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America's oddest hobbies / by Michael Canfield.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Weird America!Publisher: New York, NY : Gareth Stevens Publishing, 2016Edition: First editionDescription: 32 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781482440171
  • 1482440172
  • 9781482440157
  • 1482440156
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Contents:
Weird hobbies! -- Extreme dog grooming -- Toenail collecting -- Mooing -- Gladiator bugs -- Baseballs and paint -- Tree shaping -- Cutting the mustard -- Carving eggshells -- All aboard! -- Cryptozoology -- What's your hobby?
Summary: "Leisure time is for people do anything they want, but sometimes their interests are really freaky. While some people like to read books and others play board games with their families, many hobbies are a bit stranger. This wild book looks at the collections Americans treasure and the games they love even if the collection is of their own fingernails and the game is bug fighting! Engaging subject matter and incredible photos show Americans relaxing in the oddest ways imaginable, delighting even the most reluctant of readers." -- Amazon.com
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Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Dr. James Carlson Library Children's NonFiction 790.13 C222 Available 33111008160919
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's NonFiction 790.13 C222 Available 33111008399483
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Leisure time is for people do anything they want, but sometimes their interests are really freaky. While some people like to read books and others play board games with their families, many hobbies are a bit stranger. This wild book looks at the collections Americans treasure and the games they love--even if the collection is of their own fingernails and the game is bug fighting! Engaging subject matter and incredible photos show Americans relaxing in the oddest ways imaginable, delighting even the most reluctant of readers.

Includes bibliographical references (page 31) and index.

Weird hobbies! -- Extreme dog grooming -- Toenail collecting -- Mooing -- Gladiator bugs -- Baseballs and paint -- Tree shaping -- Cutting the mustard -- Carving eggshells -- All aboard! -- Cryptozoology -- What's your hobby?

"Leisure time is for people do anything they want, but sometimes their interests are really freaky. While some people like to read books and others play board games with their families, many hobbies are a bit stranger. This wild book looks at the collections Americans treasure and the games they love even if the collection is of their own fingernails and the game is bug fighting! Engaging subject matter and incredible photos show Americans relaxing in the oddest ways imaginable, delighting even the most reluctant of readers." -- Amazon.com

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