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Picture That! Christmas Puzzles
by David LaRochelle
Price SternSloan, 2002
ISBN978-0-613-98731-8

Picture That! Halloween Puzzels
Price Stern Sloan, 2002
ISBN 978-0-8431-4877-0

Picture That! Puzzles are adventure in the making. Using simple directions and clearly printed grids, these puzzles are assembled square-by-square until a Christmas or Halloween image appears on the page. Simple enough for younger kids, yet sufficiently challenging for adults, these unique puzzles will provide hourse of holiday fun!

Picture That! Christmas Puzzles

Picture That! Halloween Puzzles

The Mighty Big Book of Travel Mysteries
Price Stern Sloan, 2002
ages 9 to 12, ISBN 978-0-8431-7734-3

Here's a collection of five of the Detective Dave's titles from the Mad Mysteries puzzle series. Filled with over two hundred pages of puzzling activities, this big book will entertain the most lively of travelers, whether you go by car, boat, plane, or spacecraft!

The Might Big Book of Travel Mysteries

Before and After Christmas
by Debbie Trafton O'Neal
illustrated byDavid LaRochelle
Augsburg Fortress Press, 2001
ages 4 to 8, ISBN978-0-8066-4156-0

A treasury of ideas and activities for celebrating the days before Christmas, and also things to do after the Christmas tree is taken down. Specific activities, including crafts, service projects, and family worship ideas, are included for each day in Advent and through the twelve days of Christmas. In addition, each day offers a Bible passage for reading together. Full-color illustrations bring the text to life and make completing the activities a snap!

Before and After Christmas

Before and After Easter :
Activities and Ideas for Lent to Pentecost

by Debbie Trafton O'Neal
illustrated by David LaRochelle
Augsburg Fortress Press, 2001
ages 9 to 12, ISBN978-0-8066-4157-7

Fascinating facts, activities, crafts, and recipes for observing each day of Lent and for celebrating the Easter season. Debbie O'Neal tells the fascinating history of Lent and Easter and then takes families on a day-by-day journey through the season, with interesting crafts, activities, recipes, and worship ideas—all colorfully illustrated by David LaRochelle. And there are celebrations and activities for Easter Day and each week of the Easter season, plus a BONUS punch-out butterfly mobile.

Before and After Easter

Donna Erickson's Fabulous Funstuff for Families
by Donna Erickson
illustrated by David LaRochelle
Augsburg Fortress Publishers, 2001
ISBN 978-0-8066-4267-3

Take the most popular activities from the best-selling Prime Time books and organize them by seasons. Color-code each activity by the strength or quality it builds in children and add fresh new insights. The result is this wonderful collection by TV personality and parenting expert Donna Erickson. Each activity is designed to build stronger, healthier children and families.

Donna Erickson's Fabulous Funstuff for Families

Mad Mystery Series
Detective Dave: Space Case
Miss Taken's Identity
Detective Dave's Bummer Vacation
The Pirate's Yo Yo Hoax
The Invisible Suit Case
A Dog Gone Dilemma
Trapped In Hill House!
The Case of the Missing Lynx
Price Stern Sloan, 1995-98

Miss Taken's Identity

Donna Erickson's Great Outdoors Fun Book
(Prime Time Family Series)

by Donna Erickson
illustrated by David LaRochelle
Augsburg Fortress Publishers, 1997
ISBN 978-0-8066-3336-7

Donna Erickson comes up with over fifty nifty ideas to help readers have fun outdoors, from planning a block-party art fair, to gardening like a pro, to playing Backyard Golf with your family. Erickson is an expert in creative fun for building strong families.

Donna Erickson's Great Outdoors Fun Book

Donna Erickson's Travel Fun Book
(Prime Time Family Series)

by Donna Erickson
illustrated by David Larochelle
Augsburg Fortress Publishers, 1997
ISBN 978-0-8066-3337-4

Donna Erickson, author of Prime Time Together...With Kids, offers fifty-plus ideas to help parents survive trips with children and to make the travel experience positive for all involved.

Donna Erickson's Travel Fun Book

Donna Erickson's Year-Round Holiday Fun Book
by Donna Erickson
illustrated by David LaRochelle
Augsburg Fortress Publishers, 1996
ISBN 978-0-8066-2974-2

Donna Erickson's creative ideas for building strong families are augmented by publication of a new book of 50 great ideas to help families celebrate holidays throughout the year.

Donna Erickson's Year-Round HolidayFun Book

Donna Erickson's Rainy Day Fun Book
by Donna Erickson
illustrated by David LaRochelle
Augsburg Fortress Publishers
ISBN 978-0-8066-2984-1

These rainy-day interludes will fill the soul with meaning and pleasure. The activities that Donna Erickson has dreamed up will make the time you spend with your kids count—and provide fun for everyone.

Donna Erickson's RainyDayFunBook

More Prime Time Activities With Kids
by Donna Erickson
illustrated by David LaRochelle
Augsburg Fortress Publishers, 1992
ISBN 978-0-8066-2606-2

More Prime Time Activities with Kids

The Evening King
illustrated by CatherineStock
Atheneum, 1993
ages preschool to 9, ISBN 978-0-689-31640-1
find at your library

A young boy holds tight to his strong imagination despite the practical nature of the family and friends who surround him.

The Evening King

The Stingy Baker
by Janet Greeson
illustrated by David LaRochelle
Carolrhoda Books, 1990
ages 5 to 10, ISBN 978-0-87614-378-0
find at your library

The origin of the phrase "a baker's dozen" is told in this folktale about a baker whose greed gets him in trouble with a witch.

Stingy Baker

Prime Time Together With Kids
by Donna Erickson
illustrated by David Larochelle
Augsburg Fortress Publishers, 1989
ISBN 978-0-8066-2430-3

Parents, prandparents, teachers and others can help strengthen a child's self-image with these 100 easy-to-do activities for children ages 3-12. Each activity is clearly explained with colorful art.

Prime TimeTogether withKids

A Christmas Guest
by David LaRochelle
illustrated by Martin Skoro
Carolrhoda Books, 1988
all ages, ISBN 978-0-87614-325-4
find at your library

A young boy and his mother welcome a mysterious woman into their home on Christmas Eve, and later discover that she was a very special guest indeed.

Christmas Guest
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