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Unbored: The Essential Field Guide To Serious Fun (2012)

by Joshua Glenn(Favorite Author)

4.09 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

1608196410 (ISBN13: 9781608196418)

languge

English

genre

Humor

publisher

Bloomsbury USA

review 1: I've been waiting for this book for some time (it had a HUGE hold list at my library!) and when I finally picked it up I was in awe of how big and bold it was! This is not a small book, it really is a comprehensive manual of anything and everything you can do indoors, outdoors, online, and offline!I didn't read the whole thing, and I don't think that's what it's point is, but while I flipped through it I was amazed at the amount of activities it included. This is a book that is now on my "To-Buy" list because I know that once my daughter gets a bit older this will be a definite go to in our house!
review 2: I confess I haven't read this book from cover to cover--more browsed through it with an eye toward whether or not I wanted to buy it (the copy I was looking... more at was from the library--I decided I did want to buy it). It puts me in mind of a book I had when I was a kid called The Hodgepodge Book or something. It was a big book full of rhymes, folklore, and superstition-type beliefs (things like if your palm itches, you will soon receive money, or that letting rain fall on your bare head will make your hair grow). This book has instructions for activities, as well as information about things like recycling and good movies by genre (musicals, etc).This is a very valuable collection of ideas, activities and information. The one drawback I see to it is that some of these exercises require specialized equipment (e.g. LED lights and "button" batteries), things we don't commonly have around the house. This will mean a trip to the hardware store, and in my experience, by the time we get what we need for an activity, sufficient time may have passed that the activity no longer seems interesting. However, it's a risk I'm willing to take because there is so much in this book that could be engaging. less

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