365 Unplugged Family Fun Activities, by Steve and Ruth Bennett, $10 at www.barnesandnoble.com, Lifelong Books.

The Arts and Crafts Busy Book, by Trish Kuffner, $10 at www.barnesandnoble.com, Meadowbrook Press. To preempt interminable whiny wintry afternoons, leave behind always popular arts-and-crafts activity books.