Explore a New Hobby - for Teens!

January is National Hobby Month, the perfect time of year to pick up a new hobby, or get back into an old one that you haven't thought about in a while! The great thing about having a hobby is that it can take your mind off the pressure of work or other daily stresses. Sit down and think about what you really love to do. Consider what sparks passion in your life or what makes you curious.

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Explore a New Hobby - for Teens!

January is National Hobby Month, the perfect time of year to pick up a new hobby, or get back into an old one that you haven't thought about in a while! The great thing about having a hobby is that it can take your mind off the pressure of work or other daily stresses. Sit down and think about what you really love to do. Consider what sparks passion in your life or what makes you curious.

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Boys don't knit (in public)
Easton, Tom (Children's fiction writer)
Paper Book
After an incident regarding a crossing guard and a bottle of Martini & Rossi (and his friends), 17-year-old worrier Ben Fletcher must develop his sense of social alignment, take up a hobby, and do some community service to avoid any further probation. He takes a knitting class (it...
Quincredible
Barnes, Rodney
Paper Book
"Quincredible gets literally everything right." -- Comics Beat Invulnerability is a pretty useless superpower if you've only got a one-hundred-pound frame to back it up. That's what Quinton West's life became when he went from "small guy who got beat up" to "small guy...
Get hooked : simple steps to crochet cool stuff
Werker, Kim P.
Paper Book
Crochet is the "next big thing" in crafts and DIY fashion, already a trend with teens and a staple of current clothing trends. The trendy, simple projects in GET HOOKED will entice even the coolest young person. Clear, starting-from-scratch directions begin with how to hold the hook and where to put...
Girls garage how to use any tool, tackle any project, and build the world you want to see
Pilloton, Emily
Paper Book
Girls Garage is the only book you'll ever need for a lifetime of building and repair. Packed with over 175 illustrated tool guides, 11 how-to projects, 21 essential skills, and 15 inspiring stories from real-world builder girls and women, Girls Garage will inspire you to...
The complete cookbook for teen chefs
America's Test Kitchen (Firm)
Paper Book
For the first time ever, America's Test Kitchen Kids is bringing their rigorous testing, kitchen knowhow, and hands-on learning to teenagers in the kitchen. Fiercely independent and searching for culinary adventure, teen chefs are ready for exciting, global recipes made to share with friends and...
Make your own board game designing, building, and playing your own tabletop game
Daniels, Jesse Terrance
Paper Book
Tabletop board games are having a comeback, and especially within a younger, tech-y audience who enjoys the challenge and opportunity to work in an analog sphere. Game design expert Jesse Terrance Daniels teaches all the fundamentals of game design, from rule-setting to physical construction, along...
How to draw a graphic novel
Pagani, Balthazar, 1975- author.
Paper Book
Packed with professional tips and interviews with leading graphic novelists, this is the ultimate guide on how to create a graphic novel. How to Draw a Graphic Novel is structured as a series of short art courses that combine technical advice with creative inspiration....
Money for adulting fun tips and financial tricks for teens
Hung, Michelle, CFA
It's never too early to make your money work for you! Discover how with this teen guide to financial health. You don't have to work on Wall Street to know that money is important. Learn to handle it responsibly with this teen guide to money skills that makes managing money more fun!...
Girls make movies a follow-your-own-path guide for aspiring young filmmakers
O'Meara, Mallory
Paper Book
Make your own movie from start to finish with this entertaining, practical choose-your-path nonfiction guide to the world of filmmaking, from the critically acclaimed author of The Lady from the Black Lagoon.  Girls belong in the world of filmmaking....
The hanmoji handbook your guide to the Chinese language through emoji
Li, Jason (Zine author), author, illustrator.
Paper Book
Learn Chinese with a new twist! This full-color illustrated handbook introduces and explains Han characters and idioms through the language of emoji. Even though their dates of origin are millennia apart, the languages of Chinese and emoji share similarities that the average...
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