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5-Minute Spider-Man Stories

5-Minute Spider-Man Stories

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In this treasury of 12 stories, your favorite Marvel Super Hero, the Amazing Spider-Man, faces off against some of his most powerful foes, including the Green Goblin, Doctor Octopus, the Lizard and others. Each story is the perfect length for reading aloud in just around five minutes, making it perfect for bedtime or anytime. The package also features a padded cover, plussing up this already fantastic format.
5-Minute Spidey and His Amazing Friends Stories

5-Minute Spidey and His Amazing Friends Stories

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This exciting Spidey and His Amazing Friends collection features twelve stories that can be read aloud in five minutes. Each action-packed adventure is paired with colorful illustrations featuring Team Spidey, as well as baddies like Electro, Rhino, and Gobby.

Perfect for bedtime, or anytime, Spidey and His Amazing Friends 5-Minutes Stories include such stories as Hangout Headache, A Day with Black Panther, Follow That Sea Monster, and more!

For more 5-minute action and adventure stories, collect:

- Marvel Storybook Collection: 5-Minute Marvel Stories
- Disney Junior 5-Minute Mickey Stories
- 5-Minute Disney*Pixar Stories
- 5-Minute Fairy Tales
- 5-Minute Princess Stories
- And more!

5-Minute Star Wars Stories Refresh

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A refresh of 2015's 5-Minute Star Wars Stories, this collection features twelve all-new tales that retell iconic scenes from Episodes I-IX.
5-Minute Star Wars Stories Strike Back

5-Minute Star Wars Stories Strike Back

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A collection of twelve action-packed retellings that span the Star Wars saga--including tales from Star Wars: The Last Jedi!


These exciting stories can each be read in just five minutes--perfect for galactic adventures at lightspeed!


Complete your 5-Minute Collections with these best-selling favorites!

  • 5-Minute Disney Christmas Stories
  • 5-Minute Disney Halloween Stories
  • 5-Minute Girl Power Stories
  • 5-Minute Disney Junior Stories
  • 5-Minute Disney Classic Stories
  • 5-Minute Disney Snuggle Stories
  • 5-Minute Disney Pixar Stories
  • 5-Minute Star Wars Stories
  • 5-Minute Disney Princess Stories
  • 5-Minute Disney Under the Water Stories
  • 5-Minute Winnie the Pooh Stories
  • 5-Minute Disney Sleepy Time Stories
  • 5-Minute Marvel Stories
  • AND MORE!
  • 5-Minute Super Hero Stories LEGO DC Super Heroes

    5-Minute Super Hero Stories LEGO DC Super Heroes

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    A collection of LEGO(R) DC Comics Super Heroes short stories that can be read to the youngest fans in five minutes or less!

    Eight 5-minute stories featuring your favorite LEGO(R)DC characters in a padded hardcover collection!Join Batman(TM), Superman(TM), Wonder Woman(TM), and many more in these eight action-packed stories that can each be read in five minutes or less. Whether they're fighting crime at a carnival or rescuing their friends from supervillains in outer space, there's never a dull moment with these super heroes!
    5-Minute Villains Stories

    5-Minute Villains Stories

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    A collection of 12 stories featuring all the worst Disney Villains! Join Cruella, Maleficant, Captain Hook and more in the treacherous tales!
    5-Minute Winnie the Pooh Stories

    5-Minute Winnie the Pooh Stories

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    Join Winnie the Pooh and his friends on a birthday party, help Rabbit find his Good Mood, play with little Roo, and more!
    With 12 stories featuring Winnie the Pooh and all of your favorite characters from the Hundred Acre Wood, each meant to be read aloud in five minutes, this padded storybook with beautiful illustrations is the perfect fit for bedtime, story time, or anytime!
    5-Minute Writing Prompts for Kids

    5-Minute Writing Prompts for Kids

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    The ultimate guide to sparking your child's imagination and honing their creative writing skills, five minutes at a time!

    Is your child full of creativity but intimidated by the blank page? Do they need a little encouragement to dive into storytelling? With more than 150 writing prompts spanning five exciting genres--fiction, mystery, memoir, fantasy, and sci-fi--5-Minute Writing Prompts for Kids is perfect for readers ages 8-12 to explore the world of words through their own imagination.

    What kids will love about this book:

  • Creative and engaging prompts: From fantastical quests to robot pets, each prompt invites new ideas and boundless creativity, exploring the realms of fantasy, mystery, autobiography, and more! Prompt "twists" challenge young writers to take their story further or view them from a new angle.
  • Skill-building tips: Easy-to-follow content on character, setting, and other storytelling elements will help your child craft memorable narratives.
  • Fun five-minute challenge: With no pressure to write beyond five minutes (though many kids will write for longer!), this book is an ideal gift for children with shorter attention spans, offering them an engaging activity that encourages creativity away from screens.

  • Whether used at home or in school, 5-Minute Writing Prompts for Kids is sure to be a source of fun and inspiration for your future famous author.

    Ready, set, write!

    50 Adventures in the 50 States

    50 Adventures in the 50 States

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    Be brave and set your spirit free on an exciting journey across the U.S. of A, taking in 50 incredible adventures!

    From the award-winning author of National Parks of the USA, Kate Siber

    , this stunning book showcases an amazing adventure activity to try in every single state. 50 Adventures in the 50 States features gripping outdoors activities, vividly illustrated and described alongside fascinating facts about the nature and geography of each activity location - the very best the U.S.A. has to offer budding young adventurers!

    Each adventure is illustrated with a beautiful, poster-worthy image, with pull-out facts about how the adventure activity is accomplished and key information about the area's natural and cultural highlights.

    Activities range from the high-octane, such as wind surfing the Gulf Coast in Texas or canyoneering in Utah, to the magical and inspiring, such as soaking in natural hot springs in Idaho, stargazing from a train in Nevada and witnessing the synchronous firefly displays in Tennessee. Wonder at the beauty as you:

  • Walk on an active glacier in Alaska
  • Climb the highest peak in the Northeast in New Hampshire
  • Horseback ride through ancient canyons with a Navajo guide in Arizona
  • Surf the iconic Venice Beach in California

  • This book is to be pored over and treasured by aspiring adventurers - be they children or adults!

    The 50 States series of books for young explorers celebrates the USA and the wider world with key facts and fun activities about the people, history, and natural environments that make each location within them uniquely wonderful. Beautiful illustrations, maps, and infographics bring the places to colorful life.

    Also available from the series: 50 Trailblazers of the 50 States, Only in America, Only in America Activity Book, Only in California, Only in Texas, We Are the United States, 50 Maps of the World, 50 Maps of the World Activity Book, and The 50 States.

    50 Impressive Kids and Their Amazing and True Stories

    50 Impressive Kids and Their Amazing and True Stories

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    From Stevie Wonder to Emma Watson, and Pocahontas to Pablo Picasso, 50 amazing kids who shaped history!

    A collection of biographies profiling some of the most influential kids in history and today. Prodigies, proteges, and kids with huge ambition, these youngsters prove that fulfilling your dreams and making a difference in the world isn't just for grown-ups. Some of the most phenomenal musicians, inventors, athletes, authors, actors, and even world leaders achieved greatness during their childhood years, beating the odds and making their mark on history. With loads of facts and trivia, activities, jokes, and a complete glossary, discover fifty of the most inspiring, impressive, incredible kids!

    50 Odd Couples The Dodo

    50 Odd Couples The Dodo

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    These pairs of unlikely animal friends -- as seen in The Dodo's viral videos -- are sure to warm your heart!

    These animal pairs don't look like they'd be the best of friends -- but sometimes a new friend is closer than you think! This book features more than 100 pages of unexpected, heartwarming, and unlikely animal friendships!These 50 odd couples -- from dogs and ducks and cats and mice, to lions and tigers and even bison and pigs! -- have all been featured on The Dodo. This incredibly popular animal brand has over 33 million followers across social media! Their inspiring stories are the perfect example of the compassion, resilience, and love that animals have for their humans -- and for each other.Each true story is accompanied by adorable full-color photos of these mismatched animal friends and simple nonfiction facts.
    50 States

    50 States

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    Buckle up and get ready to hit the road on an adventure through all 50 states to discover the fastest, wackiest, and most rip-roaring vehicles across the United States--from race cars and roller coasters to submarines and trains.

    From the roaring racing cars of Indiana to the soaring space shuttles of Florida, travel through 50 states with vehicle expert and enthusiast Kristen Lee, and uncover more than 500 facts that showcase the vehicles, history, and spirit of the USA.

    This fully-illustrated gift book is packed with colorful illustrations that capture the inventiveness and unique identity of each state. It features:

  • All 50 states, from Alabama to Wyoming, plus Washington, DC
  • Over 500 quirky and intriguing facts paired with accurate art
  • A detailed, fully illustrated map at the front and an index for easy navigation

  • Written by award-winning journalist and transportation expert Kristen Lee, this book offers a treasure trove of knowledge grounded in her years of experience.

    Full of kid-friendly vehicle facts and accurate matching illustrations, this book takes kids on an unforgettable journey across America where they'll get a look at cars, trains, boats, spaceships, planes, roller coasters, and so many other vehicles they can't get enough of.

    50 States

    50 States

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    Explore every state of the USA from Alabama to Wyoming with these 51 charmingly illustrated infographic maps! Includes an expansive guide to the state flags and US presidents.

    Discover more than 2,000 facts about the people, cities, nature and historic events that have helped make America what it is today. Ghost towns, swamp tours, the center of the universe... bacon donuts, brainy berries, salmon jerky... The French Fry King, The Mother of Oregon, The Queen of Blues... be inspired by the inventiveness, beauty and diversity of our great nation in this curious collection of fact-filled maps.

    On each weird and wonderful map, find:

  • A welcome box with a short introduction to the state
  • Key facts, including the capital; state bird, flower and tree; and statehood order
  • State icons celebrating the state's people, places and history
  • Six inspiring people who have a connection to the state
  • Region spotlight bubbles to allow you to discover more about one particular place
  • A moments to remember box with a list of significant dates and their events in the state's history

  • Each state's map also contains information about which states it neighbors, its bodies of water and borders as well as where it is situated in the country. Did you know that while Hawaii shares its border with no one, both Missouri and Tennessee border eight other states? Many state parks, battlefields, national forests and reservations are also included to inspire you to explore the great outdoors.

    So pack your bags and say later 'gator... the great States await! The 50 States series of books for young explorers celebrates the USA and the wider world with key facts and fun activities about the people, history and natural environments that make each location within them uniquely wonderful. Beautiful illustrations, maps and infographics bring the places to colorful life.

    Also available in this series: 50 Adventures in the 50 States, 50 Trailblazers of the 50 States, Only in America, Only in California, Only in Texas, We Are the United States, and a wide range of activity books.

    50 States Fun Facts

    50 States Fun Facts

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    Part of the best-selling 50 States series of books and activities, The 50 States: Fun Facts celebrates the people, animals, vehicles, food, places, and events unique to America's 50 states--with a 24-piece puzzle map of the United States included to top off the adventure.

    Did you know that Connecticut's state insect, the praying mantis, can turn its head nearly all the way around? Or that every year the Iowa State Fair creates a 600-pound butter cow? Each colorfully illustrated spread covers a different category and features 50 boxes, each representing a state and describing in a picture and words one special thing it is known for. The categories:

  • Animals
  • Things that go
  • People
  • Places
  • Festivals and cultural events
  • "See if you can spot..." boxes challenge you to take a closer look and sturdy cardboard pages make this book perfect for little hands to flip through again and again.

    The 50 States series of books for young explorers celebrates the USA and the wider world with key facts and fun activities about the people, history, and natural environments that make each location within them uniquely wonderful. Beautiful illustrations, maps, and infographics bring the places to colorful life.

    Also available from the series: The 50 States, The 50 States: Activity Book, 50 Cities of the U.S.A., 50 Trailblazers of the 50 States, 50 Maps of the World, 50 Adventures in the 50 States, 50 Maps of the World Activity Book, Only in America!, and We Are the 50 States.

    50 Things You Should Know About the First World War

    50 Things You Should Know About the First World War

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    The story of the War, brought to life through illustrations, photographs, diaries, and newspaper reports. In this illustrated exploration of World War I, readers discover what caused the war and why it eventually affected every corner of the globe. The key battles, events, and figures are all explored and recounted in succinct and easy-to understand text while illustrations and photographs bring the past vividly back to life.

    50 Unbelievable Women and Their Fascinating and True Stories

    50 Unbelievable Women and Their Fascinating and True Stories

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    From Tina Fey to Vera Wang, and Oprah Winfrey to Maria TallChief, 50 incredible ladies who shaped our history!

    The arrangement of contemporary figures alongside those from the distant past should help give readers the sense that history is unfolding all around them.--Publishers Weekly

    A compilation of biographies profiling some of the most intrepid women in history and today. From athletes, comediennes, and TV personalities, to world leaders, political figures, and activists, these women paved the way for future generations and have proven that hard work and passion will help you achieve just about anything. Chock full of interesting facts and bursts of trivia, plus a glossary and a fun quiz are sure to entertain and inform!

    500 Ways to Make Me Laugh Until I Pee

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    Featuring great stick-men cartoons and line drawings throughout, illustrated instructions on how to perform practical jokes and two hilarious flip book animations at the corners to keep kids engaged, 500 Ways to Make Me Laugh Until I Pee will give young readers plenty to giggle about.

    500 Ways to Make Me Laugh Until My Sides Split

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    Featuring great stick-men cartoons and line drawings throughout, illustrated instructions on how to perform practical jokes and two hilarious flip book animations at the corners to keep kids engaged, " 500 Ways to Make Me Laugh Until My Sides Split" will give young readers plenty to giggle about.