From both a historical and scientific point of view, above and below the surface, this engaging guide brings the world's oceans to life through fun facts, illustrations, and in-depth information. Interactive activities appear throughout, ranging from making solar stills and simple fishing spears to experimenting with a homemade diving bell and figuring out how much water it really takes to survive. With the oceans being the least explored environment on Earth, this reference illuminates so...

For parents everywhere whose kids complain about helping around the house, stall over homework, and bicker with one other, help is at hand. With compassion and humor, this book takes on the most common points of kid-induced friction—those altercations and annoying behaviors that drive parents most nuts—and offers quick, practical how-to advice for how to handle them. It explains to parents how to navigate everyday challenges, from helping kids learn responsibility for their possessions to ...

From tracking spring peepers and raising tadpoles to learning about seeds and recording plant growth, Explore Spring! 25 Great Ways to Learn About Spring invites young readers to explore the wonders of spring by becoming scientists in the field. Combining hands-on learning with solid science, trivia, riddles, and terrific illustrations, projects investigate "the reason for the season" and include identifying trees and measuring their growth, recording soil temperature, and observi...

For parents everywhere who have had lovely family dinners ruined by misbehaving children, help is at hand. This guide provides a humorous, hands-on, parent-friendly approach to teaching children of all ages good manners in a wide variety of social situations, from accepting gifts graciously to which foods are OK to eat with fingers. Each chapter tackles a different situation, gives a brief outline of what manners are appropriate for it, and offers advice on how to teach and reinforce them ...

In a household with children, disasters lurk around every corner. Laundry soap in the dishwasher. Baseballs launched through the neighbor's window. Heads stuck between stair railings. Sandwiches in the VCR. What's a parent to do? Mom, the Toilet's Clogged! takes on common kid-induced household problems and provides hands-on, rational solutions that work. Offering practical and funny advice in the bestselling tradition of The Worst Case Scenario Survival Handbook and H...

From avoiding predators to navigating through the jungle without a compass, this innovative guide provides kids with the vital tools one would need if lost in the Amazon. Offering practical survival techniques based on real stories, children will learn lessons that can be adapted to almost any outdoor situation, such as making fire, deciphering animal tracks, and using the natural world for all to create necessary supplies. Opening with an informative section on the region and its people, ...

Why do over 100 million Americans secretly feel frustrated and bored with their lives? This hands-on guide from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Let Them Theory and The High 5 Habits explores that phenomenon—and reveals what you can do about it.Mel Robbins, one of America’s top relationship experts, has spent her career teaching people how to push past their self-imposed limits to get what they truly desire. She has an in-d...

International bestseller!In her groundbreaking debut essay collection, actress Lily Collins—Golden Globe-nominated star of Rules Don’t Apply, Mortal Instruments, and To the Bone—is opening a poignant, honest conversation about the things young women struggle with: body image, self-confidence, relationships, family, dating, and so much more.Lily shares her life and her own deepest secrets, underlining that every single one of us ex...

Every member of a family plays a vital role in the health and happiness of the household. Everyone is important, deserves to be treated with love and respect, and needs to know that when they make mistakes they will still be loved unconditionally. And when every member of the family is pulling for each other and on the same team, everybody wins. But is this kind of family life even possible?Parenting expert Dr. Kevin Leman says it is, and he's ready to show moms and dads exactly ho...

Dandelion Bubbles, Rain Drums, Seed Bomb Lollipops and more!Bursting with creative hands-on outdoor science and art activities, A Little Bit of Dirt is full of motivation to get outside and explore. Whether you're investigating the health of your local stream, learning how birds fly, or concocting nature potions, you'll be fostering an important connection with nature. The engaging activities encourage the use of the senses and imagination and are perfect ...

You've been trying to live your life as an adult, but a wounded inner child may still be shaping your fears, relationships, choices, and self-worth.Many of the emotional patterns we struggle with in adulthood begin in early childhood. Fear, criticism, rejection, and painful experiences can create limiting beliefs that continue affecting confidence, relationships, happiness, and personal growth for years.In Healing the Child Within, you'll learn how...

Raising Your Gifted Child 101: Parenting Your Strong Willed Child Basics by expert childcare giver Cathy Wilson, offers practical introductory healthy take action information, on learning effective common sense strategies to overcome the parenting challenges that surface with a special, exceptional, or gifted child. Raising a spirited child, often displays character traits and behavioural pattern that make them more... *Temperamental *Hyper-Sensitive *Determined *Persistent *Energetic *Cha...