Boredom Blasters Travel Edition - Softcover

Lithgow, John

9780762422135: Boredom Blasters Travel Edition

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0762422130 ISBN 13: 9780762422135

Publisher: Running Press, 2005

Family car trips and plane rides need no longer be a source of stress with this terrific Lithgow Palooza! kit aboard. The book contains loads of ideas for creating fun projects and just plain silly constructions by combining the enclosed materials—suction cups with hooks, chenille sticks, wipe-off paper, wipe-away marker, an eraser, and lanyard wire—in unique and highly entertaining ways.Don’t just ask, “What’s a palooza?” Try one! A palooza is an activity guaranteed to take a kid’s mind off of the long drive or day ahead and get him or her interested in something new, creative, and out-of-this-world fun. A palooza takes an everyday idea and makes something completely different—and totally unexpected—out of it. A palooza isn’t just an idea, it’s a way of thinking.Our Lithgow Palooza kits come complete with just about all the materials needed to make imaginations soar. Sculpt a racing seagull from chenille sticks! Make a puzzle only you can solve! Tons of ingenious and inspired brainstorms will soon have kids everywhere saying, “It’s not just an idea, it’s a palooza of an idea.”

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John Lithgow kindly agreed to take the life quiz we like to give to all our authors: the Amazon.com Significant Seven.

Q: What book has had the most significant impact on your life?
A: Tellers of Tales, stories edited by Somerset Maugham, from which my father read bedtime stories to my brother, my sister, and me.

Q: You are stranded on a desert island with only one book, one CD, and one DVD--what are they?
A: Book: Shakespeare's Complete Works
CD: Bach's Mass in B Minor
DVD: Casablanca

Q: What is the worst lie you've ever told?
A: I have never lied (which is the worst lie I ever told).

Q: Describe the perfect writing environment.
A: A cabin in Montana with a window looking out into the woods.

Q: If you could write your own epitaph, what would it say?
A: On my gravestone: "The best thing in it."

Q: Who is the one person living or dead that you would like to have dinner with?
A: William Shakespeare

Q: If you could have one superpower, what would it be?
A: Flying would be nice.

About the Author:

John Lithgow is the New York Times bestselling author of five books for children, and A Lithgow Palooza: 101 Ways to Entertain and Inspire Your Kids, which received the Parents' Choice Silver Honor Award. An award-winning actor, he has starred on stage, on film, and on television and is the devoted father of three.

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