For ages 8- Adult The Bandana Exam Tests From White - Black (All online and immediately marked); www.wcoEngland.com/tncs The National Chess Syllabus™ featuring The Bandana Martial Art Exam System™ is a fun & funky way of learning how to play chess The books author is 2009 England u16 Chess Coach Fide Master Charles Storey a 4 X National Chess Champion & winner of more than 70 open tournaments in England. A Professional chess instructor to children for over 15 years the Author has defeated over 30 Grandmasters in officially rated games.

The book is well structured and is set up as 108 simple lesson plans with the school teacher in mind. What makes this book particularly unique is how it weaves the learning into a Traditional Martial Art Syllabus from White-Yellow-Orange-Green-Blue-Purple-Brown-Black Belt. Each Belt (Bandana) course content is well thought out to enable a teacher, or the private reading student, to complete each Belt within 5 Hours followed by a 1 Hour Test available at www.CharlieChess.com.

The real selling point to the book: Each time a student passes a test (tests have been researched to be challenging to the child's ability) he is mailed a Bandana & Certificate from CharlieChess Head office. With the net result the kids are highly motivated to develop their chess skills and the teacher leaves all the production of the Bandanas to our Head Office, the teacher has nothing else to do but apply the simple lesson plans and can quickly see each student's ability guaged by what colour Bandana each student is wearing. Any person acquiring the Black Bandana also attains the Teaching Certificate on completion of a C.R.B Police check.This Syllabus is recognised in many British Schools and is part of CharlieChess.com

Labyrinth Productions presents Light Your Way, the beginning of a series of Gothic maze books designed to entertain and test the problem solving skills of readers between the ages of seven and fourteen years old.

Each segment begins with a short illustrated story, which presents the reader with a mystery that culminates with the reader trying to solve that mystery by going through an artful and challenging maze.

Illustrated instructions allow the reader to follow the maze to completion. Solutions are provided in the last chapter of the book.

The mazes are moderate difficulty (this depends on the age and ability of the reader) and required the reader to focus on the concepts presented in the instructions.

Solving the mazes enhances the reader's ability to take something two dimensional, in this case the mazes, and think in three-dimensional terms. They can be further developed, if the reader is encouraged to make their own illustrations, stories and mazes.

Since the mazes are in black and white, they can also be used as an art activity. Photocopying for personal use is encouraged since coloring directly in the book may degrade its aesthetic quality. Simply photocopy the illustrations or mazes that you wish to color (marker or colored pencil works best) and turn the maze or illustration into a color masterpiece!

Light Your Way lays a foundation for new books in the series since the stories and characters found in this issue will be developed in future issues.

This is a different type of maze book that is both challenging and fun. The quiet introspection that the text requires will help the reader develope valuable abstract reasoning skills important for intellectual growth.

Visit the world of Joan Stevenson and her beautiful creations of wild animals sculpted in synthetic fur. this book of photographs illustrates her work and offers comment by the artist on why and how she made them. Her aim has been to accurately portray each animal's nature and character while giving it personality. Joan's art sets the standard for bringing wildlife animal reproductions into the home to be companions (not toys) loved by young and old alike.

Joan's work has ranged from wild animals of various countries to domestic pets commissioned by their owners, and from a majestic snow tiger to endearing rabbits. None has a "stiff" look, since they were made to be friends for their owners, whether sitting on laps or sofas.

Dance is a wonderous expression for children. In Little Dancers Coloring Book, young people from ages 3-11 years have the opportunity to further their love for dance through the art of color and imagination. Creativity is nurtured by allowing children to experience many art forms.

Current research indicates the average child today watches approximately 1800 hours of television each year. This is more time than participating and learning in a classroom. Valuable learning can be experienced from this medium, however it is up to adults to take the necessary steps to ensure young minds are not endangered but enriched. We all know this on some level yet the question is what can we do about it?

TV Time Journal For Kidz is a profound and revolutionary tool to engage and inspire young minds while watching television. With this illustrated journal, kids will be challenged to describe the show, articulate the message they received from the story, imagine they are a character in the show, tell about a commercial that aired during the program including the marketing technique used and finally they are asked as critics to rate the show from 1 to 4 stars and share why. This is fun for kids and creates a wonderful way for parents to interact and share family values.

Sky Shapes is a children's book about shapes and Science. Children learn that shapes can be seen in the sky. They learn that shapes form constellations, insects, clouds, the sun, the moon, balloons, and many other objects in the sky. Sky Shapes is designed to help children understand that shapes make up their surroundings and makes looking for shapes in the sky into a game.

While looking for shapes children learn about Astronomy and Science. They learn that owls play at night and that constellations form different shapes. They also learn that shapes form insects, and learn about different flying insects.