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793.8 Cas
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Publication
Klutz Press (1994), Edition: 4th, 78 pages
Description
This year Klutz's flagship title, Juggling for the Complete Klutz, turns the big three-O. Unlike the rest of us, it gets better looking with every birthday. Over the years Klutz has received countless letters from people telling them their lives have been enriched, enlarged and occasionally endangered by this book and the skill it teaches. Klutz treasure this knowledge and have come to believe the world is just a tiny bit sillier because of Juggling for the Complete Klutz-and they couldn't be prouder!
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Language
Original language
English
Original publication date
1977
Physical description
78 p.; 5.75 inches
User reviews
LibraryThing member PortiaLong
I personally know two people who learned to juggle from this book! The instructions are clear and the illustrations are helpful. Unfortunately, either I am more of a Klutz than this book anticipated or my dedication to the practice required is lacking (I suspect the latter).
LibraryThing member jpmccasland
Over the years, I've learned a lot from the Klutz Books. I've learned how to tie knots that I use often. I've learned how to throw a boomerang. But one of the most important skills that I've learned from the Klutz Books is how to juggle. The book, entitled “Juggling for the Complete Klutz” is
I love these books! You can learn so much! I got this book when I was about 12 years old and learned how to juggle. This book is one of the ones that helped me with my love of reading, by reading and following instructions, I learned a skill! I juggled everywhere! In the car, in the house, on an airplane, and I still use this skill today. I taught kids in my church how to juggle using the methods I learned so long ago from this book. It comes with beanbags and easy to read and follow instructions. The book itself is durable and comes with a storage bag.
In a classroom, this book is best kept at the teachers desk. Students can use the book to increase reading comprehension. One student can read it, then the entire class can practice juggling as a reward for good behavior yet still be learning something while doing something enjoyable. The step by step method could then be applied to other tasks with the students illustrating their own instruction manuals. It could be used as a model for clear, instructional writing.
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in its 30th year of publication. I must have gotten one of the first editions of this book. It comes with beanbags and step by step instructions, along with illustrations and humor. By the end of the book, you'll be juggling!I love these books! You can learn so much! I got this book when I was about 12 years old and learned how to juggle. This book is one of the ones that helped me with my love of reading, by reading and following instructions, I learned a skill! I juggled everywhere! In the car, in the house, on an airplane, and I still use this skill today. I taught kids in my church how to juggle using the methods I learned so long ago from this book. It comes with beanbags and easy to read and follow instructions. The book itself is durable and comes with a storage bag.
In a classroom, this book is best kept at the teachers desk. Students can use the book to increase reading comprehension. One student can read it, then the entire class can practice juggling as a reward for good behavior yet still be learning something while doing something enjoyable. The step by step method could then be applied to other tasks with the students illustrating their own instruction manuals. It could be used as a model for clear, instructional writing.
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LibraryThing member abealy
In lieu of a review, a confession: I've had this book in my house since the day it was published – 14 years ago! – and I still can't juggle! I cannot really blame the instruction in the book, humorous and succinct as it is – I must be the Ultimate Klutz!
LibraryThing member timspno
This is a fun-to-read book to learn how to juggle, but besides juggling...it has, basic to advanced juggling tricks.
This was fun for me until I got to the actual juggling part. I was just juggling until one of the fuzzy, red, square, velvet balls fell onto the floor, and burst open!
I would highly
This was fun for me until I got to the actual juggling part. I was just juggling until one of the fuzzy, red, square, velvet balls fell onto the floor, and burst open!
I would highly
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recommend just buying the book and getting some DIFFERENT balls separate on Amazon or something. Show Less
LibraryThing member Sylak
Limited Edition - 25 years 1977-2002
This 44th printing of the book, which celebrates its 25th anniversary, sports a silver foil cover, new preface which recounts the companies history (in brief); and, a two page scrap book on the back pages with photos of the companies founders and even an image of
Apart from these minor enhancements this is essentially a facsimilie of the 1994 edition.
This 44th printing of the book, which celebrates its 25th anniversary, sports a silver foil cover, new preface which recounts the companies history (in brief); and, a two page scrap book on the back pages with photos of the companies founders and even an image of
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the cover of the first mimeograph copy - which was fun to see having read about it in previous issues. I remember the days of those spirit Banda machines very well!Apart from these minor enhancements this is essentially a facsimilie of the 1994 edition.
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LibraryThing member Sylak
The book that launched an empire (as they say).
First published in 1977, this book has never been out of print.
I don't remember when I received this copy, but it was probably in the early 1990s.
I was one of those awkwardly coordinated kids at school who marvelled at what I perceived (at the time, in
For some reason this was a skill bullies instinctively feared. Yes, these lucky few may have had to put up with being taunted as freaks or weirdoes behind their backs; but, they were otherwise physically unharmed.
When you juggle, you automatically attract a crowd of open mouthed spectators. There is nothing bullies fear more than witnesses to their crimes. Hence why juggling acts like a 'bully shield'; that, or knowing how to play an instrument - another of my 'life goals'.
Notice that I distinguish between knowing and learning. Never let them see you 'learning' to do anything! That is why schools are so full of bullies. They are seats of learning and you can't have a pond without pond life!
Well, I never learnt to juggle as a child; but, I made sure I mingled with the crowds that formed around jugglers and musicians and met a lot of interesting people along the way.
So, as an adult, I was thrilled when I was given this book with accompanying sack of bean cubes. The only problem is that, at some point, I lost one of the cubes and so only ever learnt to juggle with two balls. I tried other balls, but I liked the way these cubes felt in my hands.
I have now purchased a new book with another three juggling cubes in order to progress myself to the next stage of evolution, hopefully in time to teach my own children this valuable life skill.
The fourth edition (1994) contains an expanded 'juggling with clubs' section, (but still no section titled Juggling with 'flaming' clubs. ;)
First published in 1977, this book has never been out of print.
I don't remember when I received this copy, but it was probably in the early 1990s.
I was one of those awkwardly coordinated kids at school who marvelled at what I perceived (at the time, in
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the 70s) to be those rare 'cool kids' in school (in hindsight, likely as socially awkward as I was) who avoided the bullies through the evolutionary advantage of: knowing how to juggle.For some reason this was a skill bullies instinctively feared. Yes, these lucky few may have had to put up with being taunted as freaks or weirdoes behind their backs; but, they were otherwise physically unharmed.
When you juggle, you automatically attract a crowd of open mouthed spectators. There is nothing bullies fear more than witnesses to their crimes. Hence why juggling acts like a 'bully shield'; that, or knowing how to play an instrument - another of my 'life goals'.
Notice that I distinguish between knowing and learning. Never let them see you 'learning' to do anything! That is why schools are so full of bullies. They are seats of learning and you can't have a pond without pond life!
Well, I never learnt to juggle as a child; but, I made sure I mingled with the crowds that formed around jugglers and musicians and met a lot of interesting people along the way.
So, as an adult, I was thrilled when I was given this book with accompanying sack of bean cubes. The only problem is that, at some point, I lost one of the cubes and so only ever learnt to juggle with two balls. I tried other balls, but I liked the way these cubes felt in my hands.
I have now purchased a new book with another three juggling cubes in order to progress myself to the next stage of evolution, hopefully in time to teach my own children this valuable life skill.
The fourth edition (1994) contains an expanded 'juggling with clubs' section, (but still no section titled Juggling with 'flaming' clubs. ;)
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LibraryThing member Sylak
The 30th anniversary edition is presented with yet another cover variation. The book contents remain relatively unchanged (as far as I can see) since '94, minus a bit of editing to the company scrapbook at the back pages. This is not a criticism. In fact I would go so far as to say that this is
The juggling balls however are a different matter.
Gone are the trusted tough little multi coloured boxes filled with walnut shell that have lasted me so many years. Instead we now have slightly larger red velour cubes, filled with some kind of cereal grain (from what I can tell).
I have heard people complain that these new balls can split on impact. They certainly don't feel as hard wearing as previous incarnations. I'll bet that given a few months they will start to moult fuzz and begin to show their age rapidly too - which is another reason why I don't like this new material.
On the plus side, they do now included a nifty draw-string bag to keep your cubes safe; so I am adding 1/2 a star to the 1 star I removed due to the lesser juggling cubes.
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certainly no bad thing. Let's face it, if it ain't broke, don't fix it!The juggling balls however are a different matter.
Gone are the trusted tough little multi coloured boxes filled with walnut shell that have lasted me so many years. Instead we now have slightly larger red velour cubes, filled with some kind of cereal grain (from what I can tell).
I have heard people complain that these new balls can split on impact. They certainly don't feel as hard wearing as previous incarnations. I'll bet that given a few months they will start to moult fuzz and begin to show their age rapidly too - which is another reason why I don't like this new material.
On the plus side, they do now included a nifty draw-string bag to keep your cubes safe; so I am adding 1/2 a star to the 1 star I removed due to the lesser juggling cubes.
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