This delightful set of self-contained book-kits combine hours of joy with solid basic science! This electricity kit is packed with parts: an easy-to-connect light bulb holder, light bulb, 4 colour coded alligator leads for bitingly good electrical contact, battery holder band, electric motor, pinwheel, motor mania cutouts, message-sending buzzer, LED, parts for switch, grab bag of text objects, plastic storage box and 36 page book. Everything you could possibly need to gain understanding of basic electrical principles - while having fun!

Requires 1 D battery (NOT INCLUDED).

Winner of the Parent's Choice Seal of Approval, Scientific American Young Reader's Book Award and a National Parenting Magazine Award.

This award-winning Chemistry kit from ScienceWiz has 35 of those candle making, water squirting, glop and mud pie experiments that every child should do to explore the matter of matter! Can you keep a towel dry without a waterproof bag? If water flows downhill, how can you make it flow up? Includes a full-colour 40 page instruction book and materials for hours of scientific fun!

Penny Norman (Ph.D. Biophysics from U.C. Berkeley) and Ann Einstein (M.A.T. Berkeley School District) have refined this title with input from many hundreds of children. The award-winning imaging of Art Huff has made this book an all time favourite! Original design for this kit was funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation. This delightful book and kit combines hours of play with basic science, nurtures a love for learning and develops an accessibility to science.

Winner of a Creative Child Magazine Award.

Make an iron detector, go fishing, levitate metal rings, make magnets bigger and stronger, and craft a compass. ScienceWiz - ElectroWiz Magnetism Science Kit includes all materials needed and uses high quality ceramic magnets.

Learn to play chess the fun way - through 2 captivating stories! Learn all about the "characters" of chess, what they mean and how they work. When learned this way, children are engaged in learning and playing the game. Developed by author and chess teacher, Patzi Stewart. These books are not meant to be read all at once. They're not bedtime stories either. Ideally, these books are meant to be used with your child between 20 minutes and 1 hour at a time. Chess is about building communities on and off the board. It is about pieces taking care of each other by building strong, effective networks. It is also a search for truth. Let the game begin!

Includes: 2 softcover books, chess board and chess pieces.

Measures approximately 10" long x 17.5" wide x 2.5" high.

Winner of the 2010 Dr. Toy Best Toys Award!