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
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Unbored* is the guide and activity book every modern kid needs.
Vibrantly designed, lavishly illustrated, brilliantly walking the line
between cool and constructive, it's crammed with activities that are not
only fun and doable but also designed to get kids engaged with the wider
world.
With contributions from a diverse crowd of experts, the book provides
kids with information to round out their world view and inspire them to
learn more. From how-tos on using the library or writing your
representative to a graphic history of video games, the book isn't shy
about teaching. Yet the bulk of the 350-page mega-resource presents
hands-on activities that further the mission in a fun way, featuring the
best of the old as well as the best of the new: classic science
experiments, crafts and upcycling, board game hacking, code-cracking,
geocaching, skateboard repair, yarn-bombing, stop-action
movie-making-plus tons of sidebars and extras, including trivia, best-of
lists, and Q&As with leading thinkers whose culture-changing ideas are
made accessible to kids for the first time.
Just as kids begin to disappear into their screens, here is a book
(along with its sequels, Unbored Adventure and Unbored Games) that
encourages them to use those tech skills to be creative, try new things,
and change the world. And it encourages parents to participate.
Unbored is exciting to read, easy to use, and appealing to young and
old, girl and boy. Parents will be comforted by its anti-perfectionist
spirit and humor. Kids will just think it's awesome.
Contributors include Mark Frauenfelder of MAKE magazine; Colin
Beavan, the No Impact Man; Douglas Rushkoff, renowned media theorist;
Geoff Manaugh, author of BLDGBLOG; John Edgar Park, a CG supervisor at
DisneyToon Studios; and Jean Railla, founder of GetCrafty.com and Etsy
consultant.
