Most Popular Books by Penny Warner

Clear step-by-step instructions plus helpful illustrations and trouble-shooting tips to guarantee a successful party.

This year-round guide provides fresh new ideas, month by month, for holiday activities the whole family can enjoy together. Ideal for busy parents, the guide organizes every holiday clearly, with detailed "what-you-need" lists and time guidelines for each activity. Illustrations.

Buford the Bullfrog is dead. And that''s only the beginning. Connor Westphal, the feisty deaf publisher of the weekly Eureka!, jumps into the annual Jubilee festivities when her sidekick and main squeeze, private eye Dan Smith, is retained by Buford''s jockey to find the murderer. With the help of Sheriff Elvis Mercer and the eccentric denizens of Flat Skunk, Connor and Dan think it''ll be a snap, until the sheriff''s son Jeremiah comes under suspicion and a human body surfaces in Critter''s Creek, along with a lot more dead frogs. Connor, with the aid of a new blind friend, sets about finding out who is killing the frogs and people of Calaveras County.

Penny Warner knows hundreds of ways to have fun at kids’ parties—now you will, too! This book has so many great activities for kids’ parties, you’ll want to try them long before your child’s next birthday. Here are hundreds of the most entertaining games and activities for kids ages 2 to 12—more ideas than any other book has! You’ll find clear step-by-step instructions plus helpful illustrations and trouble-shooting tips to guarantee a successful party. Whether you’re planning an elaborate event or want to throw a simple party without spending much time and money, this is the book for you. — Chock-Full of Ideas! • Icebreakers • Traditional favorites • Contemporary games • Competitive and noncompetitive activities • Indoor and outdoor fun • Group projects • Outings and events • Entertainers • Plus great ideas for prizes and favors!

Provides ideas for parties for children based on stories including "Curious George" and "Bunnicula", for children ages three to six, six to nine, and nine to twelve.

365 Foolproof Ways to Simplify Life with a Toddler That adorable baby you enjoyed cradling in your arms is suddenly on the move! As the parent of a toddler, you play many roles: nurse, teacher, chef, playmate, and more. Child development expert Penny Warner comes to your rescue with 365 ways to meet everyday challenges. Routines such as “The Monster Zapper” and “Boo-Boo Bunny” are sure to become classics in your home. Along with Warner’s help and guidance, you’ll also find anecdotes from other parents of toddlers. This book is the most comprehensive guide to all facets of parenting toddlers. It provides all the tools you need to: • Give your child proper nutrition. • Support your child’s social, emotional, and cognitive development. • Help your child develop motor and language skills. • Promote safety, fun, and learning during play. • Travel stress-free. • Monitor the physical health and hygiene of your child.

Presents a variety of games and activities to do in and with water.

A fun and creative companion for the 6.5 million children who attend summer camp each year, their parents, and camp counselors.The idea is great: Send a child to a summer camp full of peers and fun activities and no parents to deal with. While many kids have the time of their lives, it''s not always a perfect match. So wouldn''t it be great if kids and parents had a resource to help them find the right camp -- one that ensures an exciting, fun, and positive experience and at the same time shows them how to prepare for it?Parent''s and Kid''s Complete Guide to Summer Camp Fun provides such a tool. Broken into a unique format -- the first half of the book is for parents, the second for kids -- inside is detailed information on how to deal with such issues as: For Parents: -- Finding the right summer camp for your child-- What to pack (including surprises for added fun!)-- How to discuss homesickness and safetyFor Kids: -- Campfire games, stories, and songs-- Nature crafts and survival exercises-- Keeping a journal and ideas for keepsakesIt''s great! Now parents and children can find the perfect summer c

This updated version of a best-selling titles combines the new thinking on nutrition with sensible strategies for snacking. The author shows how to smuggle nutrition into every meal and how to use humour to coax children to eat well. The food pyramids and a nutritional analysis make preparing healthy meals easy.

175 recipies geared towards children''s parties that have reduced sugar and fat content.

Written for adults who want to have inexpensive but fun birthday parties for their children.

Contains 150 educational games and activities for preschoolers aged 3 to 6. Includes illustrations, safety tips and recommended ages for each activity, as well as materials lists and helpful hints.

Warner offers 20 complete birthday party ideas, from the invitations to the food, favors and cake. Themes include: Mother Goose, Teddy Bear picnic, Dolly''s tea party, and more.

In DEAD MAN''S HAND, Connor is on an emotional roller coaster, with hearing love interest Dan Smith and deaf advocate Josh Littlefield controlling the gears. Dan has proposed, and while she loves Dan, she isn''t sure she wants to be married, since her parents divorced as a result of her deafness. Besides the fact that hearing and deaf people come from two worlds, marriage implies dependence to Connor, the one thing she''s been fighting against her whole life. Josh, recently widowed and actively pursuing Connor, is single-parenting his young deaf daughter, whom Connor adores. But Josh has also grown more radical over the years, and has plans to establish a nearly self-sufficient Deaf Community at a nearby ghost town. He''s recruiting other disgruntled deaf residents by securing jobs at the local-and controversial-Indian casino, where hearing isn''t essential and sign language is easily understood. Deaf people feel a solidarity with the Indians, also displaced people. As the town becomes divided on several issues-medical marijuana growing, tree-sitting terrorism, anti-gambling religious cults, and reactionary survivalists-Connor senses an undercurrent of malevolence. The casino controversy is keeping Connor too busy to examine her real feelings, but her sense proves portentous. The infamous and historic landmark, the Hanging Dummy-an image of a prospector carved from wood-swings from a rope over a Flat Skunk gold-mining shop, in effigy for all the poor hanged souls of the mining years. But it''s suddenly lost an ear. Connor''s roller-coaster is about to pick up speed with a whole new set of distractions-the appendage turns out to be human.

Who can alphabetize the most objects in the room in two minutes? Who can decipher eight puzzling codes? Creative games and activities like these will keep kids occupied for hours and away from the television. The tear-out duplicate game sheets are enough for eight players.

Over 200 Great Activities to Enjoy with Your Child! This book is packed with games and activities to help you and your child turn moments spent in the car, kitchen, bath, bedroom, yard, store—in short, anytime—into bonding and teaching time! These activities help you strengthen your relationship with your child and teach values and skills that will be useful for the rest of your child’s life.

Shows how to give theme birthday parties for babies and toddlers.

Nancy Drew turned 76 last year, but you wouldn''t know it to look at her. Our intrepid heroine is still solving mysteries, finding clues, escaping from villains and saving the day, all without mussing those golden tresses. And now, so can you.The Official Nancy Drew Handbook will teach you all you need to know about living the Nancy life, with tips on fashion and beauty, romance, relationships, survival, sleuthing and success. Soon you will be tapping out Morse code with your high heels, taming a phantom bronco, outsmarting evil-doers, and foiling kidnappers. Girl detectives need look no further to learn the life lessons of a super sleuth.

Four friends search for treasure during a scout outing to California gold rush country.

An original baby-care guide, written by child-development expert Penny Warner that not only describes a baby s growth during the first year, but also provides numerous suggestions to help stimulate and monitor the baby s development week by week.

"New in paperback. An engaging interactive mystery brimming with Egyptian secrets! Break codes along with the multicultural cast of characters. Common Core and STEM connections make for easy classroom use." Cody, Quinn, Luke, and M.E. are the Code Busters--clever clue hunters with a passion for puzzles. After learning about "steganography," the study of concealed writing, the Code Busters discover that artists have been hiding secret messages in their artwork for centuries. A clue hunt on a class trip to the Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum leads the Code Busters to discover an artifact that doesn''t seem to quite seem to fit with the rest of the collection. Could it be a forgery? Their new knowledge of hieroglyphs will help them dig up the answer. But they''ll have to be careful or they might unearth an ancient curse, too! This interactive mystery features more than fifteen codes and puzzles for you to decipher along with the Code Busters, including glyph codes, Morse Code, and Semaphore. Answers are in the back, if you ever get stuck. For more code-breaking fun, visit www.CodeBustersClub.com and join the club! Praise for The Code Busters Club series: Winner of the 2012 Agatha Award for Best Children''s/Young Adult Novel for Case #2: "The Haunted Lighthouse" Nominated for the 2011 Agatha Award for Best Children''s/Young Adult Novelfor Case #1: "The Secret of the Skeleton Key" Nominated for the 2013 Agatha Award for Best Children''s/Young Adult Novelfor Case #3: "The Mystery of the Pirate''s Treasure" Nominated for the 2014 Anthony Award for Best Childtren''s or Young Adult Novel for Case #3: "The Mystery of the Pirate''s Treasure" "[S]ure to appeal to graduates of Encyclopedia Brown and Ivy & Bean." --"Shelf Awareness" "[A] good choice for mystery lovers." --"Booklist" "This intriguing tale has vivid characters and such a tantalizing cliffhanger that readers won''t be able to resist cracking the next Code Busters." --"Kirkus Reviews" "Readers will enjoy deciphering the coded messages and clues." --Jacksonville.com, website for "The Florida Times-Union"

Cody, Quinn, Luke e M.E. são os Caçadores de Códigos. Eles têm verdadeira paixão por enigmas. Em um passeio da escola à Missão de Carmel, eles aprendem a história do único pirata conhecido da Califórnia e de seu tesouro perdido. Agora, os Caçadores de Códigos estão no rastro de uma nova conquista: ouro de pirata! Mas será que eles conseguirão desvendar os mapas misteriosos? E você, consegue decifrar o código? Desafie seu cérebro na companhia dos Caçadores de Códigos e descubra se possui as habilidades necessárias a um exímio detetive.

Ce livre a pour but d''aider les enfants de 3 à 6 ans à développer leur plein potentiel pendant qu''ils s''amusent. Les jeux et les activités sont présentés au moyen d''instructions claires, détaillées point par point et bien illustrées. D''un simple coup d''œil, il est possible de connaître l''âge recommandé et le matériel facile à se procurer dont on aura besoin pour se mettre à l''œuvre. L''auteur indique également les apprentissages concernés par l''activité et les mesures de précaution à prendre pour mieux réussir certains exercices.

C''est au cours des trois premières années de sa vie que l''enfant grandit et se développe le plus rapidement. Spécialiste du développement de l''enfant, Penny Warner nous propose ici 160 jeux et activités convenant à divers groupes d''âge, qui stimuleront et amuseront votre bébé durant des heures. Tous les jeux et activités proposés dans cet ouvrage comprennent : • une indication du groupe d''âge visé ; • une liste d''accessoires faciles à trouver ; • des instructions détaillées ; • des variantes propres à agrémenter le jeu et à stimuler l''apprentissage ; • des mises en garde destinées à empêcher l''enfant de se blesser en jouant ; • une liste des capacités que l''enfant peut développer en jouant.

Cody, Quinn, Luke e M.E. são bem diferentes entre si, porém todos têm algo em comum: adoram criar e decifrar códigos. Na verdade, eles amam tanto códigos, que têm seu próprio clube secreto com um esconderijo e senhas que mudam a cada dia. Quando Cody e Quinn percebem o que pode ser um código na janela de uma casa vizinha, que pertence ao sujeito que eles chamam de Homem Esqueleto, o clube entra em ação. E trata-se de um pedido de socorro!

Waktu berjalan begitu cepat—bayi menggemaskan yang selalu Anda timang tahu-tahu menjadi batita yang bergerak ke sana-kemari! Namun, jangan gundah. Berkat 365 Tip Mengasuh Balita dari Penny Warner, Anda mendapat banyak bantuan dan bimbingan dalam pola pengasuhan “si kecil yang tak mau diam”. Pembagian babnya didasarkan pada aktivitas dasar kehidupan sehari-hari (Activities of Daily Living/ADL) batita, seperti makan, mandi, dan tidur, tetapi juga meluas ke area-area khusus-batita. Segelintir dari masalah yang dibahas meliputi menyikat gigi, berbicara, mimpi buruk, dan, tentu saja, topik terpenting: toilet training. Di dalamnya juga ditambahkan bagian mengenai mempersiapkan anak untuk memiliki saudara, berhubung banyak anggota baru keluarga yang hadir selama anak-anak itu berada dalam usia batita. Dalam buku ini, masalah keselamatan masih menjadi sorotan khusus karena berdasarkan data statistik, ancaman di sekitar batita juga meningkat seiring dengan mobilitasnya yang ditemukan (dan keinginan untuk bertualang!). Perawatan kesehatan dan disiplin juga akan dibahas secara tepat. Di sepanjang buku ini, Anda akan menemukan berbagai kisah bijaksana dari orangtua lain yang telah menyaksikan pertumbuhan dan perkembangan batitanya. Mereka juga memiliki sejumlah saran yang layak dibagikan.

Here''s a great book for every young adult age 11 up, Signing Fun: American Sign Language Vocabulary, Phrases, Games, and Activities. Signing is visual, easy to learn, and fun to use. Author Penny Warner offers 441 useful signs on a variety of favorite topics: activities, animals, fashion, food, holidays, home, outdoors, parties, people, places, play, emotions, school, shopping, travel, plus extra fun signs for especially popular words. Each chapter includes practice sentences using everyday phrases to help new signers learn in a fun way. Signing Fun provides dozens of entertaining games and activities, too, such as Alphabet Sign, Finger Fun Gesture Guess, Match Signs, Mime and Sign, Oppo-Sign, Picture Hand, Secret Sign, Sign-A-Gories, Signo Bingo, Snap and Sign, and Truth or Sign. It also features a list of tips on how to sign, including how to fingerspell, use numbers, and communicate with deaf people. Whimsical drawings clearly illustrate all of the signs, and a full index lists all of their English meanings for quick reference. Signing Fun is a terrific first book for learning sign while having a great time.

Provides instructions for organizing a murder mystery party game and includes brief scripts, clues, a list of props, and the solution to the murder of Brother Parker, a game company owner who had invited six detectives to a mystery party game