Bücher von Meredith Brokaw

The season will glow with warmth and good feeling for families lucky enough to spend the holidays with these two expert party planners. Imaginative party ideas include a White Christmas extravaganza, a Tree-Trimming party, two great Hanukkah parties, and a New Year's brunch. 2-color line drawings throughout.

This classic bestselling book of parties for children features 23 exciting, innovative, and inexpensive ways to celebrate. Each party is organized around an imaginative theme and includes ideas and instructions for invitations, decorations, entertainment, games, party favors, as well as creative, easy-to-follow recipes for refreshments. 2-color line drawings throughout.

The spirit of fun that made The Penny Whistle Party Planner a bestseller is given full reign in nine unforgettable parties as Brokaw and Gilbar offer inspiration and instructions for unusual costumes, pumpkin creations, ghoulish games, and devilishly clever decorations. Here are hundreds of ideas for scaring up a Halloween to remember. Two-color illustrations.

They say getting there is half the fun, but all too often the stress of being away from home and the frustration of being confined in a car, plane, train, hotel room, or even someone else's home combine to turn a simple trip into a painful experience for parents and kids. But with The Penny Whistle Traveling with Kids Book parents and kids will find everything they need to make travel time fun time. Full of inventive advice and helpful hints, The Penny Whistle Traveling with Kids Book will show parents how to: * Involve the whole family in planning the trip * Pack so you're prepared for anything * Create a Penny Whistle Travel Box. Travel Backpack, & First-Aid Kit * Keep kids occupied on the road with games for every age & interestPLUS:Creative solutions and travel experiences from parents and kids, a Travel Exercise Program, What to Do When Your Child Travels Alone, Delicious Roadside Picnics and Traveling Snacks, and much, much more!

Whether your preschooler is home with the chicken pox, or your fifth-grader is laid up with a broken leg, The Penny Whistle SICK-IN-BED BOOK comes to the rescue with a delightful collection of absorbing activities to occupy young patients, and advice and ideas for their parents, from setting up a sickroom to helping a bedridden child stay physically fit. In this book, concerned parents will find: * Games, crafts, and activities to be enjoyed alone or with friends and family * Inventive ways of keeping up with schoolwork * "It worked for me" anecdotes and tips from parents and kids * Advice on coping with the special physical and emotional needs of a sick child * Videotapes, audiotapes, and books that will engage and stimulate a child's imaginationIf laughter is the best medicine, then The Penny Whistle SICK-IN-BED BOOK is just what the doctor ordered.