Chicken Socks Amazing Lacing Activity Book

Chicken Socks

by Klutz (Editor)

Finally, a long-overdue update on a classic activity. A tried-and-true play pattern is made better in this imaginative and beautiful lacing book. Each page is charmingly illustrated and the book comes packaged with the coolest lacing material on the planet (no boring shoelaces need apply).

10 pages, Spiral-bound

First published March 1, 2005

About the author

Klutz is a publishing company started in Palo Alto, California in 1977 and acquired by Scholastic Inc. in 2002. The first Klutz book was a how-to guide titled Juggling for the Complete Klutz, which came provided with juggling beanbags attached in a mesh bag. The book was created by three friends who graduated from Stanford University: Darrell Lorentzen, John Cassidy, and B.C. Rimbeaux. Since then the company has continued to specialize in activity-driven books sold along with other items needed for the activity. Not all the books are about developing a skill; there has also been a geography book containing, among other physical attachments, packets of rice corresponding to the average daily caloric intake among the poorest people of the world. Many of their books are spiral bound and teach various crafts. The items needed are usually included with the book, e.g. the juggling guide. The Klutz credo is: Create wonderful things, be good, have fun.

Source: Wikipedia.

Reviews

[Tami · Rating 5 out of 5]

Amazing Lacing is a lacing book made especially for little ones aged 4 and over. The pages are sturdy cardboard with good sized holes where the laces can be pushed through. There are even a few places that have oversized holes for variation.

The set comes with nine laces in a package. There are brightly coloured regular shoe laces, fat multi-colored ones, and our favourite the orange spirals. The later work really well in those oversized holes.

When I ordered this book, my intention was to help improve fine motor skills. Basically, I was thinking educational rather than fun. Therefore, I was a bit surprized at how well this book went over. Such concentration.