(Part 2) Best children game books according to redditors

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http://www.amazon.com/Hang-Salami-Lasagna-Hog-Palindromes/dp/0374444730

I had a Halloween themed one of these when I was a kid! It was amazing. Let me see if I can find it.

EDIT: I got it mixed up with another book, the Halloween book was "One Halloween Night". The book I think I was thinking of was "Whoo's There? A Bedtime Shadow Book" by Heather Zschock. She has a whole bunch of these books on all sorts of different subjects. They're super neat!

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EDIT 2: Karen Kaufman Orloff also has a few of these books

on long road trips I usually try to get a game of rubberneckers going. Makes the long drive much more bearable.

Got this book off one of those scholastic newsletters in elementary school. Taught me how to play and how to Scholar's mate. So many wins, so little learned.

I started playing with Tempest! The story in this block is actually a big part of what hooked me, so I personally disagree with your assessment! At the time, I was younger than what I imagine the average MTG player to be (I was 9), but still: Something about seeing these interesting characters pop up on dynamic card art really sparked my imagination and even informed my deck-building. Getting bits and pieces of it didn't make me feel like I was watching "a bunch of somewhat-related characters going around doing whatever"—it actually made me feel as though I was filling in blanks when I got new cards. Anything I didn't fully understand was filled in with my own imagined scenarios (perhaps inspired by flavor text!), and I liked to think I was creating a story of sorts when I played against my friends.

I remember finally saving enough money to buy Magic's Official Encyclopedia, Volume 3 and having my mind fairly blown by all of the cards I'd never seen before featuring favorite characters and what not. The inconsistent portrayals of them was a major draw, too, rather than a setback as some might imagine: Ertai looking far different on his own card versus, say, Ertai's Meddling just gave me more imagination potential! Certainly this element of the Rath block was fairly unique and wouldn't fly today.

Anyway, I'm rambling. Enjoyed the write-up!

https://www.amazon.com/Pokemon-Kalos-Region-Handbook-Scholastic/dp/0545646022/ref=mp_s_a_1_4?keywords=pokemon+handbook&qid=1573852603&sr=8-4

if reading (and bonding) is your goal, you can buy a "Pokemon Handbook" (basically a encyclopedia of pokemon, with their pictures and descriptions! I linked one). there are way more pokemon now than when i was a kid but as a kid i absolutely adored my copy, and read through it countless times. Most are sorted by "Region" of pokemon. An idea is that you can read it together, act out the moves, and go out to hunt for the pokemom cards of his favorites. Honestly as a kid I was vastly disapointed with the card game, as it had aso many rules,and what I really wanted to do was yknow, pretend to shoot fire and stuff.

The Eleventh Hour, maybe?
http://www.amazon.com/The-Eleventh-Hour-Curious-Mystery/dp/0810908514

It's from the official encyclopaedia, in the third volume:

https://www.amazon.com/Magic-Gathering-Official-Encyclopedia-Complete/dp/1560251891

This book is a life saver for K and 1! You could probably even stretch these activities up to 2nd grade and make it fun for them (especially early 2nd grade). It is a bunch of circle games that use simple songs that you could play on the piano and the students can move to. You can tie in many different music concepts really easily to them as well. Really any book by Feierabend is full of great activities for the little ones! Hope this helps at least a little! Good luck!

http://www.amazon.com/Beginning-Circle-Games-First-Steps/dp/1579992668

Yes get one of the 'Pokémon Handbooks' (probably this)


Or this when it comes out, although it's more of a strategy guide.


Or you could just play around on the Pokédex section of the Pokémon website.

No, most of the palindromes in "Bob" aren't Weird Al's writing. This one is as least as old as the children's book.

How about the Mojang Official Minecraft Handbooks?

https://www.amazon.com/Minecraft-Complete-Collection-Stephanie-Milton/dp/0545823285

I knew this guy who had these books for his kid, they looked pretty cool. There's like 4 different handbooks. One just on Redstone.

They're in your price range and the reading level is 8 and up.

DC Just came out with "Dear Justice League" and that'd be a great read for you to read to them. 2 is young but there's lots of pictures so it would hold their attention. My friends kids are 4 and 6 and I bought them some early reader DC books. One about Superman and Lex Luthorand another about The Flash. Early reader books are best for that age cause the words are simple and large print so they can learn to read along.

Also, try looking at comics for early readers. That'll help them understand the medium so that more complex comic panels are easier to follow when their older. THere's a my first graphic novel series on amazon.

It's a palindrome.. the same thing backwards and forwards. It's also a book.

Hey There,

I just saw your post from about a month ago, and wanted to leave you with a game I just finished publishing - First Role.

First Role is for exactly the situation you described - introducing a younger child who has no RPG experience to role playing games.

It is accessible, quick to learn (especially as a new DM), quick to teach, and quick to play.

Drivethru RPG Link
Amazon Kindle Link

Let me know if you have any questions! I hope this helps, and thanks!

I loved that book. Somehow we have 2 copies, which works out since now the kids love it so much too. The author, Jon Agee, has a bunch of other fun wordplay books too. We especially love Mr. Putney’s Quacking Dog


Looks like you can’t get it new anymore, but Amazon’s got used copies: Go Hang a Salami! I'm a Lasagna Hog! and Other Palindromes https://www.amazon.com/dp/0374334730

Great offer!!

Jules, age 7, drew Rosie Revere, Engineer because she wants to be an engineer some day. She was excited to use my graph paper! It is on my kids' wishlist, down at the bottom. Here she is with her drawing!

Sebastian, age 5, drew a Minecraft book. I have been trying to add those Minecraft books to their wishlist for days, but every time I try to add them it pops up with an error. I have no clue why. So it's not on their wishlist. Here he is with his drawing!

Merry Christmas! :)

I'd suggest asking him to write down some of his favorite pokemon. Each game as a different selection of critters, including the starter pokemon (who are usually big favorites) and the rare, powerful legendary pokemon (usually the critter on the box).

As far as which game to choose, it is hard to go wrong with classic pokemon games. X and Y are about a year old but are good quality games. Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire came out two days ago (they're remakes of the third pokemon games from 2003) and are also high quality.

My real suggestion would be this - figure out if your son is a kid who will spend tons of time invested in the game. If they are, get them a game for Christmas and a handbook like this. I am a teacher and I have a fifth of my class who love to look up, share, and draw with these books.

He might like Minecraft Story Mode.

There's also the Minecraft Blockpedia and as someone also mentioned, The complete Handbook collection. The construction book in that set is good for making nicer looking houses.

No, it's rubberneckers.

And this is why I know.

Happy Birthday to you! I truly hope that your day is peaceful.
(I dont get cards either)

http://www.amazon.com/Brainiest-Insaniest-Ultimate-Puzzle-Book/dp/0761143866/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_nC?ie=UTF8&colid=3VTF5FBW53702&coliid=IE1022D43CN80

my oldest hated being read to until he was around 2. even just getting him to sit with a book and play with it was a challenge! we had some success with books by Xavier Denoux, finger puppet books, cutout/peekaboo books like this, and for some reason he LOVED Big Fish, Little Fish. i also picked up some nursery rhyme books because he responded better to having me sing the songs while looking at pictures instead of reading. he's 3 now and will sit through 5+ stories at bedtime if we let him.

Elementary music teacher here. Do circle games. Kids that age love circle games. Farmer In The Dell, Little Sally Water, Sailor Sailor, etc. There's a million of them, and the lyrics tend to be very simple and repetitive, so they should be easy to translate. I highly recommend this book as a source for circle games. Also, do some movement to music activities. I use the songs and movements from this amazing resource, but I also create my own, and I'm sure you could, too. Especially if you have musical training and understand form. If you're feeling brave, teach them some folk dances from any of the Amidon books. I'm doing Kings and Queens from Sashay The Donut with my third graders right now and they LOVE IT. (Cute story: Last year when the royal wedding was happening, my tough inner city kids were BEGGING me to do the kings and queens dance so that they could pretend to be in the wedding! So cute!)

Good luck!

There's also Whoo's There, and a few others in the same series, which use a flashlight shined through clear pages with silhouettes to cast shadows on the wall. My kids love this book.

Creativity with small children is a learned habit. :) The more you do the more opportunities you see for fun. If you're desperate you can buy something like this: http://www.amazon.com/Toddlers-Busy-Book-Activities-3-Year-Old/dp/0671317741/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1323272663&sr=8-1 which will give you a lot of very very very SIMPLE ideas that make you think "Gee, this is dumb. I can do better than this" and suddenly you come up with a genius idea involving empty cans, string, and paperclips.

Credit to the originator, John Agee:
https://www.amazon.com/Hang-Salami-Lasagna-Hog-Palindromes/dp/0374444730/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1495633088&sr=8-1&keywords=go+hang+a+salami+i%27m+a+lasagna+hog

He wrote another book, "So Many Dynamos!" My favorite from that book was "No, sir, away! A papaya war is on!" Made perfect sense with the accompanying cartoon.

Pretty sure he had eleven guests over.

My daughter was(is) a big fan of Little Blue Truck.

We also like Goodnight Gorilla and Peek a Who

For ones that can grow with her, I'd recommend:
Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus
Press Here
How do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight

Honestly, anything by Mo Willems or Jane Yolen is going to be good! I have some books on my daughter's gift list too.

For more suggestions, a friend of mine is a librarian and has a TON of books pinned on Pinterest. Here's just one of her boards.

For us? My daughter can always use more books. We have a ton, but she loves them. I think I'm most interested in The Day the Crayons Quit for her right now. It looks really good and funny and we like to read a little above her level to her anyway (she's almost 4 so at the bottom of this one.)

Green eggs and ham.

Sorry about your cubical coma!


I think you should pick up one of these puzzle books. I keep one of these and do them when I'm bored or have time to kill. Or if you want something more artistic this looks nice.


If I win I'd like these shoes. Need shoes.

as for apps, if you are on iOS, farlanders made a nice guide book a while back.

edit: for a nice book, not an app, this series was awesome, especially the redstone guide.

http://www.amazon.com/The-Toddlers-Busy-Book-Activities/dp/0671317741

It's got some really good ideas!

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this is fun! this please

It looks like this set from 2013. Just with updated box look.

Here all the books with Mini-figs that I have. I think I'm only missing the Yoda Chronicles.

Character Encyclopedia

Character Encyclopedia: Updated and Expanded.

The Visual Dictionary: Updated and Expanded

The Dark Side

Chronicles of the Force

The Official Stormtrooper Training Manual

R2-D2 and C-3P0's Guide to the Galaxy

Epic Space Adventures

Use the Force!

Quest for the Kyber Saber

Then I have books that have sets
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LEGO Star Wars: Build Your Own Adventure

LEGO Star Wars Brickmaster

LEGO Star Wars: Battle for the Stolen Crystals Brickmaster

Something for family time for you guys!!

https://www.amazon.com/Most-wanted-family-card-games-ebook/dp/B0756XMHSK/ref=sr_1_4?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1505592418&sr=1-4&keywords=family+card+games