REVIEW

Kids’ Book Corner: Read for Fun This Summer (6/16/13 on mydailyfind.com)

Boy Made: Green & Groovy Crafts by Laurie Goldrich Wolf is a project guide for “handmade toys and stuff for boys” which includes craft sticks, duct tape, fishing line, fake fur and googlie eyes, as well bright and appealing book that will appeal to boys 6 and up. The book is printed on recycled paper and begins by reminding kids to recycle trash for projects, to treat animals with kindness and respect, to work with natural materials.  There’s also a friendly list of useful supplies and simple tips (“Don’t rush. Read directions through once, completely, so you know what’s what.”). Terrifically fun projects include cardboard, foil and duct tape armor, swords, shields and helmets; swords and sabers, a catapult, slingshot, a clubhouse made from cardboard wardrobe cartons and tape; a tent, a kite, sliding saucers and flying flats; twig signs and terrariums; bird feeders, fishing rods; craft projects, games, slime and monster hands and feet. This is a book to last all summer.