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Author: Reiner Knizia

My City is a unique, family-oriented legacy gaming experience that is played in relatively short episodes. The game consists of 24 different episodes beginning with the development of a city in its early preindustrial stages and progressing through industrialization. During each game, players customize their experience by adding elements to their own boards. Players’ choices and actions made during one session of gameplay carry over into the next session, creating a personalized gaming experience. For players who do not want to experience My City as a legacy game, a double-sided game board offers an alternate setup for repeatable play.

• A family-oriented legacy board game with simple rules and short playing time.
• Shape your city from settlement to industrialization.
• Additional components are added to the game as players play My City.
• This is a legacy board game where players’ choices and actions made during the game carry over into the next play-through creating a unique gameplay experience.
• No two games are alike!
• The game is comprised of 24 different episodes, each episode or play-through lasts approximately 30 minutes or less.
• The game gets progressively harder as you play through the episodes
• Enjoy the full legacy experience and play through the 24 different episodes or flip the game board over and the game is set up for repeatable play with all the components (beginning at episode 12).
• Developed by world-renowned game designer Reiner Knizia, winner of a Spiel des Jahres for Keltis (in the US published as Lost Cities board game).
• Illustrated by world-famous award-winning illustrator Michael Menzel, illustrator of Legends of Andor, as well as over 40 other games.

Creatto is a simple yet versatile building system that consists of just two primary components that can be woven together into countless 3D creations. The flexible yet durable plastic tiles interlock quickly and easily for all skill levels; no additional materials or hardware required!

Luminous Lion & Serengeti Sidekicks™

With 34 Creatto pieces and a string of 20 LED lights, you can build a lion, ostrich, snake, and rhinoceros. Battery-powered lights require 2 AA batteries. Suitable for ages 8 and up.

Get your hands on—and in—this robust 16-inch-tall anatomy toy featuring realistic removable squishy organs, articulated joints, and an interactive electronic sound module.

Sculpted from a medical model of a real body, the detailed, realistic human body model is composed of 10 removable squishy organs and 15 other removable bones, muscles, and organs. The mandible on the skull opens and closes, a transparent lung displays the inner workings of the respiratory system, and joints bend and rotate.

When one of the eight removable SmartParts is placed on the electronic SmartScan module, the scanner recognizes the part and prompts you to select Scan Mode or Quiz Mode. In Scan Mode, you’ll hear information about the part, the system it belongs to, and fun facts. In Quiz Mode, you’ll test your knowledge by placing the correct SmartPart on the scanner to answer 70 quiz questions. The module also produces sounds based on the organ in question, so expect to hear some burps and gurgles!

Other components include an Organ-izer chart, assembly sheet, quick-start guide, and 48-page book packed with detailed explanations, colorful illustrations, and fun facts about your amazing human body. You’ll also discover how your body works and how to keep it healthy, in good shape, and going strong!

This toy is, indeed, the ultimate human body educational product. Expect this remarkable model to be treasured, talked about, and handed down to the next generation.

Your students will learn to read various types of maps as they complete these activities that focus on latitude and longitude, time zones, landforms, cardinal and intermediate directions, map symbols, and more. The activities address local, U.S., and world geography.

Help students understand more advanced time on a clock concepts including elapsed time and how to tell time on real world clock styles.

• The removable clock face chains unfurl into number lines so students can view these in number line or clock format.
• Use the number line clock faces to teach concepts such as intervals of time and elapsed time.
• The geared hands keep the correct relationship between hour and minute.
• The clock includes 3 different styles of analogue clock designs, which allows students to practise telling time on clock styles they’ll see in the real world.
• Includes 1 Advanced NumberLine Clock and multilingual Activity Guide.
• Clock measures approximately 11.5cm in diameter. Each number line is 30cm L.

Transform 2 fuzzy socks into your favorite characters from “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” story book! Easy to use peel and stick felt shapes make personalizing your own butterfly and caterpillar puppets easy and fun for toddlers

Sock puppet making kit comes with 2 fuzzy socks, 10 finger puppets, self-adhesive felt shapes and instructions

Eric Carle toy fosters language development, encourages imagination, boosts fine motor skills and teaches color, shape and size recognition.

Maximize the fun and minimize the mess for little crafters! This sock puppet making kit features peel and stick felt shapes that are easy for toddlers and preschoolers to apply with no mess

After crafting, create your own version of the classic children’s book and put on a colorfully creative puppet show! For even more engaging fun, read “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” and use your own personalized puppets and finger puppets to act out the story

“Feed” The Very Hungry Caterpillar using the 10 included foam finger puppets

World of Eric Carle nurtures a child’s love of literature and learning! Story Puppets craft allows the classic children’s book to come to life in a colorfully creative craft kit designed to inspire hungry minds

Build a dinosaur world with a variety of activities in Steam - Dinosaur World kit. Includes over 5 different activities to try. Great for hands-on art and learning. 

By Katie Daynes, Illustrated by Marie-Eve Tremblay

A beautifully illustrated, geography book full of flaps to lift to find answers questions such as “When can I see a shooting star?”, “Where is the tallest waterfall?”, and “What are clouds made of?”.
Over 50 flaps to lift answer who, what, when, why and where questions about the weather and seasons, countries and languages around the world, what the Earth is made of and lots more.
With a map of the world showing many of the features mentioned in the book.

Learn about animals by dissecting owl pellets. Find out what owls eat by examining the real skeletons you find!

• This science kit for kids brings biology concepts to life through an engaging, guided learning experience.
• The 10 hands-on experiments are designed to spark interest, prompt investigation and critical thinking, and inspire a love of nature.
• The full colour Career & Lab Guide is packed with scientific principles, pictures, and information that will keep kids busy, engaged and learning.
• Experiments are easy to do, and the kit comes with all young biologists need to learn in their own home laboratories.
• The Career & Lab Guide introduces kids to future STEM careers including zoologist, biologist, or veterinarian.
• Warning: Contains owl pellets.

Inspire your budding young scientist! Explore our wide range of fun, engaging Science Kits and real working Science Toys that introduce children to the exciting world of STEM.

Felt tales story boards are designed for many years of imaginative play.

Spectrum Critical Thinking for Math for fourth grade helps children understand concepts such as:

• geometry
• rounding
• multiplication and division
• addition and subtraction
• fractions and decimals

Spectrum Critical Thinking for Math helps fourth graders improve problem-solving skills.

Filled with math reasoning activities, word problems, and detailed instructions, Spectrum Critical Thinking for Math guides children through problem-solving strategies and real-world application. This series includes a testing section to help learners retain information and an answer key for insight into various strategies.

The best-selling Spectrum brand supports educational success every step of the way with comprehensive, standards-based workbooks for a variety of subjects, grade levels, and needs. All workbooks, whether test prep or subject-specific, reinforce the skills and standards children learn in today's classroom, making Spectrum the best workbooks to help your child stay ahead!

Add new excitement to mealtime with these educational and entertaining double-sided, write-on, wipe-off placemats. These durable activity mats are ideal for use with our multicolored Learning Mat Crayons and are available in a range of topics from math to maps!

By Kenneth C. Davis

Don't Know Much About Geography by New York Times bestselling author Kenneth C. Davis is a fascinating and fun exploration of our planet.

Geography is the hub from which other disciplines radiate: meteorology, ecology, geology, oceanography, demographics, cartography, agricultural studies, economics, and political science.

In addition to presenting geographical trivia that’ll impress your friends, Davis explores 21st-century topics of global concern, including the role of the Internet and technology in transforming the lives of people around the world, how so-called developing nations develop, sustainability, and the debates over climate change and evolutionary science.

This completely revised and updated version of Don't Know Much About Geography is an entertaining and illuminating grand tour of planet Earth.

By Frances Hodgson Burnett, Illustrated by Tasha Tudor

Generations of children have treasured the story of Sara Crewe, the little girl who imagines shes a princess in order to survive hard times at Miss Minchins London boarding school. Now, this classic novel is available in two beautiful new collectors editions. With Tasha Tudors enchanting black-and-white illustrations, and lovely details like a satin ribbon marker and glorious full-color plates in the hardcover, these new editions of A Little Princess are must-haves for anyone who wants to rediscover the magic of this beloved story.

By Frank B. Gilbreth and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey

“A touching family portrait that also happens to be very, very funny. . . its appeal is timeless.” —Jonathan Yardley, Washington Post

One of the best-loved American memoirs of an oversized family and the parents who held them together - now a Disney+ movie starring Gabrielle Union and Zach Braff.

What do you get when you put twelve lively kids together with a father—a famous efficiency expert—who believes families can run like factories, and a mother who is his partner in everything except discipline? You get a hilarious tale of growing up that has made generations of kids and adults alike laugh along with the Gilbreths in Cheaper by the Dozen.

Translated into more than fifty-three languages and made into numerous films over the years — including a classic film starring Myrna Loy and a cult favorite with Steve Martin, Hilary Duff, and Alyson Stoner — this memoir is a delightfully enduring story of family life at the turn of the twentieth century.

Escape the ho-hum grind of daily life and imagine yourself living it up in this elegant “Fairytale Castle” with the CreArt Painting by Numbers set!

Create a fantastical world filled with lords and ladies of old as you paint this stunning scene featuring a famous “Fairytale Castle” with this CreArt paint-by-number kit! Relax your mind and go to your peaceful place with no screens and no demands as you fill in each clearly numbered section, bit by bit. High-quality, odorless acrylic paints ensure excellent results. Makes a lovely keepsake to hang up or give away! De-stress and find success as you discover the joy of art in your heart today!

Enjoy the relaxing and rewarding experience of creating art without the pressure of facing a blank canvas! Just as great cooks follow recipes to make delicious dishes, the prepared patterns in this Painting by Numbers set lets you create a personal masterpiece you’ll be proud to display. A meditative activity, painting can help relieve the stress of the day while providing a satisfying sense of accomplishment!

With the same dependable quality you’ve come to know in our puzzles and games, this premium paint-by-number kit comes with everything you need: a durable, smooth white painting board with clearly numbered sections; 30 easy-open/close water-based, odorless acrylic paints in matching numbered pots; finishing gloss; dual-tipped, wood-handle paintbrush with fine points (#1, #2) for precise details; artist pallet to keep paint pots steady; and easy-to-follow guide sheet.

A dedicated and brave pilot, known for staying calm under pressure, he became the first person to set foot on the moon.

Series: Extraordinary Lives
From real-life narratives to timelines and facts, each fully illustrated book focuses on the life of an inspirational historical or modern figure. Explore the childhood, the achievements, and the qualities of each figure – the very things that helped them have such an incredible impact on the world.

World-Changing logic Puzzle

Create your own world with Geologic! Players begin with a 30-sided planet core and 14 different biome Tiles. Each of the 60 Challenge Cards show a different starting position for some of the biome Tiles, and players must figur out how to position the remaining Tiles in order to complete the planet's surface. A variety of environments in different shapes provide endless unique combinations-but each challenge has only one correct solution! Explore 60 beginner-to-expert world-building challenges with Geologic!

ThinkFun Rush Hour World Tour Magnetic Travel Puzzle - Embark on a Global Adventure of Logic and Strategy in a Compact Travel Edition

Introducing the exhilarating and magnetic puzzle experience, Rush Hour World Tour Magnetic Travel Puzzle!

Get ready to embark on a global adventure of logic and strategy, all packed into a compact travel edition that will captivate and challenge you wherever you go. In Rush Hour World Tour MTP, navigate vehicles through bustling traffic jams around the world. Using the power of magnets, solve the traffic jams to slide the red car free to continue to explore the world. This compact edition is designed to join you on your journeys, making it the perfect travel companion as you explore the globe.

The portable size and magnetic components allow you to immerse yourself in the puzzle-solving excitement whether you're on a plane, train, or simply relaxing at a café. Feel the magnetic pull as you strategically plan your moves, sliding the vehicles along the board and rearranging their positions to create an open path. The magnetic elements add an extra layer of tactile enjoyment, making each maneuver both satisfying and engaging. Rush Hour World Tour Magnetics Travel Puzzle is designed to challenge your problem-solving skills and keep your mind sharp as you conquer the traffic puzzles of cities worldwide. With its magnetic charm and worldwide appeal, this game guarantees hours of fun and entertainment, making it a must-have addition to any travel adventure. So pack your bags, fasten your seatbelt, and get ready to embark on the Rush Hour World Tour MTP.

Children who love sports can find out all about the future careers they can have as they discover what a lifeguard does all day, how to become a sports photographer, what it takes to be an athletic trainer, and much, much more. From dancing on stage to leading bike rides through the mountains, and from teaching children to swim to fixing race cars, this fun, fact-packed book reveals a world of opportunities.

Series: That's a Job?
For children who have a passion for something but don’t know how they can turn it into a job, this new series helps them along the way.

Outdoor Science Lab – Bugs, Dirt, & Plants is packed with more than 21 hands-on activities and real science tools that invite kids to identify, classify, measure, test, and analyze the world around them. The kit features a clip-on macro lens compatible with your smartphones and tablets (not included). The lens allows for extreme close-ups of tiny creatures and objects.
The 32-page illustrated science book features experiments related to soil, bugs, rocks, plants, and water. Kids will discover how to test the pH of soil and rainwater, observe insect behavior under UV light, classify plants, and identify backyard animal tracks. They’ll also learn how plants breathe, why leaves change color, the importance of trees to life on Earth, and much more!

Keep your eyes on the skies with this all-in-one weather station.
This 16-piece weather monitoring kit is perfect for the budding meteorologist in your family. Children will measure rainfall and temperature, gauge windspeed and wind direction, test for acid rain, and demonstrate how soil filters rainwater. The 32-page illustrated book gives kids a thorough understanding of how high-and-low-pressure areas affect local weather.
Kids will learn about climate zones around the world and discover the causes and effects of extreme weather, lightning, tornadoes, and hurricanes. A cloud identification chart and weather tracker ideas will have them challenging their local weathercaster for the most accurate predictions!
Includes base station, rain gauge, weathervane, compass, anemometer, thermometer, hygrometer, condensation test tube, and a 32-page illustrated book.

Explore a world that existed millions of years before people lived on the Earth, when extraordinary animals roamed the land. From the fierce Tyrannosaurus rex to the birdlike Compsognathus, the hidden wonders of the dinosaur world are revealed.

Series: Shine-A-Light
Shine a flashlight behind the page or hold it to the light to reveal what is hidden in and around different places and things. Discover a world of great surprises!

Many animals migrate to find food, water, warmer weather, or a safe place to have their young. Follow along on 15 amazing animal journeys by shining a light through this book's special pages.

Series: Shine-A-Light
Shine a flashlight behind the page or hold it to the light to reveal what is hidden in and around different places and things. Discover a world of great surprises!