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|  | Games for Writing by Peggy Kaye
A wizard at turning learning tasks into delightful games that leave children - and parents - clamoring for more, Kaye offers a wealth of activities covering every aspect of writing. Children will maneuver through mazes to improve their handwriting, learn the alphabet by baking pretzels, play rhyming games to stretch their vocabulary, and crack secret codes while practicing their spelling. Even the most hesitant young authors will warm to writing when creating menus for monsters, thinking up orders that parents must obey, and composing stories - long, long stories - on adding-machine tape. The games are easy to play, requiring few or no materials, and are remarkably effective. While playing, children develop the skills needed to write clear and lively prose. Better yet, they may discover a true love of writing. AUTHOR: Peggy Kaye
PUBLISHER: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, LLC
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Hobbies & Interests 
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 | Museum Watching by Elliott Erwitt
In Museum Watching, Erwitt presents his visual observations on the museum together for the first time in book form, including photographs from the late 1950s through to 1999. In this affectionate, wry and personal album, illuminated by his own text, Elliott entertains us by means of his conversation with art, making visual puns, tweaking a few noses and occasionally passing more serious comment. As museum-visiting establishes itself as far more popular than attending sports events, and with the big art show becoming serious business, Erwitt's gentle humour provides the perfect antidote. AUTHOR: Elliott Erwitt
PUBLISHER: Phaidon Press, Incorporated
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Hobbies & Interests
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 | Whittling the Old Sea Captain & His Mates with Mike Shipley by Mike Shipley
Contains all the information needed to start carving the Captain and his crew. AUTHOR: Mike Shipley
PUBLISHER: Fox Chapel Publishing Company, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Hobbies & Interests
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 | I'd Go with the Helmet, Ray by G. B. Trudeau
For more than twenty years, Garry Trudeau has satirized current events and lampooned politicians in his comic strip, calling attention to social and institutional ironies. Anyone studying contemporary social history could do a lot worse than building up a collection of all the Doonesbury cartoon albums .--The Washington Post. This latest collection tackles the crisis in the Middle East, the savings and loan crisis, AIDS, the tobacco industry, the Census Breau, and the environmental bandwagon. AUTHOR: G. B. Trudeau
PUBLISHER: Andrews McMeel Publishing
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Humor
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 | The Lady with the Alligator Purse by Nadine B. Westcott
A picture book version of the popular jump-rope rhyme in which only the famed lady with the alligator purse can cure the baby after he drinks the bathwater, eats the soap, and tries to put the bathtub down his throat. Color illustrations accompany the rhyming text. AUTHOR: Nadine B. Westcott
PUBLISHER: Little Brown Children's Books
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Home Improvement
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 | Scarne's Guide to Modern Poker by John Scarne
Description not available.Details the rules for each of the 117 variations of poker, discusses poker psychology, probabilities, opening values, betting, and money management, and offers advice on protection against poker cheats AUTHOR: John Scarne
PUBLISHER: Simon & Schuster Trade Paperbacks
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Hobbies & Interests
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