amusements

Retells ten folktales from Argentina, India, Turkey, Russia, Ghana, Japan, Australia, Italy, Scotland, and Canada, presenting several hands-on activities with each to bring the tales to life.

Discusses how to organize a club without adult supervision and suggests club activities including craft fairs, backyard carnivals, conservation projects, and magic shows.

A collection of more than one hundred activities, games, and crafts designed to keep children busy during the winter.

Presents instructions for over seventy games, with variations, designed to help pass the time on rainy days, on long trips, or simply to relieve boredom; and includes a selection of related activity sheets.

Provides illustrated, step-by-step instruction to master various tricks and feats, and details how to draw manga, customize shoes, put an egg into a bottle, breed butterflies, read minds, concoct edible--fake--vomit, and more.

Presents over one hundred activities, including magic tricks, crafts, puzzles, games, and recipes, designed to keep boredom at bay.

Discusses different types of roller coasters and how they work. Includes records on some of the biggest and most unique roller coasters in the world.

Presents more than seventy craft and activity ideas suitable for a rainy day, including instructions for making pretzels, hosting a backwards party, and taking a puddle walk.

Introduces aspects of American life from the colonial period to the present. Suggests such activities as handicraft projects, genealogy searches, and games.

Simple instructions for putting on a carnival in the back yard or inside the house, with costumes, hats, food, games of chance, and a side show.