Most Popular Books by Penny Warner

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.

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.

Old prospector Sluice Jackson appears to have struck it rich with the discovery of a tooth-sized gold nugget. But when Flat Skunk starts turning up dead bodies instead, Connor Westphal digs for the story behind her headlines--and finds all that glitters isn''t gold.

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.

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.

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

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.

""Birthday Parties for Kids!" is filled with creative suggestions for unique home-made celebrations! This book reveals quick, easy, and inexpensive ideas that show adults how to customize a party for the birthday child, involve the child in the planning process, and make sure kids have a fabulous, memorable time. About the Author "Penny Warner is America''s foremost party expert. She is author of thirteen party books--with more than a half-million copies in print. She lives in Danville, California.

Smart Start for Your Baby is the only book that offers a 52-week guide to a baby''s first year of physical, cognitive, and psychological growth--plus tips for enhancing each area of development.

Last night''s earthquake has the California Gold Country town of Flat Skunk buzzing; and over her morning mocha, deaf newswoman Connor Westphal is shaping it into a lead story for her local paper, the Eureka Then her TTY phone brings more sensational news: a twisted corpse has been found on a construction site owned by her rival publisher, Harlan Truax. What was the dead soil engineer doing there at midnight, and was it the quake that toppled him four stories to his death? An act of God--or human malevolence? Connor is soon back in the sleuth business, uncovering Flat Skunk''s darkest secrets: from toxic dirt to tainted relationships. But someone''s out to stop her, and they''re saying it with flowers, verses, menacing e-mail--and a series of murders that could knock the numbers off the Richter scale and silence one lip-reading reporter forever.

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.

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

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

From the author of 30 parenting and kids'' activity books, a collection of easy and imaginative ideas to ensure stimulating summer fun for kids! The fact is, children aren''t as smart at the end of summer as they were at the beginning. It''s true -- children forget up to 50 percent of what they learn in school by the end of summer. Parents are desperate to engage their children in activities that will help bridge the summer educational gap. This creative book is perfect for parents and great for young kids, ages 5 to 12. The 101 activities inside will engage any child''s mind, provide mom and dad with much-needed breaks, and best of all they are easy to organize, inexpensive, and captivating. Activity categories include: -- Everyday or after work activities -- Fun and simple weekend fun -- Nifty nighttime adventures -- Mini-field trips -- Activities for kids on their own -- And much, much more! Parents will cure their kids'' summer blahs and won''t ever again hear the words, "I''m bored!!!"

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

For ages 11 and up, this fun book presents 441 signs on a variety of topics, practice sentences, dozens of entertaining games, and tips on signing and fingerspelling.

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