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Title details for The How-To Handbook by Martin Oliver - Available

The How-To Handbook

Shortcuts and Solutions for the Problems of Everyday Life

by Martin Oliver
Alexandra Johnson
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Whether you plan on spending your life playing sports, serving clients, running businesses, or flying to the moon, there are certain things that everyone just has to know how to do: unjamming a jar, for instance, fixing a flat tire, and removing a particularly embarrassing stain. They may seem simple in retrospect, but you don't have to turn all your laundry pink more than once before you learn that it's best just to get things right the first time. The How-To Handbook packs over 50 essential life skills into one handy reference book, and uses dozens of illustrations to show readers the very best ways to:

  • Thread a needle

  • Pitch a tent

  • Tie a tie

  • Treat a bee sting

  • Chop an onion...and much, much more!

  • Creators

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    June 10, 2013

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Read

      • ISBN: 9781936976355

    • EPUB ebook

      • ISBN: 9781936976355
      • File size: 3337 KB

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Kirkus

      March 15, 2013
      When you can't ask Mom or Dad how to do something or to do it for you, this may be the ideal book to have handy. Oliver and Johnson offer explicit, easy-to-understand, step-by-step instructions on how to do 50 essential tasks that include packing a suitcase, popping pimples and folding a fitted sheet. The tasks are divided into five categories: "Everyday Essentials," "Looking (and Smelling) Good," "Get to Know Your Kitchen," "Clean Up Like a Pro" and "Do It Yourself." Some of the tasks covered seem almost quaint. How many teens are likely to need to iron a pair of pants or own a pair of shoes in need of shining? Others skills, such as organizing closets and drawers, removing stains, mending a seam and sewing on a button--not to mention basic first aid--will come in handy for teens away at summer camp, left home alone or going off to college. Detailed diagrams accompany many of the instructions. A useful guide to handling everyday tasks and problems. (Nonfiction. 12 & up)

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