description: The best-ever kids' introduction to card games is back in print! Joanna Cole and Stephanie Calmenson's clear, step-by-step explanations, along with Alan Tiegreen's spunky illustrations and diagrams, make each game easy to understand and play. With 20 card games to choose from, including basic solitaire games like Aces Up and group games from Go Fish to Poker, there's something for everyone. Games like Snap and Concentration help improve math and memory skills, while fast-moving Slapjack and I Doubt It will have kids up out of their seats.Author Biography: Joan Lowery Nixon is the author of more than 100 books, and is also the four-time winner of the Mystery Writers of America's Edgar Allan Poe Best Juvenile Mystery Award. She lives in Houston, Texas. Diane deGroat, illustrator of nearly 100 books, for children, is also the author-illustrator of the Annie Pitts books and the popular stories about Gilbert the opossum. She lives in Amherst, Massachusetts.
language: English
title: Gus and Gertie and the Lucky Charms
titlecomplete: Gus and Gertie and the Lucky Charms
ratings_count: 28
series: Gus and Gertie
publisher: Turtleback Books