Encyclopedia of Immaturity (Klutz)Volume 1 [Spiral-bound]

Editors of Klutz (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 8 and up | Grade Level: 3 and up

The ultimate how-not-to-grow-up guide. The Encyclopedia of Immaturity contains more than 300 entries: How to Skip a Stone, How to Do a Wheelie, How to Hang a Spoon from Your Nose, How to Really Annoy Your Older Sibling — all painstakingly explicated and illuminated with full-color photographs, illustrations, diagrams, and the occasional footnote.

Comes With: infinite wisdom

• Create wonderful things • Be good • Have fun

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 8 and up
  
• Spiral-bound: 412 pages
• Publisher: Klutz (August 1, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 159174427X
• ISBN-13: 978-1591744276
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 7.4 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.7 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (46 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #17,598 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Customer Reviews

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81 of 81 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars What a riot!, December 29, 2007

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Elizabeth C. Jones (Wilmington, NC United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Encyclopedia of Immaturity (Klutz)Volume 1 (Spiral-bound)

I wish I had known how to do some of the silly tricks and pranks in the "Encyclopedia of Immaturity" when I was growing up! Not only does it teach you how to do interesting skills like juggling, but you'll also learn foolish stuff like how to make your co-worker's mouse stop working, how to make all kinds of noises with parts of your body, paper fortune tellers, play creatively with your food and so on. It's a big book. The pictures and diagrams and the text are presented in a mock serious, deadpan style. The activities themselves can't be any funnier than their presentation.

I'm decades older than the target audience for the "Encyclopedia of Immaturity," and female, and most of these activities are aimed at boys -- at least boys are the ones I've seen doing these things over the years. But a younger brother received it for Christmas and I thumbed through it out of curiosity, and found myself rolling on the floor with laughter. Life is too short to be as serious and stodgy as I've always been. This fortysomething is going to get a copy for herself and try to have some harmless, giggly fun in the New Year!

41 of 42 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars VERY fun. Appeals to almost all age groups., December 21, 2007

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Joseph D. Snell "jsnell3388" (seattle, wa) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Encyclopedia of Immaturity (Klutz)Volume 1 (Spiral-bound)

This book is a lot of fun. I originally purchased it for my 6 year old son. It is filled with interesting/humorous facts, practical jokes, and fun activities.

We had so much fun with it that I bought 4 more copies and gave them friends and family.

They all like it so much that I ended up purchasing copies for my employees. I believe that everyone who has recieved this book from me has ended up buying at least one more copy to give to someone else.

The book is full of really funny and fun activities. Age ranges from 6 - 47 all really liked it. It is rare to find any product, let alone a book, that can be enjoyed by such a diverse group of people.

If you are looking for a fun (definitely immature) activity book I don't think that you can do any better than this.

Only one negative - they used a ring-binder. The pages get ripped out quite easily. Kids will mistakenly tear out the pages if they use it very often.

25 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Hilarious!, April 17, 2008

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Laura B (San Jose, CA United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Encyclopedia of Immaturity (Klutz)Volume 1 (Spiral-bound)

My husband and I ran across this book when a friend bought it as a birthday gift for his brother (in his late 20s). We read through it and loved it! It has so many different ideas that are terribly immature, but why do we all need to grow up? Life needs to be fun.

We decided to buy it for our nephew who is turning 16. He'll get a kick out of it and have fun doing a bunch of the ideas in the book. I'm sure my husband will get him started and make sure he does a few things right away.

This is a great gift for anyone who is young and heart and has a great sense of humor! I'm also thinking about getting it for my brother on his next birthday (he'll be 34), but I'm not sure he needs it since he is immature enough.

I would have to say that this gift is best for the boys, but some girls might like it, too. I think it is funny, but not nearly as much as my husband. The girlfriend of our friend's brother hated the book, but she didn't have much of a sense of humor.