Collection: Children

Think your child has outgrown ordinary maze books? This challenge proves otherwise.

A-MAZE-ING Activity: Mega Maze Challenge is a bold, brain-stretching maze book for kids who want more than simple twists and turns. Packed with vibrant cartoon art and cleverly designed obstacles, this puzzle book turns every page into a true test of skill.

Created by professional cartoonist and renowned maze master Joe Wos--known for his work on the beloved Peanuts comics--this collection features 10 dynamic maze challenges filled with unexpected traps, visual illusions, and playful surprises. Kids won't just trace a line from start to finish. They'll navigate through dinosaur jaws, weave past looping frog tongues, and outsmart dozens of tricky dead ends along the way.

This isn't just an activity book for kids, it's an immersive, screen-free experience that builds focus, determination, and problem-solving confidence with every completed maze.

Perfect for puzzle enthusiasts, visual thinkers, and kids who love brain games and challenging activity books.

Why families love this maze challenge book:

• Real Challenge for Growing Minds: Each maze is thoughtfully designed to stretch reasoning skills and reward persistence.
• Confidence in Every Completion: Solving complex paths gives kids a genuine sense of accomplishment and pride.
• Bright, Imaginative Artwork: Colorful cartoon illustrations transform traditional mazes into exciting adventures.
• Brain-Boosting, Screen-Free Fun: Supports hand-eye coordination, focus, and logical thinking--ideal for travel, classrooms, summer activities, and quiet time.
• Created by a Professional Maze Artist: Joe Wos brings years of maze design expertise to every page, offering a level of creativity rarely found in standard maze books.

A great gift for fans of Highlights, National Geographic Kids, and other puzzle books for kids, A-MAZE-ING Activity: Mega Maze Challenge delivers hours of engaging entertainment for children who are ready to level up their maze-solving skills.

For kids who don't just want to finish a maze--they want to conquer it.

"This beautifully illustrated book offers a reminder that it is okay to feel worried, scared, or unsure while fostering resilience and gently encouraging young children to face their fears" - Rachel Merson, Psy.D. Licensed Clinical Psychologist

Tomorrow may bring changes that are scary, strange or new.
Tomorrow may bring chances to embrace your truest you.

Empower kids to manage anxiety! Perfect for a bedtime story to ease next-day jitters, this lyrical picture book, in bilingual Chinese and English, reassures readers through calming affirmations that they have the strength to face whatever comes tomorrow.

• Develop English and Chinese skills
• Inspired by the author's own experience with anxiety
• Lyrical words offer gentle wisdom for both children and adults
• Endmatter includes resources and activities that offer useful strategies for managing worries developed by a child development specialist

"A cheery reminder of the fun to be had--and fears overcome--with a little imagination" --Publishers Weekly

It's Ruby's first day at school, and it feels like there are beasts lurking around every corner! How will Mom help her find her courage? Ruby and Mom's adventures open the door for caregivers to ask children about their anxieties about new experiences. Now available in bilingual Chinese and English.

• Develop early English and Chinese language skills
• Perfect to read for first day of school jitters

"The illustrations are colorful, the bears that fill the busy scenes are appealing, and there is plenty for young readers to pour over" -- School Library Journal

Bear goes to town every day, and always has something to do! From the bakery, to the gym, to the toyshop, walk with Bear through the days of the week as he visits his favorite places in town. Explore Bear's town even more with a full map at the end. This bilingual Chinese and English addition to the beloved Bear series features delightful rhyming text to teach the days of the week

• Develop early English and Chinese language skills
• Learn about the days of the week
• Features the classic bestselling Barefoot Books character, Bear!

There was a mouse who liked to tell

big stories and draw too.

The animals all loved her tales

and pictures that she drew.

Mouse loves using stories to spread joy yet one look at her makes people scream in fear! Realizing there are other kind-hearted but misunderstood creatures at the zoo, she sets out to help in her own special way. With a story! From a peek-a-boo spider to a joke-cracking Komodo dragon, this heartwarming and hilarious adventures celebrates acceptance, kindness and the joy of unexpected friendship.

Discover the life of Babe Ruth--a story about making it to the top for kids ages 6 to 9

George Herman Ruth Jr., more commonly known as Babe Ruth, was one of the greatest American baseball players of all time. Before he was a sports hero, Babe was a poor kid who loved playing baseball but often got into trouble. His life changed when he went away to boarding school and he was discovered by the minor leagues. The rest is history! Explore how Babe went from being a young boy growing up in Baltimore to a record-breaking baseball player and sports hero with this biography for kids.

• Independent reading--This Babe Ruth biography is broken down into short chapters and simple language so kids 6 to 9 can read and learn on their own.
• Critical thinking--Kids will learn the Who, What, Where, When, Why, and How of Babe's life, find definitions of new words, discussion questions, and more.
• A lasting legacy--Find out how Babe Ruth changed the game of baseball for future generations--and became more than just a great baseball player.

How will Babe's determination inspire you?

Discover activists, artists, athletes, and more from across history with the rest of the Story Of series, including famous figures like: Jackie Robinson, Neil Armstrong, Amelia Earhart, the Wright Brothers, and Jane Goodall.

Gold Medal Winner of 2023 Moonbeam Children's Book Award (ALEXWithStrawberries dot com).

此书荣获2023月光全美儿童书金奖 (ALEXWithStrawberries dot com)

别具一格的纯手工拼贴画绘本（共52页)，生动有趣，色彩大胆，充满了想象力。儿童喜爱诵读的获奖押韵诗歌。 中英文，加注拼音。 学习各种水体名称如河，湖，海以及各种水栖动物的名字如企鹅，乌贼等等。学习中文特殊的语法"量词" 并附练习和答案。作者Alexandra Huynh 的诗歌和绘画曾荣获多项国际奖项。

The book has 52 pages, and is written in English and simplified Chinese. Pinyin is included to help you pronounce the Chinese characters correctly. In addition to the beautiful rhyming poem, you will learn bodies of water such as river, lake, creek, etc., and wetland/ocean animals such as penguin in English or Chinese. There is also a special section to help you learn Chinese Measure Words (exercises and answers are included).

Each picture book biography in this New York Times bestselling series tells the story of a significant historical figure in a simple, conversational, playful way, always focusing on a character trait that makes the hero a role model for kids. This volume features Benjamin Franklin, one of the Founding Fathers of the United States who helped draft the Declaration of Independence while making important scientific contributions.

Cada una de las biografías en formato de álbum ilustrado de esta serie bestseller del New York Times reseña la vida, de manera simple, conversacional y juguetona, de una figura histórica significativa, centrándose siempre en un rasgo del carácter que hace al héroe, o a la heroína, un modelo a seguir para los pequeños lectores. Este volumen presenta a Benjamín Franklin, uno de los Padres Fundadores de Estados Unidos, que ayudó a redactar la Declaración de Independencia y a quien debemos importantes contribuciones científicas.

Each picture book biography in this New York Times bestselling series tells the story of a significant historical figure in a simple, conversational, playful way, always focusing on a character trait that makes the hero a role model for kids. This volume features president Abraham Lincoln, who always spoke his mind and was unafraid to speak for others.

Cada una de las biografías en formato de álbum ilustrado de esta serie bestseller del New York Times reseña la vida, de manera simple, conversacional y juguetona, de una figura histórica significativa, centrándose siempre en un rasgo del carácter que hace al héroe, o a la heroína, un modelo a seguir para los pequeños lectores. Este volumen presenta al presidente Abraham Lincoln, quien siempre dijo lo que pensaba y no tenía miedo de levantar su voz en beneficio de los demás.

From Randy Wayne White, the New York Times bestselling author of the Doc Ford series for adults, comes Fins, a high-stakes, masterfully plotted story of courage, friendship...and sharks!

The world's shark population is in trouble for a sad, simple reason: shark fin soup. And although it's illegal, poachers have been targeting Florida's biannual migration of blacktip sharks.

Marine biologist Doc Ford needs some assistance protecting the sharks and enlists the help of three kids--Luke, Maribel and Sabina. Luke is brand-new to Florida from the Midwest; sisters Maribel and Sabina have only recently arrived from Cuba--and all three feel like fish out of water. It's going to take some convincing for them to work as a team and to recognize in themselves the courage, wisdom and tenacity that Doc sees in them.

Together they form Sharks, Inc. and are given an important assignment: to set out each day on their small fishing boat in hopes of tagging sharks for Doc's research--and to stay away--far away--from any possible poachers in the area.

The trio certainly isn't looking for trouble, but when they come face to face with danger, survival requires them to rely on each of their own unique gifts, and especially on one another.

Two feathered friends are Frog and Toad for the emoji generation in this delightful graphic novel series for emerging readers.

Owl wants to play catch. But Penguin wants to play tennis! Which should they play?

Sometimes best friends disagree. Though Owl and Penguin are opposites, they like to solve their conflicts with creative play. From conquering fears to flying a runaway kite, there's nothing these pals can't get through together.

In five nearly wordless stories, expressive art leads the storytelling, supplemented by simple text captions and emoticon-style images in speech bubbles. This innovative format supports visual literacy and sight word recognition for the earliest independent readers. With warm humor and a joyful palette, it's perfect for kids to giggle over on their own.

I Like to Read(R) Comics are perfect for kids who are challenged by or unengaged in reading, kids who love art, and the growing number of young comics fans. Filled with eye-catching art, humor, and terrific stories, these comics provide unique reading experiences for growing minds. Like their award-winning I Like to Read(R) counterparts, these books are created by celebrated artists and support reading comprehension to transform children into lifelong readers.

Named to the Little Maverick Graphic Novel Reading List!
A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection

Encourage teens to learn about the water crisis and take action to protect and restore local waterways.

Whether it's in a drinking glass, flowing downstream, or miles underground, water is everywhere. And it's essential for life on Earth. But our water planet is in crisis. Going Blue educates teens about our water crisis and gives them tools and inspiration to transform their ideas into action.

With color photos and illustrations, along with practical suggestions and activities, readers follow stories of young people around the world addressing water concerns and learn about issues such as clean water access, coral reef damage, runoff pollution, trash islands, factory fishing, and bottled water.

The second edition of Going Blue includes:

• current statistics and updated facts
• new stories about real teens
• a focus on restoration and sustainability
• COVID's impact on ocean trash
• information about setting up a hydration station at school
• updates on the restoration efforts ten years after the Gulf oil spill and on the Flint water crisis

Teens are helping our environment by going green, and they can help rescue our ocean and waterways by going blue.

A Mathical Book Prize Honor Book!

A friendly little farm breaks into chaos as increasing numbers of farm animals fight over a dropped cookie, until there's trouble overhead! United against a common enemy, the animals learn that friendship and taking care of each other is more important than winning a fight.

Written by debut picture book author Jessica Shaw and illustrated by Pauline Gregory, this book counts groups of animals from 1 to 10 and back down again and makes a great read-aloud for friendship-themed story times.

Named a Mathical Book Prize Honor Book for PreK in 2024, this title inspires a love of math by connecting with young children's interests.

"Will hit all the high notes for theater and mystery fans alike." --Kirkus Reviews

Better Nate than Ever meets Love Sugar Magic in this spooky middle grade novel from Hamilton and Broadway star Mandy Gonzalez about a group of young thespians who must face the ghost haunting their theater.

Twelve-year-old Monica Garcia has arrived in NYC with her grandmother and a few suitcases to live her dream on Broadway. She's been chosen as understudy to the star of Our Time, the famed Ethel Merman Theater's last chance to produce a hit before it shutters its doors for good. Along with her fellow castmates--a.k.a. "the squad"--Monica has a big and very personal reason to want this show to succeed.

But rumors of a long-running curse plague the theater. And when strange and terrible things start to threaten their hopes for a successful opening night, Monica and the rest of the squad must figure out how to reverse the curse before their big Broadway debuts.

With the help of her new friends, her family, and a little magic, can Monica help save the show--and save their dreams? From Broadway and television star Mandy Gonzalez comes a story about what it means to dream, be yourself, and be fearless.

We Want Equal Rights! is the story of remarkable women who laid the foundation for the modern women's movement and the American Indian nation that proved equality was possible. In 1850, these brave women challenged a culture that believed they were inferior to men. How did they envision such a world? They looked to their neighbors the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) and saw how women were held in high regard, with even greater rights than men.

At that time in the United States, a woman was considered subservient to her husband, who gained all his wife's wealth upon marriage. Women had no claim to their children and were considered runaway slaves if they left an abusive man. In contrast, Haudenosaunee society provided a shining example of what is possible when women are treated with respect. Read how early activists forged a path to women's equal rights using the ideals of their Indigenous neighbors.