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Are We Having Fun Yet?: The Human Quest for a Good Time
Book 2 in Orca Timeline
- Subject
- Curiosities & Wonders
- Age
- 9-12 years
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 80
- Publisher
- Orca Book Publishers USA
- Size
- 22.9 cm Ă 27.9 cm
- ISBN
- 9781459830943
Humans have searched out fun for centuries.
Chariot races. Dueling crickets. Roller coasters. Rubik's Cubes. It seems we've always had a knack for finding interesting ways to have a good time. Of course, it wasnât always that way. Our earliest ancestors had to worry more about survival than finding something to do in their free time. But as we evolved and daily living got a little easier, we began to think a bit more about entertainment.
In Are We Having Fun Yet?, readers follow the evolution of fun. It started simply, with storytelling by a fire. Soon it grew into activities like banquets, spectator sports, theater and fairs, to name just a few. Today huge theme parks attract thrill-seekers and people step into virtual worlds for fun. And thatâs just scratching the surface. With things like virtual reality, fidget spinners and global phenomena like PokĂ©mon Go, who knows what the future of fun will hold!
The epub edition of this title is fully accessible.
About the creators
Maria BirminghamAuthor
Maria Birmingham has worked in the childrenâs publishing industry for over 25 years. She is the award-winning author of over a dozen books for young people, including Can We Talk? How Humans Stay in Touch, Are We There Yet? How Humans Find Their Way and Are We Having Fun Yet? The Human Quest for a Good Time. Maria lives in Brampton, Ontario with her family.
Katy DockrillIllustrator
Katy Dockrill is a Toronto-based illustrator. An honours graduate from the Ontario College of Art and Design, she brings the simplest drawings to life with her fresh, cheerful and playfully detailed brush-and-ink work, a style her international and local clients expect and love. She has illustrated such books as Women Win the Vote! 19 for the 19th Amendment, A Voice for the Spirit Bears: How One Boy Inspired Millions to Save a Rare Animal and City of Water.
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What reviewers said
âA timely reminder of how important fun is in our lives and the almost endless ways people throughout history have found to entertain themselves.â
ââŠAnother wonderfully presented nonfiction bookâŠFull of color photographs [and] playful expressionistic illustrationsâŠOlder readers will enjoy utilizing this book for their own amusement or for research.â
âInteresting and educational, and, like the variety of fun activities mentioned in the book, there is something here for everyone...A most enjoyable read! Highly Recommended.â
âThe strength of this title is its broad coverage which shows that fun is for people of all ages and is universal across cultures. Students will find this book informative and entertaining, too! Recommended.â
âLively illustrations, color and historical photos, and "It's a Factâ sidebars supplement the text nicelyâŠEnjoy this fun book full of fascinating information.â
âThere's fun to be had in picking up this book and finding what sparks your interest.â
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