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All You Need Is a Pencil: The Wild and Crazy Summer Fun Activity Book

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Paperback
$7.99 US
7.06"W x 9.6"H x 0.53"D   | 14 oz | 30 per carton
On sale May 15, 2018 | 144 Pages | 978-1-62354-092-0
Age 7-10 years | Grades 2-5
A perfect, device-free response to "are we there yet" and complaints that there's nothing to do on summer vacation, offering hours of unplugged entertainment.

Ideal for cars, trains, planes, or just lazy summer days, the All You Need is a Pencil series provides hours of fun with no screentime or electronic device required. Dozens of activities, quizzes, games, and puzzles will keep kids busy as the days heat up. Plot out road trips, trick your brother with a toothpick game at a restaurant pit stop, and more.
Mark Shulman has written many books about many things--sharks, storms, robots, palindromes, gorillas, Star Wars, Ben Franklin, and more. Mark is from Rochester and Buffalo, New York, but he has lived in New York City for many years.
Have an Awesome-er Summer!


Summer vacation? You know the drill. It’s that faraway thing you spend the whole year waiting for. Once it arrives, summer mutates into a sloooow, vast, endless chasm of time. And then it’s over in a flash, and you’re thinking about the next one. Sound about right?

If you’re the kind of smart cookie who picked up this incredible book, you’re well on your way to an awesome-er summer. You’ve got VIP priority access to devastating doodles, gargantuan games, active activities, quality quizzes, puzzling puzzles, and massive mayhem. Also, some weird stuff. If you learn things by mistake, that’s not our fault.

It doesn’t matter where you’re going this summer or what you’re doing, this book makes rainy days sunny and long trips shorter. It’s guaranteed!*
Enjoy your summer!
Make it last.
Have fun!
 
*On the next rainy summer day, just grab a pencil and draw a sun. With sunglasses. We guarantee you’ll get the very next sunny day absolutely free.

About

A perfect, device-free response to "are we there yet" and complaints that there's nothing to do on summer vacation, offering hours of unplugged entertainment.

Ideal for cars, trains, planes, or just lazy summer days, the All You Need is a Pencil series provides hours of fun with no screentime or electronic device required. Dozens of activities, quizzes, games, and puzzles will keep kids busy as the days heat up. Plot out road trips, trick your brother with a toothpick game at a restaurant pit stop, and more.

Author

Mark Shulman has written many books about many things--sharks, storms, robots, palindromes, gorillas, Star Wars, Ben Franklin, and more. Mark is from Rochester and Buffalo, New York, but he has lived in New York City for many years.

Excerpt

Have an Awesome-er Summer!


Summer vacation? You know the drill. It’s that faraway thing you spend the whole year waiting for. Once it arrives, summer mutates into a sloooow, vast, endless chasm of time. And then it’s over in a flash, and you’re thinking about the next one. Sound about right?

If you’re the kind of smart cookie who picked up this incredible book, you’re well on your way to an awesome-er summer. You’ve got VIP priority access to devastating doodles, gargantuan games, active activities, quality quizzes, puzzling puzzles, and massive mayhem. Also, some weird stuff. If you learn things by mistake, that’s not our fault.

It doesn’t matter where you’re going this summer or what you’re doing, this book makes rainy days sunny and long trips shorter. It’s guaranteed!*
Enjoy your summer!
Make it last.
Have fun!
 
*On the next rainy summer day, just grab a pencil and draw a sun. With sunglasses. We guarantee you’ll get the very next sunny day absolutely free.