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From such nostalgic activities as hand shadows and stamp collecting to kakuro, sudoku, and mental magic, these books offer wonderful alternatives to video games and television.
Recommendations... |  |  A First Cookbook for Children
by Evelyne Johnson, Christopher Santoro
Helpful introduction includes a basic list of necessary ingredients and equipment, cooking hints, and sample menus. Total of 60 recipes: pizza, hamburgers, salads, cookies, cakes, macaroni and cheese, much more.
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Products in Hobbies for Children | | | | |  | Beginning Birdwatcher's Book: With 48 Stickers
by Sy Barlowe
Fact-filled book with sticker images of blue jay, American crow, mourning dove, barn owl, and 44 other birds, plus informative text noting bird's size, habitat, eating habits, and other data.
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| |  | Car Crazy: Tricked Out Activity Book
by Curtis David Bulleman
Dozens of mazes, word searches, crosswords, and other puzzles feature sleek, futuristic cars. The flashy vehicles offer plenty of coloring fun and include a pair of street racers to cut out and customize.
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|  | Codes, Ciphers and Secret Writing
by Martin Gardner
Cipher and decipher codes: transposition and polyalphabetical ciphers, famous codes, typewriter and telephone codes, codes that use playing cards, knots, and swizzle sticks . . . even invisible writing and sending messages through space. 45 diagrams.
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|  | Color & Garden Activity Book with 50 Stickers!
by Monica Wellington
This activity book offers a happy mixture of garden-themed mazes, dot-to-dots, word games, and creative coloring pages, plus 50 colorful stickers of flowers, vegetables, fruits, insects, and other playful images.
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by Jerome E. Leavitt
Teaches boys and girls age 7 and up basic carpentry skills through easy-to-make projects: bird feeder, sailboat, tie rack, flower box, and 11 more. Over 100 black-and-white illustrations.
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|  | The Fair Weather and Rainy Day Handy Book
by Daniel C. Beard
This book features dozens of indoor and outdoor activities, with simple instructions and easy-to-follow diagrams for building a backyard clubhouse, setting up a workshop, picnic games, papercrafts, and other diversions.
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|  | The Field and Forest Handy Book
by Daniel C. Beard
Written by a co-founder of the Boy Scouts, this appealing guide offers illustrated instructions for building kites, birdhouses, boats, igloos, and other fun projects, plus numerous helpful tips for campers.
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| | | A First Cookbook for Children
by Evelyne Johnson, Christopher Santoro
Helpful introduction includes a basic list of necessary ingredients and equipment, cooking hints, and sample menus. Total of 60 recipes: pizza, hamburgers, salads, cookies, cakes, macaroni and cheese, much more.
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|  | A First Stamp Album for Beginners: Revised Edition
by Robert Obojski
An ideal introduction with pictures of over 1,100 stamps from nearly 200 countries (and spaces for at least 2,600 more!). Includes tips on building a collection, plus Stamp Identifier Table and Index.
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|  | A First Sudoku Book
by Diana Zourelias, John Pazzelli
This whimsically illustrated edition is specially designed for kids. Its 48 puzzles are geared toward players from the ages of 8 to 13, but anyone can enjoy them. Solutions included.
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|  | Fun with Secret Writing
by Geoffrey Lamb
Learn how to invent and decipher a host of codes and secret messages, including those using a revolving circle, a key letter, dots and pinpricks, grills, patterns, wheels, and other systems. 14 black-and-white illustrations.
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by Joseph Leeming
Here's a collection of 124 games, tricks, puzzles and stunts with cards that will provide hours of entertainment for all ages. 20 varieties of solitaire, old stand-bys, and lesser known games.
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|  | Games and Songs of American Children
by William W. Newell
Features 190 games and play situations, full song texts, many melodies, comparison with similar material from other cultures. An entertaining, basic book in the field.
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|  | Hand Shadows and More Hand Shadows
by Henry Bursill
Learn how to position hands and fingers to create 34 fascinating shadow figures on a wall, including a quacking duck and a rabbit munching its meal.
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