Games

Item #: UG3872
Price: $44.78
Five decks of creatively illustrated playing cards provide endless entertainment for one and all! Classic games--Go Fish and Old Maid for ages 3 and up; Crazy Eights, Hearts, and Animal Rummy for ages 5 and up--feature bright colors and simple designs. Each card game comes in a cute sturdy box and includes instructions. Perfect for traveling or family game night at home, all these Card Games for Kids will please players of all ages.

Item #: UE6202
Price: $9.95
Five decks of creatively illustrated playing cards provide endless entertainment for one and all! Classic games--Go Fish and Old Maid for ages 3 and up; Crazy Eights, Hearts, and Animal Rummy for ages 5 and up--feature bright colors and simple designs. Each card game comes in a cute sturdy box and includes instructions. Perfect for traveling or family game night at home, all these Card Games for Kids will please players of all ages.

Item #: UE6552
Price: $9.95
Five decks of creatively illustrated playing cards provide endless entertainment for one and all! Classic games--Go Fish and Old Maid for ages 3 and up; Crazy Eights, Hearts, and Animal Rummy for ages 5 and up--feature bright colors and simple designs. Each card game comes in a cute sturdy box and includes instructions. Perfect for traveling or family game night at home, all these Card Games for Kids will please players of all ages.

Item #: UE5932
Price: $9.95
Five decks of creatively illustrated playing cards provide endless entertainment for one and all! Classic games--Go Fish and Old Maid for ages 3 and up; Crazy Eights, Hearts, and Animal Rummy for ages 5 and up--feature bright colors and simple designs. Each card game comes in a cute sturdy box and includes instructions. Perfect for traveling or family game night at home, all these Card Games for Kids will please players of all ages.

Item #: UE6232
Price: $9.95
Five decks of creatively illustrated playing cards provide endless entertainment for one and all! Classic games--Go Fish and Old Maid for ages 3 and up; Crazy Eights, Hearts, and Animal Rummy for ages 5 and up--feature bright colors and simple designs. Each card game comes in a cute sturdy box and includes instructions. Perfect for traveling or family game night at home, all these Card Games for Kids will please players of all ages.

Item #: UE5732
Price: $9.95
Five decks of creatively illustrated playing cards provide endless entertainment for one and all! Classic games--Go Fish and Old Maid for ages 3 and up; Crazy Eights, Hearts, and Animal Rummy for ages 5 and up--feature bright colors and simple designs. Each card game comes in a cute sturdy box and includes instructions. Perfect for traveling or family game night at home, all these Card Games for Kids will please players of all ages.

Item #: UF4392
Price: $10.46
Drawn by Edward Gorey, the thirty-six different adorable cats featured in this memory game are engaged in all kinds of antics: riding a unicycle, hanging suspended from an umbrella, balancing on a ladder, and more! (There are two cards of each design, for a total of seventy-two cards.) As you search for pairs and test your memory, you'll smile with delight at the whimsical felines. What fun for cat lovers, Gorey fanatics, and anyone who could use some mental calisthenics! For ages 3 to 103.

Item #: VK8982
Price: $24.95
Strategy games for preschoolers don't get much cuter than this! The Sneaky, Snacky Squirrel Game--a race to fill your log with food for the winter-- includes an adorable squirrel-shaped "squeezer" that little hands must manipulate to grab the acorns. Spin the wheel to determine which color acorn to forage, and watch out for "sad squirrel" and "squirrel storm"! Excellent for developing matching skills, fine motor movements, social interaction, and tactical thinking, this adorable activity for two to four players, ages 3 and up is also, simply, heaps of fun!

Item #: UG0732
Price: $34.95
Okay, birdwatchers--time to flaunt your skills! What Bird Am I? challenges beginner, intermediate, and expert birders to identify 300 birds (100 for each experience level) based on verbal and visual clues. The fewer hints you need to correctly name the bird in question, the more points you receive. Since the 3½"-square cards--each with clues (and the answer) on one side and a beautiful photograph of the featured bird on the other--are divided into three grades of expertise, people of any bird-identifying ability can all play this fun and beautifully produced game together. For two or more players ages 14 and up.

Item #: UG1162
Price: $12.74
Moo, flush, ring-ring, quack…BINGO! This cute and clever twist on traditional bingo helps kids hone their listening skills as they identify sounds and match them with photos of animals, instruments, machines, gadgets, and more. The boxed set includes six colorful, double-sided bingo cards; 100 vinyl game pieces; and a CD with twenty-four tracks featuring short sound bites. (Put the CD on Shuffle or Random to keep players guessing each round.) What resounding fun for a classroom, a play date, a car trip, or family game night! For ages 3 and up.

Item #: UG1182
Price: $15.95
Twenty-five stunningly fabulous pairs of shoes from The Metropolitan Museum of Arts world-renowned collection make for an extraordinarily chic matching game! Arrange all fifty cards--from André Perugias 1928-29 evening sandals to Charles Jourdans 1965 slingbacks to Manolo Blahniks 2005-06 frilly mules--face down and begin the search for a matching pair! For one or more shoe-lovers, ages 6 to adult.

Item #: UG2882
Price: $25.95
This lively historical novel fictionalizes the life of May Dugas, a reallife con artist whom the Pinkerton Agency once dubbed the most dangerous woman in the world. The narrative begins in 1917 as the beautiful socialite stands trial for extortion. As the evidence against her unfolds, May relates her version of the events that have led up to her arrest. From a stint at a bordello to a marriage to a wealthy Dutch baron, May blows through cities like Chicago, San Francisco, London, and Shanghai--all the while pursued by a dogged Pinkerton detective-- leaving broken hearts and empty bank accounts in her wake. Is she a ruthless fraud who uses her feminine wiles to manipulate unsuspecting men (and women), or, as she vehemently counters, just a resourceful lady doing her best to provide for her family? Either way, her scandalous exploits make for a rollicking read!

Item #: UF6652
Price: $12.99
This fun, fast-paced card game is a war of words! Players divide the deck of seventy-four cards--each displaying a letter or two--between them. Then each player simultaneously flips over his top card and its a race to think up (and blurt out) a word that uses the resulting combination of letters. Big fun for quick-witted word-lovers, KaBam! is lively and mind-stimulating entertainment for two to four players, ages 7 to adult.

Item #: UE2782
Price: $11.24
The pretty princess in your life is sure to twirl in joyful pirouettes when she sees this splendidly fancy memory game! The thirtysix regally illustrated pairs of 2¼"-square cards feature prancing princesses (all named after flowers) in colorful gowns, beautiful bouquets in glorious bloom, royal pets and family members, and more. Just take turns flipping over a facedown card and try to find a matching set. What fabulously frilly fun--and a wonderful way to build memory and concentration skills! For ages 3 and up.

Item #: UG2172
Price: $17.00
Twirly girls will love racing to outfit a dancer with a costume, music, a headpiece, a bag, and a bouquet via this colorful Dancing Spinner Game. Select and name one of the paper dolls, choose a genre (jazz, step dancing, salsa, or ballet), and give the spinner a whirl! The first player to completely accessorize her dancer wins! The cute and clever boxed playset includes four 10¾" dolls, four full outfits with accessories, a cloth bag, a spinner, and instructions for play--with a fun suggestion for a real-life version of the dress-up game! For two to four players, ages 4 and up.

Item #: UG2032
Price: $29.95
Its like playing bingo with John James Audubon or Roger Tory Peterson! Instead of seeking out letters and numbers on their individual boards, the players look for birds from around the world-- from the robin to the puffin, from the laughing kookaburra to the splendid fairywren. The illustrations by Christine Berrie are beautifully drawn and delicately colored, so playing the game is an artistic as well as educational experience. For up to 12 players, ages five and up. Great for the classroom! (Check out Berries avian art on our Bird Postcards on page 22, too!)

Item #: UG2322
Price: $11.99
This entertaining little game challenges the imagination in a unique and clever way. Every player starts holding five cards, each with a descriptive phrase like bigger than a car, has legs, makes people nervous, fictitious, or used in travel. Play begins with one card face-up on the playing surface. Lets say it reads usually white and your hand consists of the five examples above. You must think of an object that falls into as many of the categories as possible. For example, you could place your has legs and fictitious cards next to usually white and declare your object is a unicorn. If you want to argue that unicorns are ridden for transportation, you could also include used in travel in your turn--but your opponents may not let that pass! The game continues from there, replenishing cards-in-hand from a personal pile of ten, until someone uses all their cards--and thus wins! For two or more players, ages 12 and up.

Item #: HN5182
Price: $15.95
Even if youre feeling sharp as a tack, youll enjoy challenging yourself with these engaging brainteasers. And for those of us whose mental faculties are not quite what they used to be, these exercises, which are designed to trigger neurogenesis and rejuvenate brain functioning, could really help! Organized by level of difficulty--from Warm-Up (How many federal holidays can you name in thirty seconds?) to Merciless (Name four-syllable words beginning with each letter of the alphabet), the nearly 400 games focus on enhancing six key areas of cognitive functioning: long-term memory, working memory, executive functioning, attention to detail, multitasking, and processing speed. Who knew (mental) exercise could be so fun?

Item #: UE2452
Price: $18.71
The Bas Bleu staff had a grand time coming up with the above haiku. We just rolled the two red dice to figure out a theme: "a reflection on" and "our world." Then we sifted through the evocative nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs found on the sixty-three word dice (there are different words on all six sides of each, or a blank space for you to come up with your own). The cube format makes it easy to manipulate expressive words into the 5/7/5-syllable format of the ancient Japanese verse form. Whether you make a game out of it or just use this clever set for creative inspiration, Haikubes is a lot of poetic fun! And it's handsome enough to store on a coffee table or side table. (Some words may be inappropriate for young children.)

Item #: UF7432
Price: $12.99
Get out your magnifying glasses, wordsmiths, and solve the case! This clever little game puts players hot on the trail of a hidden three-letter word. A handy tin contains 100 cards, each of which features three three-letter words, color-coded for difficulty level. The player designated as the spy for the round selects a mystery word from a card, and keeps it under wraps. As the remaining detectives play words from their hands, the spy reveals how many letters the words on the detectives cards have in common with the mystery word. Play continues for several rounds until someone can identify the secret word. Its all very fast-paced and fun--and it helps hone memory and deduction skills! For two to four players, ages 10 to adult.

Item #: UF8732
Price: $24.99
This high-speed, electronic word game challenges everyone to think fast and stay cool. Each player starts with sixty seconds on the clock and takes turns responding to the Freeze Up! device as it generates a letter and a category (fruits, one-syllable names, words that end with --tion, etc.). The faster you think of a word that starts with your letter and fits in your category, the longer you stay in the game. There are options for changing your letter or category and debatable answers can be challenged. Freeze Up! offers lots of simple, exciting fun for two to eight players, ages 8 to adult. Requires three AA batteries (not included).

Item #: UE5422
Price: $24.95
Simple, silly, and lots of fun for the whole family, this unique game requires both creativity and good grammar. Each player starts with ten cards--which each have five words or phrases (worth five, ten, or twenty points, depending on how unwieldy they are) to choose from--and must build a sensible sentence using as many of the cards as possible. When the timer runs out, each player reads his sentence. If anyone objects that the sentence is grammatically unsound or insufficiently logical, the composer of the sentence gets the opportunity to defend his work. Majority rule determines whether or not the defender earns points for the sentence. Your word options are always somewhat limited-so, if you go for big points, you may find yourself trying to explain how something like "Blondish women with ducks laughed at the stranger on the monkey bars" is a perfectly rational thing to say. For three to ten players, ages 8 and up.

Item #: UG2852
Price: $19.95
The perfect indoor family activity for a wet spring day, this 500-piece puzzle features Anne Burgesss cover art for the April 16, 1984, edition of The New Yorker. The quaint scene of a rain-soaked city street--replete with colorful umbrellas, raincoats, and galoshes--measures 18"x24" when complete.

Item #: UE6922
Price: $14.95
Perfect for generating conversation and building vocabulary, our Word Teasers sets are fun and educational for the whole family! Each colorful box contains 150 3"x3" cards, each of which offers a chat-inducing question or prompt featuring a key word or phrase on one side, with the pronunciation and definition of the word on the reverse. In the SAT Vocabulary edition, for example, you may find yourself discussing if you'd rather be stranded on a deserted island with a popinjay or a dullard--a conversation that may spring to mind when your teen runs across those words on an exam! Funny Sayings features idioms along with their meanings and derivations, Origins (not pictured) focuses on words and phrases we've borrowed from other languages, and Junior Edition offers words suitable for ages 8 and up. Geography and history buffs will want to try out the World Geography and American Heroes and Legends editions (not pictured), which offer fact-filled trivia and vocabulary questions for ages 8 and up.

Item #: UE6902
Price: $14.95
Perfect for generating conversation and building vocabulary, our Word Teasers sets are fun and educational for the whole family! Each colorful box contains 150 3"x3" cards, each of which offers a chat-inducing question or prompt featuring a key word or phrase on one side, with the pronunciation and definition of the word on the reverse. In the SAT Vocabulary edition, for example, you may find yourself discussing if you'd rather be stranded on a deserted island with a popinjay or a dullard--a conversation that may spring to mind when your teen runs across those words on an exam! Funny Sayings features idioms along with their meanings and derivations, Origins (not pictured) focuses on words and phrases we've borrowed from other languages, and Junior Edition offers words suitable for ages 8 and up. Geography and history buffs will want to try out the World Geography and American Heroes and Legends editions (not pictured), which offer fact-filled trivia and vocabulary questions for ages 8 and up.

Item #: UE9892
Price: $14.95
Perfect for generating conversation and building vocabulary, our Word Teasers sets are fun and educational for the whole family! Each colorful box contains 150 3"x3" cards, each of which offers a chat-inducing question or prompt featuring a key word or phrase on one side, with the pronunciation and definition of the word on the reverse. In the SAT Vocabulary edition, for example, you may find yourself discussing if you'd rather be stranded on a deserted island with a popinjay or a dullard--a conversation that may spring to mind when your teen runs across those words on an exam! Funny Sayings features idioms along with their meanings and derivations, Origins (not pictured) focuses on words and phrases we've borrowed from other languages, and Junior Edition offers words suitable for ages 8 and up. Geography and history buffs will want to try out the World Geography and American Heroes and Legends editions (not pictured), which offer fact-filled trivia and vocabulary questions for ages 8 and up.

Item #: UE6912
Price: $14.95
Perfect for generating conversation and building vocabulary, our Word Teasers sets are fun and educational for the whole family! Each colorful box contains 150 3"x3" cards, each of which offers a chat-inducing question or prompt featuring a key word or phrase on one side, with the pronunciation and definition of the word on the reverse. In the SAT Vocabulary edition, for example, you may find yourself discussing if you'd rather be stranded on a deserted island with a popinjay or a dullard--a conversation that may spring to mind when your teen runs across those words on an exam! Funny Sayings features idioms along with their meanings and derivations, Origins (not pictured) focuses on words and phrases we've borrowed from other languages, and Junior Edition offers words suitable for ages 8 and up. Geography and history buffs will want to try out the World Geography and American Heroes and Legends editions (not pictured), which offer fact-filled trivia and vocabulary questions for ages 8 and up.

Item #: UE8772
Price: $14.95
Perfect for generating conversation and building vocabulary, our Word Teasers sets are fun and educational for the whole family! Each colorful box contains 150 3"x3" cards, each of which offers a chat-inducing question or prompt featuring a key word or phrase on one side, with the pronunciation and definition of the word on the reverse. In the SAT Vocabulary edition, for example, you may find yourself discussing if you'd rather be stranded on a deserted island with a popinjay or a dullard--a conversation that may spring to mind when your teen runs across those words on an exam! Funny Sayings features idioms along with their meanings and derivations, Origins (not pictured) focuses on words and phrases we've borrowed from other languages, and Junior Edition offers words suitable for ages 8 and up. Geography and history buffs will want to try out the World Geography and American Heroes and Legends editions (not pictured), which offer fact-filled trivia and vocabulary questions for ages 8 and up.

Item #: UE8782
Price: $14.95
Perfect for generating conversation and building vocabulary, our Word Teasers sets are fun and educational for the whole family! Each colorful box contains 150 3"x3" cards, each of which offers a chat-inducing question or prompt featuring a key word or phrase on one side, with the pronunciation and definition of the word on the reverse. In the SAT Vocabulary edition, for example, you may find yourself discussing if you'd rather be stranded on a deserted island with a popinjay or a dullard--a conversation that may spring to mind when your teen runs across those words on an exam! Funny Sayings features idioms along with their meanings and derivations, Origins (not pictured) focuses on words and phrases we've borrowed from other languages, and Junior Edition offers words suitable for ages 8 and up. Geography and history buffs will want to try out the World Geography and American Heroes and Legends editions (not pictured), which offer fact-filled trivia and vocabulary questions for ages 8 and up.

Item #: UB9772
Price: $9.95
Can you name the twelve apostles? What about the six noble gases? The ten sports of the modern decathlon? The twelve signs of the zodiac? Santa's eight reindeer? Culled from many different genres-- including science, history, pop culture, and literature--the questions on these knowledge cards will give your brain a workout! (Flip the card over for the answer.) Use the boxed set of forty-eight 3½"x4" cards to quiz yourself, or make it into a competition with friends. But, be warned These mental challenges are addicting, so you'll probably want to go ahead and pick up Can You Name Them All? Volume Two.