Tear Up This Book!: The Sticker, Stencil, Stationery, Games, Crafts, Doodle, and Journal Book for Girls!

by Keri Smith

Discover dozens of fun ways girls can be creative while in the car, on a plane, on a bus--and when it rains! Every page offers fresh, new ways for girls to explore creativity, including:
How to doodle the latest in fashion designs.
A pack of craft projects to try.
Fun ways to escape on long, summer days.

Genres: Art, Childrens, Nonfiction, Creative, Journal

96 pages, Spiral-bound

First published September 1, 2005

About the author

Keri Smith is an author/illustrator turned guerilla artist. She has several bestselling books, including Wreck This Journal, This is Not a Book, How To Be An Explorer of the World, Mess, Finish this Book, and The Wander Society all published by Penguin Books. Read more at her website http://WWW.KERISMITH.COM
http://kerismithbooks.tumblr.com/
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Reviews

[Dawn (& Ron) · Rating 5 out of 5]

Several years ago we gave this book to my niece, Anna, her first ever American Girl book and still one of her all time favorites. It has now become a tradition to give different American Girl books each year. She even helps out by telling us which titles she is most looking forward to.

This year her younger sister, Lily, has asked for one, so it looks like we may be creating another American Girl obsession in the family.

This is a huge winner because "it is soooo much fun!" They both love all the different projects that you get to do and wish there were more books just like this. If anyone has any suggestions on similar project type books for tweens and younger, please let us know.

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Anna's personal review for this book in her own words: " You can never get bored while reading this book. Whenever you are bored you can just pick it up and find something to do. Fun activities, crafts, drawing lessons and stuff. The drawing lessons are simple lessons but still fun.

This is a way fun and cool book! I really wish there were more books like this one!" And my sister, Lily, says her favorite part of this book is "tearing it up!"

[Marianne · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a good book to have when i was bored. It also helped a little with kids who I was babysitting.

[Rebecca · Rating 4 out of 5]

Now this is a proper American Girl book. It is watered down compared to the same author’s Wreck This Journal, but it is wonderful anyway. It is a great craft book and I learned how to draw and make all sorts of things from it. I learned how to make a box that dispenses paper strips, characters to put on top of pencils. I learned how to draw cats and turtles and girls. It’s pretty good, even if it was a bit too silly even for me as a kid, and even if some kids wouldn’t be interested in, say, making a playing card container.

[Molly · Rating 3 out of 5]

I used this as a companion book for my daughter to use as I went through 'Wreck This Journal' also by Keri Smith. My daughter had a bunch of fun with it, although she'll have even more fun with it in a few years. It would be best for a 7- to 12-year-old girl because of the need to know how to read and write for some of the activities. From a make-it-yourself mobile to a punch out page of pencil toppers, she has had a great time with this book.

[NayDoubleU · Rating 3 out of 5]

I got this book as a gift for my little sister who was 11 at the time. She seemed to enjoy it very much. Me personally it was okay, I was hoping it'd be alittle more like Wreck This Journal but oh well wasn't for me anyways.

[Haley · Rating 5 out of 5]

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[Candide · Rating 5 out of 5]

Pretty cool!

[Escribidora · Rating 4 out of 5]

I think the only "bad" thing about this book is that it has too little pages, but I guess it's ok because it is a kid's book :P

[Kiersten · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very fun and creative. Love it......
I loved the bingo game.