Cool Tricks: A Grown-Up's Guide to All the Neat Things You Never Learned to Do as a Kid

More than jumping rope and playing jacks, this book covers shadow animals, paper tricks, paper airplanes, a recipe for homemade soap bubble mix, tricks with yo-yos, tops, simple juggling, balloon tricks and animals, the string game Cat's Cradle, plus the skill I have always wanted to learn -- how to whistle with two fingers. No, it's not Tolstoy, and the photos of what look like the author's friends and neighbors give it a 'Berkeley in the 70's' feel (after 10+ years it could use some polishing) but I'd recommend it as an entertaining read for anyone facing a B'day past 30 who is in need of a little fun.