National Hobby Month - Tweens

When Grace takes boxes of old buttons from a building her grandfather bought, she starts a fad at school that draws her closer to one friend, but further from another.

Learn about the history and collecting of coins and currency along with a class of fifth-graders.

"Coming home from the beach or a walk in the woods with a fine collection of rocks, shells, pinecones, and seed pods is easy. The trick is to know what to do with them once you get them back to your room. What's fun is that identifying, preserving, and displaying your treasures will let you learn all about them and get you started on becoming a true natural history collector. This book is full of hands-on, kid-friendly projects for the budding naturalist....

Fun activities that yield worthwhile items, such as a fake rock in which to conceal a geocache and a paper towel tube bird feeder alternate with those that are cute but less than useful, including painting lawn flamingos blue and creating a ring toss game from water bottles and glow bracelets.

Believing his long-absent father is missing and leaving clues behind through geocaching, Zig, thirteen, relies on his love of electronics, a garage sale GPS unit, and his best friend Gianna to search for answers.

"Four lucky kids go on a scavenger hunt inside Mr. Lemoncello's Gameworks factory, where they compete for a chance to win a titanium ticket"--

Fun activities that yield worthwhile items, such as a fake rock in which to conceal a geocache and a paper towel tube bird feeder alternate with those that are cute but less than useful, including painting lawn flamingos blue and creating a ring toss game from water bottles and glow bracelets.

In this [book], you'll find step-by-step instructions for seven projects that will help you survive in the wild! Sophia and Alonso have been packed off to their grandpa's for a fishing trip, and they're dreading spending a whole day in the woods without any cell service. But Grandpa opens their eyes to the wonders of the outdoors, and its dangers--tick bites to hypothermia. And when a sprained ankle delays their return to civilization, the kids have...