50 Travel Games and Activities
This fantastic pack of activity cards is full of fun games and things to do while traveling. Just choose a card, then follow the simple instructions on the back. Ages 6 and up.

Vacation Activities
This exciting little book is bursting with creative and imaginative activities to keep children busy during school breaks. You'll find ideas for a new activity every day: drawing, painting, making things, cooking, gardening and even dressing up. With easy-to-follow instructions and bright illustrations, this handy little book is guaranteed to keep boredom at bay.

Vacation Things to Make and Do
Fun-packed and full of projects to do at any time of year, this fantastic book will banish boredom during school breaks forever. Easy step-by-step instructions show you how to make a pirate cutlass, fairy wings, bouncing bats and much, much more! There are over 800 stickers to use with the projects in this book.

Summer Sticker Book
This exciting sticker book encourages children to fill in the fun summer scenes. Scenes include the seaside, the jungle, a fun fair, a day at the zoo, the airport, under the sea, a mouse pirate ship, a garden and more. 24 pages and 10 pages stickers. Over 600 stickers.

Sticker Dolly Dressing on Vacation
On vacation with the girls! What fun! Camping, or visiting a tropical beach, or even a jungle with fun outfits for each destination. Ages 4 and up.

Are We There Yet?
Take a trip to Australia! Young armchair travelers will enjoy this simple but enthusiastic travel story that encompasses the diversity of the Australian landscape. Ages 5-9.

The Young Naturalist
This book shows how to set about collecting, observing and experimenting in the natural world. There are lots of activities and projects to do. Ages 9-12.

1001 Things to Spot
Kids of all ages love search books! These fun search-and-find books develop eye/hand coordination, teach number recognition, and help teach words. The colorful illustrations are filled with interesting details and other surprises that will keep readers transfixed for hours.

Big Book of Mazes
This combined volume of three exciting activity books leads children through a variety of themed mazes and maze-like puzzles featuring all kinds of scenes from pirates to penguins. These mazes are colorful and challenging, each one leading to a surprise destination. Ages 4-8.

What Shall I Draw? Art Pack
Pack includes What Shall I Draw? book, four high quality drawing pencils, eight high quality color pencils, one pencil sharpener, one eraser and one felt-tip pen. Ages 7-12.

Baby & Toddler Books

For babies and toddlers, you will find an array of Usborne books with imaginative and colorful illustrations, designed to capture the attention of these little ones.

Animal Hide-And-Seek
Recommended for ages 9 months and up, this book has lots of flaps to lift, furry and fluffy textures to feel, and a fun game of hide-and-seek.

Vacation Board Book
Turn the pages of this bright and lively board book to find out about going on vacation. Very young children will love spotting and naming all the familiar objects.

Beach Board Book
Turn the pages of this bright and lively board book to find out what's happening at the beach. Very young children will love spotting and naming all the familiar objects.

Baby and Toddler Treasury
This enchantingly illustrated treasury is perfect for parents to enjoy with little children. There are rhymes, stories and activities to share, and a baby scrapbook to record special events too.

Preschool Books

Choose interactive books like the Wind Up Tractor Book, Mouse About the House, and
A Squirrel's Tale – all of which are perfect for holding the attention of a preschooler.

Wind-up Tractor Book
This book contains three stories about a tractor, with wonderful illustrations by Stephen Cartwright. Each story includes the characters that you can pop out to act out the scenes, and each story has its own track that the tractor rides around on. Best of all, the tractor winds up so you don’t have to bother with batteries! For ages 3-8.

Mouse About the House
This book is a cute classic! Push the durable, laminated mouse with a yarn tail through the slot holes in each page, run it along the dotted trail, push it out the back cover, and store in the clear holder at the front of the book. This book encourages fine motor skills and will make even the most active preschooler sit still. They will want to keep doing it again and again! For ages 3-8.

A Squirrel's Tale
Kids will have lots of fun pushing the squirrel through a slot on each page as he searches for nuts. This book encourages fine motor skills and will make even the most active preschooler sit still. When you're not using the squirrel, store it in the see-through pouch on the cover. Ages 3-8.

Books for Boys

Pirate Books

Usborne has lots of books about pirates, and even a pirate treasure chest kit!

Illustrated Stories for Boys
Want to sail the high seas? Or battle dragons to the death? Dive into this collection of thrilling stores and choose your adventure. Pirates, monsters, robots, knights and ghosts are all waiting to excite you – or send shivers down your spine. As well as funny, scary and action-packed original tales. Boys will love to read these stories on their own or have mom or dad read to them. For ages 7-12.

Cowboy Things to Make and Do
This book contains 18 rootin' tootin' activities straight from the range, including a line dancing paper-chain, a showdown collage, a cowboy hat, a saloon door card and dancing cowboys. Every activity is clearly and vividly illustrated in an appealing and colorful style, with easy-to-follow step-by-step instructions. Over 350 colorful stickers make the activities even more decorative. For ages 6-12.

Story of Inventions
Toasters, toilets, televisions, computers, cars, chocolate bars, flying machines, and even jeans! This award-winning book reveals the real-life stories behind dozens of brilliant inventions. For ages 8-12.

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Books for Girls

Fairy Princess Books

Usborne has a huge selection of books about fairies, princesses, and fairy princesses!

Illustrated Stories for Girls
This beautifully illustrated collection contains fourteen fantastic tales of pretty princesses, determined fairies, brave dolls and clever mermaids. Alongside classics such as Rapunzel, The Little Mermaid and The Princess and the Pea are less well-known tales by master storyteller Hans Christian Andersen, plus six funny, original stories that are sure to become equally well loved. Girls will enjoy reading these stories on their own or having mom or dad read to them. For ages 7-12.

Illustrated Fairy Tales
Open these pages and enter an enchanted realm of proud emperors, pretty princesses, helpful fairies and magical animals. This charming collection contains ten classic fairy tales by the Brothers Grimm, Hans Christian Andersen and others. For ages 7-12.

Little Book of Flowers
Flowery facts, folklore, and fun. For ages 8-12.

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Read-Aloud Books

Myths and Legends
This wonderful treasury is filled with classic tales of magic and adventure, from brave heroes battling fierce dragons to myths of how things came to be. Long ago, stories weren't written down but were told aloud from one generation to the next. These lively retellings are perfect for reading aloud.

Aesop's Fables
Have you ever heard the story of the mouse who saved a lion’s life? How about the tortoise who won a race? Or the camel who tried to dance? These wonderful stories, told by an ancient Greek named Aesop over two thousand years ago, are beautifully retold in this book.

Stories for Bedtime
This delightful treasury of bedtime stories can be enjoyed again and again. Its pages are filled with charming stories, both new and traditional, which have been especially written for reading aloud. Stephen Cartwright's beautiful illustrations will enchant children and adults alike.

Children's Bible
A colorfully illustrated collection of the most well-known and well-loved stories from the Old and New Testament, specially selected and carefully written to enable youngsters to gain understanding, and perfect for reading aloud. Ages 4-9.

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Usborne offers so many other great books that I can't even begin to fit on this page. If the titles I mentioned above don't spark your fancy, please go to my Usborne affiliate site and take a look around. I'm sure you will be able to find something for everyone on your list!

Happy Summer!

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