National Hobby Month - Children

Created on December 30, 2021, 12:46 pm

Last Updated February 3, 2024, 5:36 pm

January is National Hobby Month, a time to celebrate your favorite hobbies and try out new ones. From outdoor activities like swimming or hiking, to artsy projects like painting or knitting to activities like reading and writing — most of us have go-to pursuits. Whatever it is that gets your gears going, January is your opportunity to kick it into full swing and let your inner hobbyist out! During this month, don’t just stick to your regular routine. Expand your list of hobbies and share the ones you love.

281) Stormy: a story about finding a forever home

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"In this heartwarming, wordless picture book that's perfect for dog lovers, a woman visits a park and discovers a pup hiding under a bench--scruffy, scared, and alone. With gentle coaxing, the woman tries to befriend the animal, but the dog is too scared to let her near. Day after day, the woman tries--and day after day, the dog runs away. With perseverance and patience--and help from an enticing tennis ball--a tentative friendship begins. But it's...

282) Pick a pup

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Chall, Marsha Wilson

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After observing different types of dogs in his neighborhood, Sam and Gram go to the local pet shelter to choose a puppy.

283) MVP: most valuable puppy

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Greenberg, Mike

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Pet dog Phoebe loves tummy scratches, chasing tennis balls, eating crumbs that fall from the kitchen table and, most of all, her human family.

284) How to make a kite

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Step-by-step projects (Rourke)

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"Flying a kite on a windy day is something everyone loves to do. Learn how to construct your own in this book with easy to understand instructions and common hosuehold items that you can use to make your very own high-flying kite!,"--page [4] of cover.

285) With my hands: poems about making things

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VanDerwater, Amy Ludwig

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"Building, baking, folding, drawing, shaping--making something with your own hands is a special, personal experience. [These poems celebrate the concept of] taking an idea from your imagination and turning it into something real"--Amazon.com.

286) Artful animals

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"Animal art in no time at all? Yes, please! Get ready to upcycle everyday items into wild creations. Follow along with simple instructions and step-by-step images for fast fun making a soda bottle shark, a hoot roll owl, and more. Designed to easily fit into an active classroom session or library visit, it's easy to turn trash to treasure with Crafts in a Snap!"--

287) Rotten Richie and the ultimate dare

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Polacco, Patricia

Series

Rotten Richie tales volume 2

Description

Richie and his younger sister Trisha face off in a contest to see whose hobby is more challenging.

288) My brother Bert

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Illustrations and rhyming text portray a hobby gone awry, as Bert's collection of exotic pets seems on the verge of breaking into a quarrel, and perhaps a rumpus, as well.

289) A bird watcher's guide to cardinals

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Backyard bird watchers

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Learn how to start a bird-watching hobby and the habitats and life cycle of cardinals.

290) Little Lizard's family fun

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Crow, Melinda Melton

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Little Lizard books

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Easy Readers, eAudiobook, eBook

Description

Each member of the lizard family enjoys a different hobby.

291) Roger is reading a book

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Van Biesen, Koen

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"Roger wants some peace and quiet so he can read his book, but his neighbor Emily has some hobbies of her own -- very loud ones!"--

292) Across the alley

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Michelson, Richard

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Jewish Abe's grandfather wants him to be a violinist while African-American Willie's father plans for him to play baseball, but the two boys are more talented when they switch hobbies.

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Warble is a small yellow warbler who lives on the beautiful island of Icyland, where he pursues his hobby of human watching. But on a warm day, a deep fog rolls in and obscures his view. The rest of the birds don't seem to notice the fog or the other changes Warble observes on the island. The more the fog is ignored, the more it spreads. When a Red-hooded Spectacled Female (Juvenile) appears, Warble discovers that he's not the only one who notices...

294) We are twins

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Driscoll, Laura

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Penguin young readers. Level 1

Description

Illustrations and rhyming text describe a pair of twin sisters, who look very much alike but have different hobbies and interests.

295) The snow man

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"Discover the true story of a man who lived alone in the mountains with a hobby of measuring snowfall that led to groundbreaking data tracking in climate change studies"--

296) Dinosaur lady: the daring discoveries of Mary Anning, the first paleontologist

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"As a kid, Mary Anning loved hunting for fossils with her father. One day, that hobby led to an unexpected discovery: the skeleton of a creature no one had never seen before! Mary had unearthed a dinosaur fossil, the first to ever be discovered. Her find reshaped scientific beliefs about the natural world and led to the beginning of a brand new field of study: paleontology. For the rest of her life, Mary continued to make astonishing finds and her...

297) Easy bead crafts in 5 steps

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Llimós Plomer, Anna

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Easy crafts in 5 steps

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Presents bead craft projects that can be made in 5 steps.

298) The quilting bee

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An introduction to the process of quilt making, including a history of the craft, sample quilt patterns, and directions for creating a children's book authors and illustrators quilt.

299) Easy paper crafts in 5 steps

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Llimós Plomer, Anna

Series

Easy crafts in 5 steps

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Easy art crafts made with paper that can be made in 5 steps.

300) Vroom! Vroom!: making 'dozers,'copters, trucks & more

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Provides instructions for using milk cartons, egg cartons, and other materials to make such vehicles as cars, buses, sailboats, and more. Includes related projects to help the reader appreciate each vehicle.