These 97 games, sight gags, playful tricks, and practical jokes require no special talent, use just the simplest household items as props, and actually work. Babies will be entertained - and adult readers will rediscover the joy of surrendering to sheer silliness. Get baby giggling with the Exaggerated Sneeze ah-ah-ah-ah-CHOO ! The Live Jack-in-the-Box (Dad goes in large cardboard box, family sings, Pop Goes the Weasel , and Dad jumps out at the last line), and oldies-but-goodies including Baby's Stinky Feet. It's the joy of letting loose and laughing with your baby.

In the best-selling tradition of Kids Say the Darndest Thingsand Really Important Stuff My Kids Have Taught Me, this warm andfunny book offers 147 truly wise parenting tips in the words andhandwriting of kids who don't always know how to spell, but alwaysknow what they need. If kids came with an instruction manual, this would be it -- aclever and poignant collection of suggestions, observations andreminders to parents from the experts themselves (kids 6-12). Organized into three sections: (Love and Caring, Family andFriends, and Guidance and Independence), these one- or two-linerequests will bring a smile to your face, a lump to your throat,and a renewed sense of confidence that you can give your kids thelove and support they deserve.

The Simple Science of a Happy Family. From raising children to getting along with in-laws, what do people with close and loving families do differently than those with strained or unfulfilling relationships? Sociologists, therapists, and psychiatrists have spent entire careers investigating the ins and outs of family dynamics, yet their findings are inaccessible to ordinary people, hidden in obscure journals to be shared with other experts. Now, David Niven, the international bestselling author of The 100 Simple Secret series has collected the most current and significant data from more than a thousand of the best scientific studies on families and then spelled out the findings in plain English. The advice is based not on one person's unique experiences or opinions, but offers for the first time the research of noted scientists studying average American families. These findings have been boiled down to one hundred essential ways to find and maintain love, joy, and satisfaction in all family relati

Have you ever wondered what you should do if you are attacked by a shark? Or how about if you are trapped in a burning building? Well, if you have, this is the book for you. It covers every situation you can think of, and lots more besides! There are useful hints and tips for: surviving in the wilderness, finding water and building a shelter, escaping from bears and mountain lions, coping with earthquakes and tornadoes. It also includes helpful first aid information and a section on being street-smart. Let's hope you never end up on a desert island-but if you do, you'll be glad you read this book!

Give your child a head start with baby sign language. Based on simple signs and gestures that are easy for your baby to understand and use, baby sign language gives you and your child the tools you need tostart communicating before speech develops. Reduce frustration, boost onfidence, and strengthen your bond with your baby. This easy and flexible system for learning makes signing with your baby a fun and rewarding experience.

A boy and his dog savour the silence of the early morning as they deliver papers. Editorial Reviews From Publishers Weekly Pilkey (When Cats Dream; the Dragon books) is at his best in this highly atmospheric work. Here his trademark color palette glows quietly under the cover of darkness; violet skies and emerald-shadowed fields predominate until the explosion of a fiery dawn. Early one cold morning a boy and his dog rise to deliver newspapers. In almost reverential silence they eat breakfast, prepare the newspapers, then step out into the chill, leaving sleeping parents and sister inside. Pilkey perfectly captures the thrill of being out early, seeing the world so new and having it all to oneself. Something magical is at work on this most ordinary of paper routes, tangible in the controlled hush of the narrative and in the still, moon-lit landscapes. And, at last, as his family awakens to golden sunlight, the paperboy returns to his bed, prepared to enter another familiar Pilkey world: dreaml