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The #1 educational publisher in Japan, Gakken was founded 70 years ago on the premiseGakken that learning should be fun!

Gakken Now, Gakken is bringing its time-tested, kid-tested, fun-first Gakken Gakken approach to North America! Play Smart workbooks are packed with thoroughly engaging, skill-building activities for Gakken preschoolers.

I Can Do That! Gakken interactive books encourage Gakken independence and creativity with super simple projects.

Gakken La ZOO’s irresistible illustrations inspire little artists to create their Gakken own masterpieces.

Every book we Gakken Gakken publish is thoughtfully designed to entertain (while educating) growing minds.

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Play Smart workbooks feature an engaging mix of fun-first activities. Picture puzzles, number games, mazes, and crafts keep kids thoroughly entertained while helping them to build important skills. Notes to parents on every page offer suggestions for enhancing school skills and life skills as kids play their way through the books. The activities get progressively harder, helping early learners to build a sense of confidence. More than 80 adorable stickers add to the excitement: kids choose a reward sticker after finishing each challenge. A wipe-off game board completes each package.

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• are competitively priced at just $6.99!

• have won National Parenting Product Awards (NAPPA) and Family Choice Awards • are developed by educators and child development experts

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• come with colorful stickers to be used as rewards for completing activities • have been proven successful by tens of millions of children in Japan!

• hone important fine motor, problem-solving, and pre-reading skills

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Workbooks for each age group build on skills covered in earlier books.

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Play Smart workbooks feature an engaging mix of fun-first activities. Picture puzzles, number games, mazes, and crafts keep kids thoroughly entertained while they build important skills.

Notes to parents on every page offer suggestions for enhancing school skills and life skills as kids play their way through the books.

The activities get progressively harder, helping early learners to build a sense of confidence as they progress. And more than 80 adorable stickers add to the excitement: kids choose a reward sticker after finishing each challenge. A wipe-off game board completes the package.

Children practice key skills, including: • critical thinking • number sense • social skills EACH BOOK: Price: $6.99 US, $8.99 Canada • Specs: Softcover activity book, 8.25" x 11.875", 70 pages, 80+ stickers, wipe-clean game board, 4-color throughout • Ages: 2–6 • Available: Now

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Gakken Gakken Gakken Workbooks Gakken Introducing the fun-first learning method!

Gakken The activities withinWorkbooks each book (and from 2+ to 3+ to 4+) build on one another so that children progress and feel Gakken a tremendous sense of accomplishment. Most importantly, they ENJOY doing the Play Smart activities.

EACH BOOK: Price: $6.99 US, $8.99 Canada • Specs: Softcover activity book, 8.25" x 11.875", 64 pages, 80+ stickers, wipe-clean game board, 4-color throughout • Ages: 2–5 • Available: Now

Gakken Workbooks Play Smart Early Learning and Play Smart School Skills workbooks include a mix of matching games, counting games, picture puzzles, and art projects.

Key skills include: • critical thinking • number sense • social skills

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Play Smart Brain Boosters workbooks include counting, matching, comparing, drawing, coloring, mazes, and more.

Key skills include: • problem solving • early math • reasoning

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Each Play Smart workbook comes with a wipe-clean game board

Play Smart Skill Builders workbooks include a range of fun-first activities such as tracing, drawing, and cutting to build fine motor coordination.

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For kids who are obsessed with animals, vehicles, counting, and colors (who isn’t?) Play Smart Picture Puzzlers will totally engage. Picture puzzles featuring animals, vehicles, numbers, and more will keep kids building important skills introduced in the other Play Smart workbooks. Each workbook is packed with more than 60 fun-first, thoroughly engaging activities designed to enhance reasoning, problem-solving, and fine motor skills.

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EACH BOOK: Price: $6.99 US, $8.99 Canada • Specs: Softcover activity book, 8.25" x 11.875", 64 pages, 80+ stickers, wipe-clean game board, 4-color throughout • Ages: 2–5 • Available: April 2018

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Gakken Gakken Gakken Wipe-off Workbooks Gakken WorkbooksGakken Gakken Gakken Gakken Wipe-off pages mean Gakkenhours Workbooks Gakken Gakken Gakken of fun! Workbooks Each wipe-off workbook includes more than 60 engaging puzzles that help to hone preschoolers’ focus, fine motor skills, reasoning, and more. Wipe-off pages, and a set of different challenges for every activity, make for hours of entertainment. Kids can practice key skills by completing, erasing, and repeating each activity.

Plus, “More Ways to Play” suggestions offer different challenges for kids to try. Lay-flat wipe-off pages, a wir-o binding, erasable marker, and a sturdy board cover make for an indestructible, reusable package.

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Gakken Gakken Gakken Gakken Gakken Gakken Gakken Gakken EACH BOOK: Price: $9.99 US, $12.99 Canada • Specs: Hardcover with wir-o lay-flat binding, 8.25" x 11.875", 60 pages, with a dry-erase marker Ages: 3 and up • Available: May 2018

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I Can Do That! activity books encourage creativity and imagination!

EACH BOOK: Price: $9.99 US, $12.99 Canada Specs: Softcover activity book, 8" x 8", 4-color throughout Ages: 3 and up • Available: June 2018 I Can Do That! Origami Sixty-four printed sheets feature clever projects marked with simple cutting and folding instructions—no more than three steps for each project. Children as young as 3 years old can transform an elephant into a teapot, make a lion roar, or turn printed flower paper into a pretty bouquet.

The activities are fun and engaging—and also help to build focus, encourage children to follow sequential directions, and enhance fine motor skills.

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I Can Do That! Erasable Art

by La ZOO Colorful scenes await scribbles, squiggles, lines, dots, and artful dashes.

Every delightful wipe-off page features inviting artwork in need of some simple embellishment.

The pictures are designed to get little ones to use their imaginations—and their fine motor muscles. Wipe-off pages hold crayon beautifully—and then wipe clean with a damp tissue or paper towel so little artists can make their mark again and again.

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I Can Do That! Stickers Adorable matching and counting games, challenging mazes, engaging picture puzzles and more fun activities will keep preschoolers entertained for hours on end. What’s more, these value-packed pages help children ages 3 to 5 build problem-solving, early math, fine motor and reasoning skills while they play. Filled with lively illustrations of animals, children, food, toys, vehicles and other appealing subjects, more than 300 re-usable stickers will be enjoyed over and over again.

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Babies as young as six weeks old can appreciate the bold shapes and colors in Baby Sees Colors! and will benefit from hearing a parent’s voice, and from the bonding that naturally occurs when a loving adult reads to a baby. Receptive language skills develop right from the start, as babies soak in everything they hear, and eventually learn to associate particular sounds with familiar people and things. Hundreds of thousands of parents in Japan have already discovered the power of this little book, and now American parents can too!

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Monster Magic Every wipe-clean page provides a challenge, a story, or starter art to be contemplated and completed by a curious child from preschool age on up. Wielding a magic marker (4 colorful, erasable markers are included in the package), kids will discover that an ice cream cone can be tasty or nasty, a ghost can be terrifying or friendly, and art wizards can be silly, scary, serious, and most definitely creative.

The pictures and activities are cleverly, irresistibly designed to keep children interested, engaged, and using their imagination. Wipe-off pages mean that every day is a new adventure.

Price: $11.99 US, $13.99 Canada • ISBN: 9784056210422 • Specs: Softcover activity book, 10" x 9", 40 pages, 4 markers, 4-color throughout • Ages: 4 and up Available: July 2018

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