What to Do When You Worry Too Much: A Kid's Guide to Overcoming Anxiety

This is the interactive go to resource for educating, motivating, and empowering kids to overcome their overgrown worries.  If you are the parent or caregiver of an anxious child, you know what it feels like to be held hostage.  Children who worry too much are held captive by their fears and go to great lengths to avoid frightening situations. Simply telling an anxious child to stop worrying doesn’t work, nor does applying adult logic.  What to Do When You Worry Too Much, will teach you and your child a new and more successful way to think about and manage anxiety. The techniques described in this book will help your child take control. This book is great!  -Aurora

TIME for Kids BIG Book of Why: 1,001 Facts Kids Want to Know

  TIME for Kids BIG Book of Why: 1,001 Facts Kids Want to Know, by the editors of TIME for KIDS magazine is a good book for kids of all ages!  This is a must -have book to satisfy the most curious of kids and provokes a great way to encourage interest and knowledge about a wide range of subjects, as well as to stimulate reading. The book is divided by subject area - humans, animals, environment/nature, technology, and space. - It is written in an upbeat manner and each answer is accompanied by either a photo or an illustration.   Great for sharing time for adult and child!  -Aurora

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TIME For Kids Big Book of How 

TIME for Kids Big Book of What

TIME For Kids Big Book of Science Experiments: A step-by-step guide

What We Wear: Dressing Up Around the World

Vibrant photos from around the world showing what different types of clothing children wear to play, celebrate, go to school, etc.

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Faith
Schools in Many Cultures
Clothes in Many Cultures
Houses and Homes Around the World

Children Just Like Me

Children just Like Me is a Unicef publication. It gives you glimpses into the lives of kids all over the world. There are lots of pictures of the children, their families, friends, pets and homes. You learn a bit about what each child wears, eats, what they do during a typical day, and more. It is very light-hearted, in that it does not touch on the hardships and struggles the kids in some of the countries likely face. It is a fun, interesting way to introduce some other cultures to young children.

Also Try: A School Like Mine by Unicef
               Houses and Homes by Anne Morris
               What the World Eats by Faith D'Aluisio

Hot Diggity Dog: The History of the Hot Dog

This brightly colored, fact-filled book by Adrienne Sylver is a great way for hot dog enthused children to learn about the history of their favorite food.  An easy-to-understand paragraph worth of history is presented on each spread, with cartoon illustrations by Elwood H. Smith.  These take you through the basic history of the dog, with sidebars exploring tangents and statistics such as which cities eat the most hot dogs, the history of mustard and ketchup, and the names of some famous hot dog stands.  Finished off with some family recipes, this is a book that will leave you informed, entertained, and perhaps ready to eat!

Try also:

It's disgusting- and we ate it! by James Solheim
How sweet it is (and was): the history of candy by Ruth Freeman Swain
Double cheeseburgers, quiche, and vegetarian burritos by Loretta Frances Ichord
The burger and the hot dog by Jim Aylesworth
They ate what? The weird history of food by Richard Platt

Six Sheep Sip Thick Shakes..

Can you say...Six Sheep Sip Thick Shakes..quickly...or even slowly...?!?  

Test your skill about Tongue twisters and learn how to make your own at the end.

Ballet for Beginners

Explore the world of ballet with the dancers of the American School of Ballet in New York.

From creative movement to training for elite ballerinas, you get to see it all.

Great photos and a great layout.