearl of great price? A merchant, upon finding a pearl of great value, sold everything he had and bought it. The calendar in Genesis is such a pearl. If you're looking, don't miss this chance to own one.

Look, find, and connect with this book-and-puzzle set! Search the First Look and Find Book for hidden objects in 7 colorful scenes featuring Baby Einstein animal friends. Turn to the back of the book for additional Look and Find activities. Then, put together the giant 40-piece floor puzzle and search for even more "find'ems"!

Help Students develop literacy and language skills through research-based, student-centered vocabulary activities. A Teacher Resource CD is provided that contains all of the activities in full color. 176pp.+ CD.

Introverted children are often misunderstood, even by their parents, who worry about them. Engaged by their interior world, they’re often regarded as aloof. Easily overwhelmed by too much stimulation, they can be seen as unmotivated. Content with just one or two close friends, they may be perceived as unpopular. Parents fret that they are unhappy and maladjusted. But the truth is quite different: Introverted children are creative problem solvers. Introverted children love to learn. Introverted children have a high EQ (emotional IQ) and are in touch with their feelings. They take time to stop and smell the roses, and they enjoy their own company. They are dependable, persistent, flexible, and lack vanity. How can parents help their introverted children discover and cultivate these wonderful gifts? Help is here. Written by Dr. Marti Olsen Laney, author of The Introvert Advantage with 74,000 copies in print, The Hidden Gifts of the Introverted Child fully explains introversion as a hardwired temperament, not a disability, and tells just what parents need to do to help their child become the person he or she is meant to be—and succeed in an extroverted world. Beginning with a 30-question quiz that places a child on the introvert/extrovert continuum, The Hidden Gifts shows parents how to foster a climate that allows introverted kids to discover their inner strengths; schedule ways for a very young innie to recharge those batteries and teach an older child to do it for him- or herself; create a harmonious household with siblings, and parents, of different temperaments; help innies find success at school, sports, parties, and other group activities.