Creativity
Amazing Area Mazes
70 Race-the-Clock Puzzles for Budding Math Wizards
by Naoki Inaba, Ryoichi Murakami
Paperback | $8.95 US / $11.95 CAN

Welcome, brave math wizard, to the world of area mazes. These clever grids of squares and rectangles are more than meets the eye. Can you find the missing value—using only your powers to add, subtract, multiply, and divide? Just remember: … Continue reading

Can You Solve My Problems?
Ingenious, Perplexing, and Totally Satisfying Math and Logic Puzzles
by Alex Bellos
Paperback | $16.95 US / $21.95 CAN

Bestselling math writer Alex Bellos has a challenge for you: 125 of the world’s best brainteasers from the last two millennia. Armed with logic alone, you’ll detect counterfeit coins, navigate river crossings, and untangle family trees. Then—with just a dash … Continue reading

Dot Journaling—A Practical Guide
How to Start and Keep the Planner, To-Do List, and Diary That’ll Actually Help You Get Your Life Together
by Rachel Wilkerson Miller
Paperback | $14.95 US / $19.95 CAN

What the heck is a dot journal? It’s a planner, to-do list, and diary for every aspect of your life: work, home, relationships, hobbies, everything. Early adopter Rachel Wilkerson Miller explains how to make a dot journal work for you—whether … Continue reading

Dot Journaling—The Set
Includes a How-To Guide and a Blank Dot-Grid Journal
by Rachel Wilkerson Miller
Boxed Set | $24.95 US / $32.95 CAN

What’s inside the set: A how-to guide . . . Dot Journaling—A Practical Guide explains how to start and keep a dot journal—a planner, to-do list, and diary that will help you get your life together. You decide what goes … Continue reading

How to Draw and Write in Fountain Pen
A Modern Guide
by Ayano Usamura
Paperback | $14.95 US / $19.95 CAN

For illustrator Ayano Usamura, her first time drawing in fountain pen was a revelation. The easy flow of ink spurred her creativity and gave character to every line. Even the simplest letters and doodles came to life! Now, with her … Continue reading

How to Play the Piano
by James Rhodes
Paper over Boards | $12.95 US / $16.95 CAN

Do you have a piano (or keyboard) and forty-five spare minutes every day? Then spend the next six weeks with acclaimed concert pianist James Rhodes. By the end, you’ll be able to perform Bach’s Prelude No. 1 in C major—no … Continue reading

Into Nature
A Creative Field Guide and Journal—Unplug and Reconnect with What Matters
by Alexandra Frey and Autumn Totton
Paperback | $14.95 US / $19.95 CAN

Squeezing mindfulness into every day may seem impossible—but it only takes a few moments to go Into Nature. This collection of mindful activities unleashes creativity while helping you engage with your natural surroundings—in a park, in the garden, and even … Continue reading

It’s a Numberful World
How Math Is Hiding Everywhere
by Eddie Woo
Paperback | $17.95 US / $23.50 CAN

These may not look like math questions, but they are—because they all have to do with patterns. And mathematics, at heart, is the study of patterns. That realization changed Eddie Woo’s life—by turning the “dry” subject he dreaded in high … Continue reading

Moments of Mindfulness
Anti-Stress Coloring & Activities for Busy People
by Emma Farrarons
Paperback | $9.95 US / $12.95 CAN

Working with your hands and cultivating mindful focus are two of the best ways to soothe anxiety and eliminate stress. And coloring is a great way to do both! That’s why fans can’t get enough of Emma Farrarons’ irresistible first … Continue reading

Much Ado About Numbers
Shakespeare’s Mathematical Life and Times
by Rob Eastaway
Paper Over Boards | $19.95 US / $25.95 CAN

Books on Shakespeare are plentiful, but until now there has never been a book written for a general audience about math and science in Shakespeare’s time and how they influenced his works. Shakespeare grew up in a time of remarkable … Continue reading

Paint This Book!
Watercolor for the Artistically Undiscovered
by Thacher Hurd, John Cassidy
Hardcover (Hidden Spiral) | $24.95 US / $32.95 CAN

Put the brush in your hand. Stick it in the water, then smush it around in one of the colors. Now take a deep breath and plop it down on the page . . . You’re an artist. Yes, really! … Continue reading

Patterns of the Universe
A Coloring Adventure in Math and Beauty
by Alex Bellos, Edmund Harriss
Paperback | $14.95 US / $19.95 CAN

Math is at the heart of many natural wonders and has an abstract beauty all its own—in the silhouette of a snowflake, the spiral seeds of a sunflower, and the symmetry of the Sri Yantra mandala. From the 4-D hypercube … Continue reading

Perilous Problems for Puzzle Lovers
Math, Logic & Word Puzzles to Challenge Your Brain
by Alex Bellos
Paperback | $15.95 US / $21.00 CAN

In Perilous Problems for Puzzle Lovers, Alex Bellos collects 125 of the world’s greatest stumpers—many dangerous to your person, and all dangerous to your pride. Brace yourself to wrestle with wordplay, grapple with geometry, and scramble for survival. For example … Continue reading

Puzzle Me Twice
70 Simple Puzzles (Almost) Everyone Gets Wrong
by Alex Bellos
Paperback (French flaps) | $16.95 US / $21.95 CAN

From Alex Bellos—puzzle-setter to the Guardian—here are 70 irresistible challenges that have stumped the sharpest minds he knows, even when warned! For example, how many mistakes are there in the following sentence? This sentence is kurious because it it only … Continue reading

Recipes for Play
Creative Activities for Small Hands and Big Imaginations
by Rachel Sumner, Ruth Mitchener
Paperback | $14.95 US / $22.95 CAN

An important part of childhood is being curious and trying out new experiences. What do things taste, feel, smell, sound like? What happens when you add red to blue, mix earth with water, or drop a blob of paint from … Continue reading

Start with a Scribble
Drawing for the Artistically Undiscovered
by John Cassidy, Sir Quentin Blake
Paperback (Hidden Spiral) | $19.95 US / $25.95 CAN

Can you find the pointy end of a pencil? Then you can draw! Start with a Scribble will banish your inner critic and kick-start your inner genius, as you learn to capture the spirit of things with a little how-to … Continue reading

The Big Puzzle Book of Area Mazes
300 Mind-Bending Math Puzzles in Five Challenge Levels
by Naoki Inaba, Ryoichi Murakami
Paperback | $14.95 US / $19.95 CAN

Introducing a new puzzle obsession for sodoku lovers . . . amazing, absorbing area mazes. First invented for gifted students, area mazes blend grade-school math with genius logic. Put down that calculator! You can always find “?” using simple, whole … Continue reading

The Healing Journal
Guided Prompts and Inspiration for Life with Illness
by Emily Suñez
Paperback with ribbon | $15.95 US / $21.00 CAN

This gorgeously illustrated volume offers guided journaling to a community that stands to benefit immensely: those living with chronic illness. Author and illustrator Emily Suñez—herself a chronic illness patient with multiple diagnoses—speaks from experience through 50 affirmations and over 100 … Continue reading

The Language Lover’s Puzzle Book
Perple_ing Le_ical Patterns to Unmi_ and Ve_ing Synta_ to Outfo_
by Alex Bellos
Paperback | $16.95 US / $21.95 CAN

Whether you’re a crossword solver, cryptogram fan, Scrabble addict, or Sudoku savant, The Language Lover’s Puzzle Book is guaranteed to tease your brain and twist your tongue. Puzzle master Alex Bellos begins in Japan, where we can observe some curious … Continue reading

The Mindfulness Coloring Book
The Adult Coloring Book for Anti-Stress Art Therapy
by Emma Farrarons
Paperback | $9.95 US / $12.95 CAN

In today’s busy world, finding a moment of peace and calm can be a challenge. Mindful coloring is a simple yet powerful practice that combines the proven, time-honored tradition of thoughtful meditation with the growing popularity of adult coloring books, … Continue reading

The Mindfulness Coloring Book – Volume Two
The Adult Coloring Book for Anti-Stress Art Therapy
by Emma Farrarons
Paperback | $9.95 US / $12.95 CAN

In The Mindfulness Coloring Book, an international bestseller, illustrator Emma Farrarons invited busy people everywhere to relax and re-center by coloring in her delightful, hand-drawn scenes. Now, with The Mindfulness Coloring Book—Volume Two, Emma shares 100 pages of all-new designs … Continue reading

The Mindfulness Creativity Coloring Book
Anti-Stress Guided Activities in Drawing, Lettering, and Patterns
by Emma Farrarons
Paperback | $9.95 US / $12.95 CAN

Mindfulness is the antidote to stress—but in stressful times, it can seem just out of reach. Enter The Mindfulness Creativity Coloring Book, here to soothe your anxiety and help you find “flow,” with adult coloring and guided activities. Internationally celebrated … Continue reading

The Mindfulness Doodles Coloring Book
Adult Coloring and Doodling to Unwind and Relax
by Mario Martín
Paperback | $9.95 US / $12.95 CAN

Relieve stress and anxiety by coloring and doodling delightful patterns! Here are 100 pages of inspiration to make your own doodles, create patterns, and color in, from illustrator Mario Martín. Let your imagination roam free, and jump-start your creativity, with … Continue reading

The Mindfulness Journeys Coloring Book
Get Lost in an Adult Coloring Adventure
by Mario Martín
Paperback | $9.95 US / $12.95 CAN

Illustrator Mario Martín is back with the seventh volume of the #1 bestselling Mindfulness Coloring series, with brand new scenes to explore, complete, and color in! In this pocket-sized coloring book, journey through wondrous depictions of galaxies, planets, cities, and … Continue reading

The Mindfulness Patterns Coloring Book
Anti-Stress Adult Coloring & How to Draw Soothing Patterns
by Mario Martín
Paperback | $9.95 US / $12.95 CAN

Relieve your anxiety by coloring! Here are enchanting patterns of symmetrical shapes, abstract designs, and nature themes—from diamonds and cubes to feathers and flowers. Pattern master Mario Martín has created intricate illustrations to color in, plus activities to make your … Continue reading

The Original Area Mazes
100 Addictive Puzzles to Solve with Simple Math—and Clever Logic!
by Alex Bellos, Naoki Inaba, Ryoichi Murakami
Paperback | $8.95 US / $11.95 CAN

Once you match wits with area mazes, you’ll be hooked! Your quest is to navigate a network of rectangles to find a missing value. Just Remember: Area = length × width Use spatial reasoning to find helpful relationships Whole numbers … Continue reading

The Original Area Mazes, Volume 2
100 More Addictive Puzzles to Solve with Simple Math—and Clever Logic!
by Naoki Inaba, Ryoichi Murakami
Paperback | $8.95 US / $11.95 CAN

Hooked on area mazes? YOU’RE IN LUCK! Volume Two delivers 100 more puzzles. Your quest is to navigate a network of rectangles to find a missing value. Just remember: Area = length × width Use spatial reasoning to find helpful … Continue reading

The Renaissance Soul
How to Make Your Passions Your Life—A Creative and Practical Guide
by Margaret Lobenstine
Paperback | $16.95 US / $21.95 CAN

Are you unwilling to settle on doing just one thing “for the rest of your life”? Do you jump at the chance to learn something new—or, after achieving success in one field, find yourself yearning for new challenges and looking … Continue reading

There’s Math in My Origami!
35 Fun Projects for Hands-On Math Learning
by Fumiaki Shingu
Paperback | $14.95 US / $19.95 CAN

Discover how fractions, shapes, and symmetry turn a flat sheet of paper into a 3D work of art! Each one of the 35 amazing projects in There’s Math in My Origami! invites kids to: Follow the simple, step-by-step instructions Flex their math … Continue reading

Visions of the Universe
A Coloring Journey Through Math's Great Mysteries
by Alex Bellos, Edmund Harriss
Paperback | $14.95 US / $19.95 CAN

For curious minds throughout history, math was truly an art. In Visions of the Universe, you can pick up right where Isaac Newton, Blaise Pascal, and other luminaries left off—by coloring 58 exquisite patterns inspired by great discoveries in math: … Continue reading

Wake Up!
A Handbook to Living in the Here and Now
by Chris Baréz-Brown
Paperback | $15.95 US

You have an unlimited capacity to have fun, meet amazing people, and feel truly awake every single day. But do you? When you’re living on autopilot (and most people are—80 percent of the time), those opportunities pass you by. Snap … Continue reading

Write to the Point
A Master Class on the Fundamentals of Writing for Any Purpose
by Sam Leith
Paperback | $14.95 US / $19.95 CAN

Good writers follow the rules. Great writers know the rules—and follow their instincts! Finding the right words, in the right order, matters—whether you’re a student embarking on an essay, a job applicant drafting your cover letter, an employee composing an … Continue reading