Most Popular Books by Weldon Owen

Invigorate your reading life with 25 unique challenges and reward yourself with 25 bookish surprises! This delightful collection of 25 challenges and rewards inspires bookworms to engage with their reading life in a fresh new way. Each pocket inside this portfolio challenges readers to a bookish challenge. Once the reader completes a challenge, they can open the pocket to claim their prize. This one-size-fits-all gift is appropriate for readers of all ages, genres, and abilities. Bibliophiles are encouraged to: Read personally Re-read a book you loved as a child. Ask a family member what book has made a lasting impression on them. Find and read that book. Read compassionately Read a book that features an indigenous person. Read a book about a person with a disability. Read broadly Visit your local bookstore and ask a bookseller to recommend a book based on your recent favorites. Read in a place you’ve never read before. Engage creatively Make (or order) a snack or meal described in a book you’ve read. Write a letter to someone who has influenced your reading life. Prizes are all thoughtfully curated to supplement the reading life and include: A laser-engraved wooden bookmark Bookish greeting cards Coffee cup sleeve Book darts A mini notebook And much more!

A durable, lightweight journal just right for campers to plan trips efficiently, record experiences, and capture priceless memories. Welcome to your camping journal, a place to prepare for upcoming trips, reflect on your best (and worst) camping experiences, and keep notes for the future. Camping Logs allow you to keep track of your favorite campsites (or coordinates when you venture off grid), record the weather conditions of your trip, who you were with, and what sights you saw. Each log has a page of prompts to track key information, plus a lined section for additional observations. A section of blank pages provides space for notes, sketches or etchings—map your favorite trail, keep a running camp-supply list, or just reminisce about a particularly memorable camping adventure. The final section, Camping Checklists, gives you a place to track your camping bucket list, essential camping gear, favorite outdoor meals, and notable flora and fauna. DELUXE JOURNAL Rounded corners, ribbon bookmark, elastic-band closure, elastic pen loop, inside pocket for convenient storage, and high-quality paper that ink won't bleed through. SPECIALIZED PAGES This guided journal gives the writer places to organize their camping trips, with space specialized for recording campsite details, weather, and supplies, as well as space for sketches and other notes. LIGHTWEIGHT AND PORTABLE The best place to record a memory for a journal is when it happens; this one fits easily into a backpack, tent pocket, or glovebox allowing for quick access for notes on the go.

Following the original runaway-hit, The Ultimate Reading Challenge, comes this beautiful portfolio that deepens and expands a child’s love of reading with 15 unique challenges and cool prizes! A reading challenge just for kids! Each pocket inside this portfolio presents young readers with a bookish challenge. Once a challenge is completed, it's time to open the pocket to claim an awesome prize! While many reading challenges and programs are met by reading speed or quantity of books read, the challenges presented in The Ultimate Reading Challenge for Kids! are carefully designed to expand any young reader's experience with reading and create opportunities for accomplishment and success. The perfect gift for both bookworms and reluctant readers, The Ultimate Reading Challenge for Kids! encourages young readers to connect with books in new and creative ways. Challenges include: • Read a book based on a true story. • Watch a movie based on a book. • Read outside. • Read a book out loud. You could read to a sibling, parent, grandparent, or pet. • Create a reading nook: Be creative! Closets, corners, and trees all make for great nooks. And more! Prizes include: • A hologram bookmark • Puffy stickers • A rad keychain • Bookplates And more!

From the tiny pygmy shark to the massive whale shark, The Magnificent Book of Sharks depicts some of the ocean's most incredible creatures in stunning and accurate, original illustrations. Intriguing facts accompany every illustration.

Enter the majestic underwater world of whales! Learn about the everyday lives of these enormous creatures as you follow their travels through vast oceans. Kids will enjoy learning fun facts about whales, and the more than 70 beautiful color photographs will delight anyone interested in whales, especially toddlers, preschoolers, and elementary-school children.

Enter the wonderful world of ponies and learn what makes these relatives of the horse so special. Beautiful photographs introduce the many different types of ponies­ in their everyday lives—from running in wild herds to competing in shows with their riders. Toddlers, preschoolers, and elementary-school children will enjoy learning fun facts about ponies and will be amazed by the spectacular color photographs.

Get an up-close look at penguins fishing, marching, and diving. More than 70 colorful photos showcase all kinds of penguins. Through these captivating photographs, discover the wide variety of penguin species, and learn how they manage to live and thrive not only on ice and snow, but also on rocky coasts and sunny beaches. Kids will enjoy learning fun facts about penguins, and the more than 70 beautiful color photographs will delight anyone who loves penguins, especially toddlers, preschoolers, and elementary-school children.

Let's play with baby animals! Accompanied by a read-along audio track, more than 70 colorful photos showcase baby animals from all over the world. Meet and learn about all sorts of baby animals, including monkeys, lions, penguins, lemurs, kangaroos, pythons, and giraffes. Snapshot Picture Library books include a read-along feature: Children can read along with an audio track, following the highlighted words on each page. Perfect for pre-readers and early readers! Kids will enjoy learning fun facts about baby animals, and the more than 70 beautiful color photographs will delight anyone who loves baby animals, especially toddlers, preschoolers, and elementary-school children.

Discover the playfulness and intelligence of dolphins! Accompanied by a read-along audio track, more than 70 colorful photos showcase all kinds of dolphins. Learn about the everyday lives of dolphins as these beloved creatures speed through the water, catch fish to eat, and play together. Snapshot Picture Library books include a read-along feature: Children can read along with an audio track, following the highlighted words on each page. Perfect for pre-readers and early readers! Kids will enjoy learning fun facts about dolphins, and the more than 70 beautiful color photographs will delight anyone who loves dolphins, especially toddlers, preschoolers, and elementary-school children.

Over one-hundred easy yet amazing time- and cost-efficient recipes for chefs who don’t have access to much of a kitchen—or know their way around one. Think outside of the (mac & cheese) box! Eating on a budget and with no time to cook doesn’t mean one can’t eat well. With this collection of quick and easy recipes, college students and other time-challenged, budget-conscious cooks can easily prepare low-cost, fresh-tasting dishes—whether they have access to a kitchen or are limited to the dorm kitchenette. Step-by-step, no-fail, fresh and delicious recipes include make-ahead tips, shopping lists, and cooking time for easy reference. Also features lots of simple tips for stretching easy preparations to many meals, as well as beautiful, full-color photos and lots of fun graphics to offer inspiration.

New for 2020, this paperback edition of The Total Cat Manual brings over 200 invaluable tips from David Meyer, Abbie Moore and Dr Pia Stalk, operators of Adopt-A-Pet.com, the world's largest non-profit pet adoption website. Whether a long time or first time Cat owner, this 224 page guide will walk you through how to prepare your home, yourself and your family for your new best friend. Get ready to welcome a new bundle of furry feline fun into your home and your heart!

Non-Fiction. Book Band levelled books for Year 3 to 7. Ideal for guided reading and writing. Also for independent reading and writing, and for high-interest, lower ability. Cross-curricular topics include Life Science, Earth and Space, Social Studies, Health, Physical Science, and ICT. Excellent models of Non-Fiction with features such as contents page, glossary, acknowledgements, index and title page, cut away pages, cross-sections, diagrams, maps, and procedural step-by-step activities. The books are a rich resource for visual literacy. Size: 16cm tall x 18.8cm wide. Published 2000. 16 pages.

Step into Lauren Roberts's captivating world with Flavors Beyond Ilya, the first official cookbook inspired by her best-selling Powerless series. Featuring 60 carefully crafted recipes, rich lore, and character-inspired dishes, this collection brings the divide between Elites and Ordinaries straight to your kitchen. Flavors Beyond Ilya is the first authorized cookbook inspired by Lauren Roberts’s global best-selling Powerless series, inviting fans to experience the Elites’ dazzling feasts, the Ordinaries’ comforting fare, and everything in between. With 60 recipes drawn from the culture, traditions, and lore of Ilya, this immersive collection transforms the heart of the novels into dishes you can bring to your own table. From a decadent banquet worthy of an Elite celebration to humble tavern stews, spiced breads, and sweet confections shared in secret, every recipe is crafted to reflect the spirit and flavor of the Powerless universe. Alongside the food, readers will discover character-inspired dishes, storytelling notes, and in-world anecdotes that deepen the connection between the meals and the unforgettable moments in the books. Lauren Roberts is not only a chart-topping author—she’s a phenomenon. With more than 700K TikTok followers, over 14.4 million fan-created posts, and 5 million copies sold worldwide, her stories have become a cornerstone of romantasy culture. This cookbook celebrates that passionate fandom, offering a new way to experience a world readers love.

A journal format specific to the needs of an angler, allowing them to document, describe, and draw anything related to a day gone fishing. Specially formatted for a fisher, this journal provides the space the writer needs to record anything and everything about their fishing trips, with bulleted journal pages for writing, space for sketches, or freeform notes, and other elements to guide the writer's collection of fishing memories.

Practice mindfulness with the American Girl historical characters in this engaging coloring and activity book that introduces calming techniques. Experience mindful concentration by coloring intricate and calming designs inspired by the worlds of the American Girl historical characters, including clothing patterns, cultural arts and crafts, and other familiar objects from their lives. With inspirational activities focused on gratitude, self-care, and personal affirmations, American Girl: Mindful Coloring and Activities embraces the world of American Girl and extends the experience of imaginative play through relaxing art techniques. INSPIRING CHARACTERS: With patterns inspired by the lives and eras of Kit, Kaya, Addy, Julie and more, kids will engage with their favorite American Girl characters in a whole new way. 75+ COLORING PAGES: Dozens of detailed pages offer mindful coloring opportunities, along with activities that extend the experience beyond the page and into everyday life. MINDFUL ACTIVITIES: Games and meditations throughout the book will introduce kids to relaxation techniques they can use long after they’ve finished coloring the pages. CREATIVE EXPRESSION: A great way to express individuality through the art of coloring. FAMILIAR FRIENDS: Learning new things is always more fun when doing it with the beloved characters in the American Girl line.

A durable, lightweight journal for bird watchers to record sightings and organize notes. Welcome to your bird watching journal, a comprehensive place to record your sightings and experiences, and to keep notes for the future. Birding Logs include guided prompts to track key information such as each bird's name, colors and markings, habitat, and behavior, as well as your current location and weather. Blank pages provide space for sketches, lists, and additional notes. The final section, Birding Checklists, gives you a place to track backyard birds local to you, a wish list of birds you hope to spot one day, and destinations you want to travel to for bird watching. DELUXE JOURNAL Rounded corners, ribbon bookmark, elastic-band closure, elastic pen loop, inside pocket for convenient storage, and high-quality paper that ink won't bleed through. SPECIALIZED PAGES This guided journal gives the writer places to record their bird sightings, with specialized details including weather, season, habitat, behavior, colors and markings, as well as space for sketches and other notes. LIGHTWEIGHT AND PORTABLE: Fits easily into a backpack or glove box, allowing for quick access for notes on the go.

Non-Fiction. Beautiful books with both illustrations and real photography, for Year 3 to 7+. Key skills include: Instructional Text, Understanding fact and opinion, exploring diagrams, scan texts, summarising information, identifying key features of non-fiction texts. Cross-curricular topics include Websites for further research, Life Science, Earth and Space, Social Studies, Health, Physical Science, and ICT. The books are a rich resource for visual literacy. Size: 21.5cm tall x 16.5cm wide. Published 1999. 32 pages.

New for 2020, The Complete Survival Book Collection combines the best in emergency readiness and disaster survival with sustainable living and survival practices. This collection pairs up two of the best books in surviving and thriving, whether facing a natural disaster or creating your own home away from it all. Writer Tim MacWelch brings us the know-how in survival and homesteading from the editors of Outdoor Life. How to Survive Anything, a comprehensive guide to surviving anything from the normal to the rare, brings us everything from confronting wild animals to living through a meteor impact. How to Survive Off the Grid gives the reader the know-how to engage in sustainable living and housing off the grid, ranging from backyard chicken coops to building and living in your own distant cabin retreat.