We love finding new activity books for kids that provide entertainment as well as learning opportunities. This list offers some fun activities for home, school, or even on the road!

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Baby’s First Hidden Pictures

By Highlights

This cute lift-the-flap book is full of simple hidden picture puzzles for little ones. Each page features a colorful illustration and three questions about objects found in the picture. When kids think they have found the item in question, they can lift the flap to see if they are correct.

This Sheep Needs Your Help

Written by David LaRochelle

In this fun draw-and-erase adventure book, the sheep in the story asks the reader to help him out by drawing things on each page. Kids will love drawing all of the things that the sheep asks for, and changing up their drawings every time they reread it. The back of the book includes a certificate for incredible drawing skills too!

This Pirate Needs Your Help

Written by David LaRochelle

This draw-and-erase adventure book follows a pirate as he asks the reader to join his crew. Throughout the book, the pirate encourages the reader to take part in the story by drawing food for sharks, a pirate tattoo, a big sea monster, and more. Kids will love drawing their own desired treasure in the bag on the last page too!

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Awesome Road Trip Activities for Kids

Written by Jen Tousey

In this road trip journal, travelers will find more than 100 games, puzzles, and journal prompts to keep them occupied on a long trip. From riddles and mazes, to scavenger hunts and would you rather quizzes, this is full of fun for the whole family to enjoy in the car. Plus there are pages to create your own travel journal as well!

Magical Woodland Hidden Pictures Deluxe

By Highlights

This magical Woodland themed activity book includes all kinds of cute and colorful projects and puzzles for kids to play with. There are lots of hidden picture puzzles, some jokes and riddles, plus crafts, recipes, and a cut and color fairy village. Kids will love exploring all of the woodland fun in these pages!

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Mega Super Cute Hidden Picture Puzzles

By Highlights

This hidden picture puzzle book features more than 275 puzzles full of adorable characters and scenes. From cute plants and animals to fairies and unicorns, this book will keep kids searching for hours.

Rainbow Neon Hidden Pictures

By Highlights

This hidden picture book is full of black and white picture puzzles, and it comes with a set of neon markers for kids to use on the pages. There are also over 40 stickers for kids to color with the highlighters as well.

brainPlay Trickiest Puzzles Ever

By Highlights

This puzzle book is full of lots of fun brain teasers, ranging from logic and picture puzzles to mazes and math problems. The brightly colored pages are full of tricky puzzles for kids to decipher, and the back of the book includes answers for each of the puzzles for kids to check their work.

Rube Goldberg’s Big Book of Building

Written by Jennifer George and Zach Umperovitch and illustrated by Ed Steckley

This huge activity book introduces kids to Rube Goldberg machines and teaches them how to build 25 machines that actually work. The beginning of the book offers information on necessary tools for the machines in the book, as well as information on simple machines and types of energy. There are 5 levels of RGMs outlined in the book, with illustrated step by step instructions and blank pages for building and testing notes. The back of the book includes information on the real Rube Goldberg, a letter from Rube Goldberg’s granddaughter, information about Rube Goldberg Machine Contests, and additional resources for kids.

Sleuth & Solve: Art

Written by Victor Escandell

This book includes 20+ mind-twisting mysteries covering a range of art throughout history, from prehistoric art to contemporary art. The beginning of the book offers information on how to solve the mysteries in the book, as well as information on each of the art eras featured in the puzzles. Each of the puzzles includes it’s solution hidden under a flap. In the back of the book, there are instructions for creating some of the artwork from the puzzles.

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