Build It Make It Do It Play It!: Subject Access to the Best How-To Guides for Children and Teens (Children's and Young Adult Literature Reference)

A valuable one-stop guide to collection development and finding ideal subject-specific activities and projects for children and teens.For busy librarians and educators finding instructions for projects activities sports and games that children and teens will find interesting is a constant challenge. This guide is a time-saving one-stop resource for locating this type of information―one that also serves as a valuable collection development tool that identifies the best among thousands of choices and can be used for program planning reference and readers advisory and curriculum support. Build It Make It Do It Play It! identifies hundreds of books that provide step-by-step instructions for creating arts and crafts building objects finding ways to help the disadvantaged or engaging in other activities ranging from gardening to playing games and sports. Organized by broad subject areas―arts and crafts recreation and sports (including indoor activities and games) and so forth―the entries are further logically organized by specific subject ensuring quick and easy use.Provides an excellent resource for libraries considering creating makerspacesHelps educators locate instructions for entertaining and educational program and curricular activities that range from cooking and e-drawing to performing magic tricks solving puzzles mask-making and outdoor gamesUtilizes a subject heading organization and indexes multi-topic titles by chapter for ease of useSupplies plans targeted for distinct age ranges: lower elementary (K–3rd grade) elementary (3rd–6th grade) middle school (6th–9th grade) and high school (9th grade and above)Includes an appendix containing additional online sources of information that augment the books content