toy and movable books

When Archie is given a scrapbook for his tenth birthday in 1914, he chronicles the next four years of his life using documents, artifacts, and comic strips.

Presents facts about life on the famine ship "Dunbrody"--which carried Irish immigrants to America during the Great Famine in the nineteenth century--through fictional journal entries by a nine-year-old boy, and features pop-up illustrations, lift-flaps, and other props.

Contains instructions for making pop-ups, including a brief history of paper engineering and the mechanics of creating three-dimensional paper forms, with materials, photographs of the finished product, practice sheets, and storage pockets.

Presents a full-color illustrated tour of the tomb of Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamen that shows many of the treasures discovered by Dr. Howard Carter in 1922.

A pop-up book that chronicles, in a narrative poem, the life and achievements of the renowned Italian astronomer whose work changed the course of science.

Invites the reader to find out which art dealer is responsible for forged paintings which are about to be sold.

See-through pages, illustrations, and easy-to-follow text teach young readers about the wild and dangerous exploits of pirates.

Introduces the rules and strategies of chess, as well as its history and some of the great players and matches.

A spot-the-difference game, mystery story, and art book in which readers try to tell which paintings are genuine and which are forgeries. Includes magnifying glass and split-page format.

An interactive book that uses stickers, fold-out pages, transparencies and punch-outs to teach about different styles and materials used in building and designing structures from the past, present, and future.