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Asking kids thought-provoking questions is a great way to engage their critical-thinking skills, according to Laura Linn Knight, the author of “Break Free from Reactive Parenting.”
ACTIVITY BOOKS Can Make and Do (12 activity books) Relationship Builders (2 books about non-competitive games and activities) Sensational Seasons and Holidays (12 activity books) Dozens of Dynamite Things (12 activity books) Every Kids Guide to Saving the Earth (instructional and activity book) PARENTING BOOKS Happily Everafter
A book is normally referred to as an activity book if it combines a variety of interactive elements and does not fall neatly into one of these more specific categories. Similarly, adult activity books could include colouring pages (colour by number or free colouring) and puzzles such as sudoku and crossword puzzles, suitable for different ages ...
Opposing Viewpoints is a series of books on current issues which seeks to explore the varying opinions in a balanced pros/cons debate. The series attempts to encourage critical thinking and issue awareness by providing opposing views on contentious issues.
The View from Saturday is a children's novel by E. L. Konigsburg, published by Atheneum Books for Young Readers in 1996. [1] It won the 1997 Newbery Medal for excellence in American children's literature , the author's second Medal.
[21] It became "a children's book author and illustrator series which has brought Coretta Scott King-Award winning authors and illustrators whose work reflected African culture to the library". [21] "The Ashley Bryan Art series has had a long-lasting cultural effect upon the community bringing children and families into the library and engaging ...
Pickles (pen name of Lisa Tolliver) – educational activity books; Ferry Piekart (NL) – cultural anthropology; Kjartan Poskitt (UK) – maths; Rhoda Power and Eileen Power (UK) – history; Charles Ray (UK) – editor of children's encyclopedias, such as Everybody's Enquire Within; Upendrakishore Raychowdhury (India) – Bengali
Chasing Vermeer is Blue Balliett's first published book. Its original purpose was a book to read to her class for fun. [2] She realized that a mystery about "real" art issues had not been written since E.L. Konigsburg's 1967 novel From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, and desired to write what she wished to read. [3]