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UNBORED Games
Serious Fun for Everyone
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This book is perfect for families with children seeking engaging indoor and outdoor activities. Ideal for parents who want to encourage creativity and active play, it caters to a modern generation looking for both traditional and high-tech fun. Suitable for children who enjoy hands-on projects, games, and adventures that broaden imagination and social interaction.
The best games book ever--for kids and the whole family, from the team that bought us the critically acclaimed, award-winning, best-selling UNBORED: The Essential Field Guide to Serious Fun.
The best games book ever-for kids and the whole family, from the team that bought us the critically acclaimed, award-winning, best-selling UNBORED: The Essential Field Guide to Serious Fun.
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UNBORED Games has all the smarts, creativity, and DIY spirit of the original UNBORED (It's a book! It's a guide! It's a way of life! - Los Angeles Magazine), but with a laser-like focus on the activities we do for pure fun: to while away a rainy day, to test our skills and stretch our imaginations—games.
There are more than seventy games here, 50 of them all new, plus many more recommendations, and they cover the full gambit, from old-fashioned favourites to today's high-tech games. The book offers a goldmine of creative, constructive fun: intricate clapping games, bike rodeo, Google Earth challenges, croquet golf, capture the flag, and the best-ever apps to play with Grandma, to name only a handful.
Gaming is a whole culture for kids to explore, and the book is complete with gaming history and interviews with awesome game designers. The lessons here: all games can be self-customised, or hacked. You can even make up your own games. Some could even change the world.
The original UNBORED has taken its place as a much-beloved, distinctly contemporary family brand. UNBORED Games extends the franchise—to be followed by UNBORED Adventure—in a new handy flexibound format, illustrated in full colour throughout. Soon, there will be a whole shelf of serious fun the whole family can enjoy indoors, outdoors, online and offline.
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Praised as an indispensable activity book for children, UNBORED Games has been noted by Publishers Weekly as this year's hottest kids' activity guide. The New York Times lauded it as perfect for school breaks, while Family Fun Magazine called it the best do-it-yourself book for children they have seen. Authors and reviewers alike admire its wide appeal to both kids and adults, highlighting its blend of outdoorsy, crafty, and adventurous activities. It is described as more than a book—a way of life for families seeking excitement and imagination.
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ISBN: 9781620407066
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 04 December 2014
Country: United States
Imprint: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Contributors:
- Illustrated by Tony Leone
- Illustrated by Mister Reusch
- Illustrated by Heather Kasunick
Audience: General / adult
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Spine width: 14.0mm
Width: 154.0mm
Height: 212.0mm
Weight: 380g
Pages: 176
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About the Author
Joshua Glenn is editor of the website HiLobrow, and coauthor and coeditor of several books. In 2011, he produced Ker-Punch!, a brainteaser iPhone app for kids. He lives in Boston with his wife and two sons. He is the co-author of Unbored: The Essential Field Guide to Serious Fun Elizabeth Foy Larsen is a writer and editor whose stories on children and families have appeared in numerous national publications, including theNew York Times, Slate, and Parents. She lives in Minneapolis with her husband, daughter, and two sons. She is the co-author of Unbored: The Essential Field Guide to Serious Fun Designed by Tony Leone. Illustrated by Heather Kasunick and Mister Reusch.
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