Christmas gifts for boys

1. VEX Robotics Design Systems is a world leader in robotic design kits. Have a great time putting these robots together, and learn a little physics while you're at it, too!

2. Patch Games keeps the fun rolling with Shake Down, a game of equilibrium and chance. NASCAR fans can have their own race for the NASCAR Nextel Cup with Patch Products' new NASCAR® Chase for the Nextel Cup™ 2007 board game.

3. Freddi Fish: Kelp Seed Mystery PC
Award-winning Freddi Fish games encourage children to use logical thinking and reasoning skills as they gather information then use what they have learned to solve mysteries of the sea. Help rescue the sea creatures! Grandma Grouper's Kelp Seeds are missing and without them all of the sea creatures will go hungry. Children work with underwater detective Freddi Fish and her finny friend Luther to solve the case. Awesome game for adults and kids to play together! Over 20 hours of play! (Check out Pajama Sam, too!)

4. Introducing Crayola's New Color Explosion™ Glow Board. Surface lights make the marker inks glow! Two see-through drawing surfaces let kids create exciting 3-D effects or surprise animations by showing only one light at a time.

5. This Cable Control Work Station is a junior engineer's dream! Set is over 36" tall and includes many accessories. Batteries are not included.

6. Free Spirit is the leading publisher of learning tools that support young people's social and emotional health. In Dude, That's Rude! full-color cartoons and kid-friendly text teach the basics of polite behavior in all kinds of situations-at home, at school, in the bathroom, on the phone, at the mall, and more. In Bullies Are a Pain in the Brain, kids learn what they need to know what to do when confronted by one. This book blends humor with serious, practical suggestions for coping with bullies.

7. Five Star® with Sound Backpack features light weight, small-profile, high-quality speakers. Storage for MP3 player, cell phone, pens/pencils, calculator and more. Roomy main storage area, with separate padded section to protect a laptop. Plug into Share Port of other Five Star® sound products for 360° of sound! Available in blue or red. Durable material.

8. This is too neat. We all know kids love boxes. Well, Zip-Bin boxes not only store kids' toys, but open up to become part of the scenery! The perfect way to stretch your young one's imagination--and help him stay organized, too. (Available in tons of other themes.)

9. Everybody's favorite construction guy, Bob the Builder, is back with another DVD full of entertainment for boys and girls alike.

Handstand Kids books are the perfect recipe for kids to learn how to cook, while discovering the people, places, and language of a new country. The first Handstand Kids book journeys to Italy to make delicious and nutritious Italian recipes. Each illustrated book comes with an authentic chef's hat to make us all Handstand Kids chefs.