Free How to Do Nothing with Nobody All Alone by Yourself by Robert Paul Smith

whistle
    Wishbone, jumping thing
    Wood-and-wire carrying handles
    Wood fork, slingshot

    Yo-yo

Acknowledgments
    Thanks are due my wife, who drew the pictures, and my sons Dan and Joe, who helped me make all the things in the book for her to draw .

Copyright © 1958 by Robert Paul Smith
    Copyright © renewed 1986 by the Estate of Robert Paul Smith
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    First published by W. W. Norton and Company 1958 Published by Tin House Books 2010
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    Parental Advisory: This book describes activities that may be dangerous if not done exactly as directed or that may be inappropriate for young children. All of these activities should be carried out under adult supervision only. The author’s estate and the publisher expressly disclaim all liability for any injury or damages that may result from engaging in the activities contained in this book.
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    Published by Tin House Books, Portland, Oregon, and New York, New York Distributed to the trade by Publishers Group West, 1700 Fourth St., Berkeley, CA 94710, www.pgw.com
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    Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Smith, Robert Paul.
    How to do nothing with nobody all alone by yourself / by Robert Paul
    Smith.—Tin House Books ed.
    p. cm.
    Originally published: New York : Norton, 1958.
    eISBN : 978-0-982-50484-0
    1. Amusements. I. Title.
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    GV1203.S63 2010
    793—dc22
    2009037103
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