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Packed full of fun, facts and tests for all the family, Match Wits With The Kids will equip you with a bulletproof general knowledge ... just what you need to stay one step ahead of smart-alec children (or catch up with know-it-all grown-ups).

Totz2teens member Review:  Frightened and with trepidation I opened this book thinking am I going to feel completely stupid.  Do my kids really know more than me.  Will I be able to remember anything.  Well to be honest there was no need to feel worried.  On a day trip out I spent the time holding bags and clutching this book.  I read about the terribly confusing issues of the English language - which I pray I dont get asked about because it sort of went in one ear and out the other but I now know where to look when I do get asked.  I spent the day saying "Did you know" much to the amusement of my family.  I feel quite educated now LOL.  The icing on the cake was when I was watching a tv quiz later that day and there was a question about prime ministers which I answered.  NOW I definately know I would not have been able to do that without this book.  So I did learn something after all.  The beauty of this book is that you can pick the bit that you fancy learning about.  I will definately be carrying this in the car because it opens up conversations amongst us all and also helps everyone refresh our memories.   An excellent easy to read book which we as a family are happy to recommend.

Totz2teens Member Rating:  5/5
 

With new ways of playing with the collectible toys, from chess to ten-bone bowling, kids will be racing to buy the ultimate companion to their game.

 You’d be bonehead bonkers to miss it!

Totz2teens Member Review:  When my mum told me about this book I hunted out my crazy bones - lucky I kept them.  I wasn't aware of GO GO ones but now I am I am saving my pocket money for some more.  The book taught me lots of really interesting things about the game.  I didn't know it comes from the Greek people playing games.  This book showed me different ways you can play and not just the ones my friends at school had shown me.  I really liked being the one to tell them about different games to play and this book is an interesting and fun read.

Totz2teens Member Rating:  5/5
 

Proust and the Squid was in Publishers Weekly's 'Best Books of 2007' - described as 'a path breaking look at the reading brain'. How the brain learned to read is a startling reminder of the amazing achievements of humankind.  'We were never born to read', says Maryanne Wolf. 'No specific genes ever dictated reading's development. Human beings invented reading only a few thousand years ago. And with this invention, we changed the very organisation of our brain, which in turn expanded the ways we were able to think, which altered the intellectual evolution of our species.  'In Proust and the Squid , Maryanne Wolf explores our brains' near-miraculous ability to arrange and rearrange themselves in response to external circumstances. Wolf, a world expert on the reading brain, brings both a personal passion and a deft style to this incredible story. A pop science masterpiece on a subject that anyone who loves reading will be sure to find fascinating.