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Unbored : the essential field guide to serious fun / [compiled by] Joshua Glenn & Elizabeth Foy Larsen ; design by Tony Leone ; illustrations by Mister Reusch & Heather Kasunick ; chapter lettering by Chris Piascik.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Bloomsbury USA, 2012.Edition: 1st U.S. edDescription: 352 p. : col. ill. ; 27 cmISBN:
  • 9781608196418 (hardback)
  • 1608196410 (hardback)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 790 23
LOC classification:
  • GV182.9 .U68 2012
Online resources: Summary: "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 start to disappear into various screens, Unbored encourages them to use those tech skills in creative ways. Activities parents will remember from their childhoods are presented alongside bold new possibilities: science experiments, crafts and upcycling, board game hacking, code-cracking, geocaching, skateboard repair, yarn bombing, stop-action movie-making--plus tons of trivia, best-of lists, and forward-thinking ideas made accessible to kids. Unbored expertly walks the line between cool and constructive: parents will appreciate its wisdom and humor, its lessons in civic-mindedness and self-esteem, as well as its anti-perfectionist spirit. Kids will just think it's awesome"--Provided by publisher.
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Martha's Vineyard High School Library 790/GLENN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 39844500013749

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"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 start to disappear into various screens, Unbored encourages them to use those tech skills in creative ways. Activities parents will remember from their childhoods are presented alongside bold new possibilities: science experiments, crafts and upcycling, board game hacking, code-cracking, geocaching, skateboard repair, yarn bombing, stop-action movie-making--plus tons of trivia, best-of lists, and forward-thinking ideas made accessible to kids. Unbored expertly walks the line between cool and constructive: parents will appreciate its wisdom and humor, its lessons in civic-mindedness and self-esteem, as well as its anti-perfectionist spirit. Kids will just think it's awesome"--Provided by publisher.

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