Remember how to fold a paper airplane?
What to do with an old umbrella?
How to whip apples?

This is a book to free your kid from video games for a few hours, a handbook on the avoidance of boredom, a primer on the uses of solitude
—a child’s declaration of independence.

“Every great book reminds us that we’re all alone in the world.
At least this one provides us with the means
to entertain ourselves while we’re here.”
— Lemony Snicket