Reference & Guide Books

You can do both with this book—no writin’ required! It’s The Little Book of Mathematical Principles, Theories, & Things, which is a title we love, despite the Oxford comma. By math whiz, author and professor Robert Solomon, the...

We bet you can, too, which is exactly why you’ll love this (100)-card set of Bizarre Facts Trivia. It’s a bonanza of random facts! Impress or annoy your friends and family with your ridiculous knowledge of useless information! We’ve...

For the love of Gandalf, don’t tell us you’re still freestyling your wands? Get serious about magic-baton construction with this one-of-a-kind Compendium of Wooden Wand Making Techniques book. The 8-1/2” x 11” softcover volume has...

When we were kids, the only toy we had was a cardboard box. Walked uphill to and from school, too-both ways. And in the rain. Imagine what we could have done if we’d have had Cardboard Box Engineering, the (175)-page book full of photos,...

Learn atomic weights while winning money from your classmates. Here’s a double deck of (104) cards plus (4) jokers all stored in a stylish box because no one wants to lose their gold, krypton or rubidium. In addition to the standard playing card...

If you're devoted to explosions, and who isn't, you'll love the new expanded 2nd edition of William Gurstelle's Backyard Ballistics, now 25% longer, with 25% more ka-boomery. Still the go-to reference work for building rockets, cannons (carbide and...

50 Science Things to Make and Do is just that, a passel of experiments, all illustratively explained in two facing pages of this big 104-page flip book, and all easily done with common household items. Includes wind and water power, bugs, crystals, paper...

Give a Pre-K kid a running start with these Mr. Potato Head-themed flash cards. The set of (4) packs of educational cards, meant for Pre-K-ers, covers numbers, colors and shapes, the alphabet and first words. There you go—some math, language and...

Time was, the Scouts taught folks how to tie a few knots, but that was before John Sherry (knot-instructor par excellence of the International Guild of Knot Tyers) came along with Knot It! a (126)-page hardcover book with illustrated instructions for...

Our grandmother used to tell us that all the time, and we might have learned something while we were out there if she’d given us The Kid’s Guide to Exploring Nature, this 120-page paperback from the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. Chock full of...

A must-have for micro-warriors; Mini Weapons of Mass Destruction by John Austin (author of the best-selling Cubicle Warfare) is 241 pages of detailed instructions for building (42) implements of spitball warfare from ordinary...

Why does it do that? Develop an elemental understanding of magnetism, electromagnetism, electrochemistry, radio, thermodynamics, light and optics. Simon Quellen Field's 228-page paperback, Gonzo Gizmos, Projects & Devices to Channel your Inner Geek...

Cheaper -- a whole lot cheaper -- than hiring a guide, plus these fit in your pocket (which is only true of the tiniest human guides). These hunting and fishing helpers are written and illustrated by professionals and are dense...