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For every boy from eight to eighty, covers essential boyhood skills such as building tree houses, learning how to fish, finding true north, and even answering the age-old question of what the big deal with girls is. In this digital age there is still a place for knots, skimming stones and stories of incredible courage. This book recaptures Sunday afternoons, stimulates curiosity, and makes for great father-son activities. The brothers Conn and Hal...
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Provides information on how to be funny, including ideas about comedic styles and routines, how to use props, developing a distinctive character, using music, improvisational techniques, as well as the history of comedy and some well-known people in the field.
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This title discusses the rides that resembled Ferris wheels that have been around for hundreds of years. Readers will learn that that the first and only true Ferris wheel was built by George Ferris Jr. for the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois. Today's Ferris wheels are even bigger, better, and bolder. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Abdo Kids Jumbo is an imprint of Abdo Kids, a division of...
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Helicopters and airplanes aren't the only aircraft launching to the skies anymore. Thousands of recreational drones are launched every day. Whether owners make their own drones or buy them, recreational drone use shows no signs of slowing down. Young readers will learn all about these UAVs and the rules those flying them need to follow.
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Discover 365 ways to share joy every day with this little book packed with fun facts, mindful activities, trivia, birthdays, and international days relating to each day of the year
Discover a different way to find happiness every day of the year with this pocket-size book that celebrates the little things that bring great joy. Be inspired by famous people on their birthdays; learn how to spot and find flowers throughout each season; create your...
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A follow-up to The Daring Book for Girls contains an original selection of challenges often attributed to male sports or other cultures, in a volume that features introductory guidelines on a range of ideas from learning how to surf and staging April Fools Day pranks to making a labyrinth and understanding the art of the Japanese tea ceremony.
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"From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Dangerous Book for Boys comes the long-awaited sequel - another action-packed adventure guide featuring full-color illustrations, perfect for dads, grads, and boys of all ages.The Double Dangerous Book for Boys is a treasure trove of the essential activities and skills that have defined generations of boyhoods, from building a treehouse to fishing to finding true north."--Amazon.
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Scavenger Hunt guides students as they conceive and set up their own scavenger hunt for their friends and community. The considerate text includes easy-to-follow lists and will hold the readers' interest, allowing for successful mastery and comprehension. Written with a high interest level to appeal to a more mature audience, these books maintain a lower level of complexity with clear visuals to help struggling readers along. A table of contents,...
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Orca timeline volume 2
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"This nonfiction illustrated book for middle grade readers explores why and how people have had fun over the course of human history."--
10) Wacky sports
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Introduces a range of entertaining and unusual sports from around the world, such as chess boxing and watermelon skiing.
11) Haunted house
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"[G]uides students as they conceive and set up their own haunted house for their friends and community."--
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"Everything from painting and hair art to archery and self-defense with a frying pan is covered in this special handbook, presented from Rapunzel's uniquely imagintive point of view. Filled with step-by-step projects, engaging activities, and beautiful full-color illustrations, Rapunzel's Guide details all the brave, creative, fun things everyone's favorite long-haired princess loves to do!" -- back cover.
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How did your grandparents have fun? How did people listen to music in the 1950s? When did color television become popular? What toys were popular in the 1970s? Find all the answers and more in this book about how entertainment has changed since the 1950s.
16) Winter fun
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"Whether you're heading outdoors for a round of sledding or staying inside with a cup of hot chocolate by the fire, winter is a season full of things to do. Explore all kinds of winter fun through simple, inviting text paired with vibrant images for seasons of fun!"--
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This is the most original, entertaining, and instructive all-in-one book for kids ever published -jam-packed with information, ideas, and activities for children and their parents to share together. Vibrantly designed and illustrated, it's crammed with activities that are not only fun and doable, but get kids engaged in the wider world--and provides information to expand their worldviews, too, inspiring them to learn more. Right at the age where kids...
18) Fun & games
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Presents a host of entertaining tales about jaw-dropping feats, hoards, and competitions--including a life-size George Washington cake, a 10,000 piece toy rabbit collection, a man who pushed a peanut for 7 miles with his nose, and more.
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