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In anticipation of warmer weather and time off from school, I give you 10 awesome activity books for a variety of ages.

 

Art Play by Marion Deuchars. This is an incredible resource for artists 7 and up to play and learn and make art. Exploration is the name of the game.

(I’ve featured Deuchars before, with a Bob the Artist craft!)

 

 

DIY ABC by Eleonora Marton. This is for the younger set—so much DIY and drawing fun while exploring the alphabet.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bigger, also by Eleonora Marton. A super inventive foldout poster kind of book that’s also a ruler. It’s totally hands on and encourages guessing and measuring all kinds of stuff. You kind of have to see this one to understand it—but it’s great!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Me: A Compendium from Wee Society. This is a visual diary that inspires thinking, drawing, and recording.

 

 

Journal Sparks by Emily Neuburger. Emily has such a knack for bringing art and ideas to life for kids. This book is no different. It’s full of activities for noticing, for creating, for contemplating.

 

(Emily stopped by last summer to make potato prints with another activity book!)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rosie Revere’s Big Project Book for Bold Engineers by Andrea Beaty, illustrations by David Roberts. A perfect companion to Rosie Revere Engineer or on its own (it reprints the story of Rosie at the start). It’s a journal, sketchbook, and manual for designing and engineering projects while helping kids persevere.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Who What Where? by Olivier Tallec. This one is mind-bendingly brilliant and great for practicing observation skills.

 

 

 

 

Read All About It by Alice Bowsher. This one’s really unusual: a pamphlet that gives you everything you need to write and design your own newspaper pages! Plus, stickers. What fun (and perfect for budding journalists).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Lost House by B.B. Cronin. A sophisticated seek and find book with electric colors on every spread.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Eric Carle Animal Masks. 15 animal masks to punch out and put on—yes!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I’m giving away three of these activity books! Read All About It, Bigger, and Rosie Revere’s Big Project Book for Bold Engineers (pictured below) are all going to one lucky winer. Simply leave a comment below to be entered to win. (North America only; ends midnight PST Saturday, June 3rd.)

 

 

 

 

 

You might also like my post from a couple of years ago on 15 Fabulously Interactive Books for Kids.