Two new titles in our award winning Touch and Feel series that use birthday and mealtime to reinforce primary learning skills through sensory perception.

Would you like to touch a birthday balloon? Turn the pages to enjoy more party textures. With easy-to-read text, superb full-color photography, and textures that can be touched again and again, Touch and Feel Birthday and Touch and Feel Mealtime are the next two titles in this award-winning series designed encourage children to explore the world around them....

Demonstrating the unfolding of history, panoramic views visiting a particular site every few centuries follow the evolution of a Stone Age riverside settlement into a twentieth-century city. A bold title and date with a few sentences describing significant changes appears in the upper-right-hand corner of each broad vertical scene. Added statements wind around the four borders, offering details about daily life of the period and inviting readers to search for significant activities among the many small vignettes in the larger view. Tiny figures busy at daily life offer an engaging chronicle of human experience over time as invaders and disease take their toll or more peaceful times bring prosperity and growth. The hypothetical street is in an unnamed European setting; Romans, Barbarians, Vikings, and the plague alter the fortunes of in-habitants. Some of the historical milestones represented by the fourteen segments are not so far apart, while long stretches of time separate others. It's a very telescopic view, compressing the rich complexities of history into a few glimpses, but there's plenty of human interest in the passing scene to keep readers poring over the shifting yet similar pursuits of people over time. The timeline construct is a useful demonstration for children, and the busy vistas would make a fine springboard for encouraging students to create scenes of local history. ...

Following the success of the previous My First Games, here comes two new formats sure to delight -- large floor puzzles and playboards.

Young children will love these colorful, shaped jigsaw puzzles -- each one designed to keep little hands busy. Dorling Kindersley's stunning photographic jigsaw puzzles promote manual dexterity, hand-eye coordination and sequencing skills.

My First Puzzle: Animals contains a Ducklings puzzle, a Puppy puzzle, and a Tiger Cub puzzle....

Six new titles in the top selling My First series that continue our focus on early language development.

This large-format novelty book builds on the phenomenal success of the best selling My First series to promote early learning through fun and familiar objects. Focusing on the animals, foods, and machines found on the farm, My First Farm Touch and Feel features a variety of fun textures and colorful images to delight the senses....

This is an exciting new edition of the cookbook that takes adventurous cooks on a gastronomic trip around the world. Stylish, mouth-watering photographs will inspire readers to be adventurous with new flavours and cuisines. Different cooking techniques are clearly illustrated, and accompanied by information on ingredients from around the globe. Simple, illustrated step-by-step instructions explain exactly what cooks need to do, making each recipe 100 per cent fail-safe....

Bringing the amazing world of words to children ages five and older. With over 700 illustrations designed to attract young children and 4,000 age--appropriate vocabulary words, the DK First Dictionary sets a new standard in linguistic reference for children six and up. Many entries include opposites, similar words, and word origins, alongside phonetic spellings and easy--to--follow definitions. Word Detective" games and "Word Banks" help children expand their vocabulary while having fun."...