Louise Colligan and Linda Aber's 1001 Things to do when there's nothing to do is the perfect solution to your summer boredom. This book consists of 1001 ideas of things to do when one is “utterly bored”.
The book has 75 sections — Things to do when you areHome Alone, Things to do when you are sick, Things to do when you're grounded and so on, giving children (and adults) bright ideas to keep themselves busy.
While some suggestions are productive and intellectual, some are plain annoying.
This book is a complete package, wherein it teaches people to set up stalls, organise clubs, raise money for summer, take a hike, play practical jokes, ideas on what to collect and even games to play during the commercial break of your favourite TV show!
Perfect for the impatient and restless children whose parents don't really have time to keep them entertained, this book has all the answers. At the end of the book, there is a small worksheet of sorts where children can jot down their own 10 best ideas of what to do.
Overall, the book is highly recommended for the young and the young at heart
1001 THINGS TO DO WHEN THERE'S NOTHING TO DO by Louise Colligan and Linda Aber, Scholastic, Rs.100
An excerpt:
Almost anything you can do on foot is more fun on wheels. Try these “wheely” good games and turn your life around.
Can it. Collect about 20 soda cans and lots of friends with their wheels (bikes, skates, or skateboards). Space out the soda cans in a squiggly, snakey slalom course along the driveway, parking lot, road or sidewalk where you ride. Time each other to see how fast you can get through the slalom. Add on two seconds for each knocked –down can.
Chalk it up. All the soda cans gone to the recycling center? Draw a long, curvy, 12-inch-wide slalom course with chalk. See who can get through the course fastest without smudging the chalk.
Have a snail race. See who can get through the slalom courses as slowly as possible on a bike, sounds easy. NOT!
Spiral Race. Draw a spiral chalk course and try to stay on the lines with your wheels.
