Kaboom

Author : Darell Hammond
Publisher : Rodale Books
ISBN 13 : 1609613864
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book KaBOOM! written by Darell Hammond and published by Rodale Books. This book was released on 2011-04-26 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: KaBOOM! is the powerful, uplifting journey of a man who grew up in a group home with his seven brothers and sisters and went on to build a world-class nonprofit that harnesses the power of community to improve the lives of children. In 1995, Darell Hammond read an article in the Washington Post about an unthinkable tragedy: Two young children suffocated in a car on a hot summer day in southeast Washington, DC. The story indicated that the children had nowhere to play; in the absence of a playground, they had climbed into an abandoned car. Reading the article fueled Hammond's sense of injustice, and his life's mission came into focus. Hammond founded KaBOOM!, a national nonprofit that provides communities with tools, resources, and guidance to build and renovate playgrounds and playspaces. In some of the toughest and poorest neighborhoods in North America, 2,000 barren spaces have been transformed by KaBOOM! and more than a million volunteers and community members into kid-designed, fun, and imaginative places to play. This is the story of a man with a vision, a man who believes that play is the best natural resource in a creative economy and that kids need more of it. Play is not a luxury but a necessity for their lives. Through hard work, commitment, and the conviction that access to a safe play environment is the fundamental right of all children, Hammond built an organization that has touched the lives of countless children and families. Hammond's story demonstrates how one idealist can change the world and how small, civic-minded steps create a ripple effect that can transform communities and eventually the world at large.

Author : Gillian Richardson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781554512034
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Kaboom! written by Gillian Richardson and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Natural or man-made, explosions go BOOM! for many reasons, and science can explain them all.

Author : Jeph Loeb
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781607061250
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Kaboom! Volume 1 Limited Edition written by Jeph Loeb and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collected for the first time, the ground-breaking adventures of Geof Sunrise and his amazing transformation into inter-dimensional defender Kaboom! Witness the birth of an amazing new hero as he struggles against the forces of Scarlet! The Nine! And his first date! Can Geoff save the world and make it back in time for his own birthday party? Jeph Loeb (Hulk, Ultimates 3) and artist Jeff Matsuda (X-Men, Batman Strikes!) introduces readers to an amazing world of magic and monsters that has not been experienced before or since this series exploded onto the scene 10 years ago! Collects Kaboom! #1-3, Kaboom! 1/2, Kaboom! Prelude, and the Kaboom! Christmas Special, plus tons of character designs and sketches from the dynamic pencil of Jeff Matsuda, as well as an impressive cover gallery.

Author : KaBOOM! (Organization)
Publisher : Candlewick Press
ISBN 13 : 0763655309
Total Pages : 105 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Go Out and Play! written by KaBOOM! (Organization) and published by Candlewick Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 105 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A guide to more than seventy classic and contemporary playground games provides instructions for such favorites as kick the can, freeze tag, and sardines, in a volume that also includes tips for adults on how to encourage and facilitate outdoor play.

Author : Matt Gallagher
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1446437485
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Kaboom written by Matt Gallagher and published by Random House. This book was released on 2011-03-31 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Iraq, late 2007. Lieutenant Matt Gallagher arrives just as US policy shifts from lethal operations to counter-insurgency. He encounters a world where nothing is as it seems. Friends are enemies, reconciliation is war, roads are bombs and silence is deadly. Nothing left to do except 'embrace the suck'... ...and blog about it. Matt Gallagher's response was to write an on-line journal (called Kaboom) which quickly went viral. Read by thousands of soldiers who recognised its unflinchingly honest portrayal of the real war, as well as high-ranking Pentagon officials and interested parties around the world, Kaboom was shut down by the US Army in June 2008. Now you can read the whole story, based on that brilliant, acerbic, banned blog. Kaboom paints a shockingly original and uncompromising portrait of a savage war the world is still struggling to understand.

Author : Darell Hammond
Publisher : Rodale Books
ISBN 13 : 1609619242
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book KaBOOM! written by Darell Hammond and published by Rodale Books. This book was released on 2012-09-18 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This New York Times bestseller is a powerfully moving story of a man from humble beginnings, who identified a tragic problem and figured out how to address it on a national scale. KaBoom chronicles Darell Hammond's amazing journey from a childhood spent living in a group home in Illinois to becoming the founder and CEO of KaBOOM!, one of the most successful nonprofit organizations in the United States. KaBOOM! has raised almost $200 million, directly built 1,743 playgrounds with a million volunteers, and has touched the lives of countless children and families. More than just a memoir, KaBoom is a call to action that will inspire readers by challenging them to rethink traditional notions of community and social change.

Author : Maiya Williams
Publisher : Yearling
ISBN 13 : 044981615X
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Kaboom Academy written by Maiya Williams and published by Yearling. This book was released on 2016-05-10 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Formerly published as Middle-school cool."

Author : Adam Rubin
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0593462408
Total Pages : 481 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Human Kaboom written by Adam Rubin and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2024-03-05 with total page 481 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author of the #1 New York Times bestsellers Dragons Love Tacos and The Ice Cream Machine returns with another hilarious, irresistible collection of six totally different stories with the same exact name. Adam Rubin is back with this companion to The Ice Cream Machine, inviting you into six thrilling new worlds filled with daring and danger, mystery and mayhem—not to mention explosions! In a swanky New York City hotel, a reclusive guest appears to have spontaneously combusted. On a school field trip to a human anatomy museum in space, two kids try to pull off the greatest prank in history. Somewhere on a deserted island, three siblings try to make a life for themselves after the rest of the planet has been decimated by gigantic rock monsters. And then there's the small, quaint fishing town where a boy visiting his sister stumbles across an ancient curse; the traveling circus where a young girl becomes the assistant to a death-defying human cannonball; and the rugged wilderness where one kid with superpowers just can't seem to find some peace. Each story is illustrated by a different artist, including Marta Altés, Daniel Gray-Barnett, Rodolfo Montalvo, Daniel Salmieri, Adam de Souza, and Gracey Zhang, with black-and-white artwork that practically explodes off the page. So put on a helmet and hang on tight, because this unpredictable book will blow you away! And exclusive to the paperback, you'll also find six more stories inspired by The Human Kaboom, written by kids like you and hand-picked by Adam Rubin himself!

Author : Michael J. Rosen
Publisher : Candlewick Press
ISBN 13 : 0763655325
Total Pages : 33 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Let's Build a Playground written by Michael J. Rosen and published by Candlewick Press. This book was released on 2013-04-23 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An inspirational true story by the national nonprofit organization dedicated to providing healthy play areas for children traces the efforts of a group of kids and adults from an Indianapolis community who worked with KaBOOM! to build a playground that became the site of endless imaginative adventures.

Author : Roger Langridge
Publisher : KaBOOM!
ISBN 13 : 9781608860951
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book SNARKED: Forks and Hope written by Roger Langridge and published by KaBOOM!. This book was released on 2012-05-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fresh and epically funny spin on a classic from fan-favorite Roger Langridge. You were amazed by his Harvey Award-winning run on THE MUPPET SHOW. You thrilled to his run on THOR: THE MIGHTY AVENGER. Now the next great Roger Langridge graphic novel series begins as he brings Lewis Carroll's imaginative world to new heights in a side-splitting adventure that can only be explained as...SNARKED! Presenting a fresh and incredibly modern "Langridge" spin on an already-warped classic, SNARKED starts here in an epic adventure featuring the Red Queen’s children, Princess Scarlett and her baby brother Rusty, as they set out in search of the missing Red King. And who better to help guide the way than the Walrus and the Carpenter from THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS. That's right, the same Walrus that inspired the Beatles song "I Am the Walrus" is now in Roger Langridge's merry, mad hands for new all ages adventures at KABOOM!