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Doug the Pug Item: 39811 • ISBN: 978-1-62343-981-1
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Jorgensen (Capstone Young Readers, Feb., $15.95), featuring
recipes from America’s big league stadiums. And for those with a
green thumb, there’s The Ultimate Guide to Gardening: Grow Your
Own Indoor, Vegetable, Fairy and Other Great Gardens by Lisa J.
Amstutz (Capstone Young Readers, April, $12.95, ages 8-14)
filled with easy how-to projects for gardeners of all levels.
CREATIVITY
Titles that foster confidence in kids
include Do Your Happy Dance! Celebrate
Wonderful You by Charles M. Schulz and
adapted by Elizabeth Dennis Barton
(Simon Spotlight, March, $7.99), and
What Can I Be? by Ann Rand, illustrated by Ingrid King (Princeton
Architectural Press, April, $17.95).
ART
The editors of Klutz have several DIY art titles, including
Shimmer Art ($21.99; ages 12 and up), Color In Stained Glass
($21.99; ages 8 and up), Create Your Own Quote Art ($19.99;
ages 8 and up), and Smash Bot Battle ($19.99; ages 8 and up),
a kit to build paper robots.
ANIMALS
CatBook by B. Kliban and Zoe Burke (Pomegranate, Feb.,
$10.95) is a board book featuring Kliban’s famous cats accompanied by rhyming text.
Children’s Sidelines
Harry Potter merchandise keeps selling, and Running Press
has several themed mini-kits, including Harry Potter Wizard’s
Wand with Sticker Book and Harry Potter Hermione’s Wand with
Sticker Book (March, $12.95), both of which feature a replica of
a wand plus a wand stand and a 16-page book with full-color
stickers. The Harry Potter Coloring Kit (May, $9.95) includes 30
illustrated cards, 10 colored pencils, and three magnetic frames
to display art.
The Toothfairy Kit
(Compendium, Jan., $36.95)
contains an illustrated book
telling the story of the Tooth
Fairy, a star pillow with a small
pocket for holding teeth and
treasures, and a keepsake
journal to record the experience
of losing a tooth.
JOURNALING
Fill-Me-In by author/illustrator Moose Allain (Big Picture
Press, April, $16.99) is a fill-me-in journal intended to
encourage creativity.