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The Paper Boomerang Book

Build Them, Throw Them, and Get Them to Return Every Time

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When it comes to lightweight avionics, there's no beating a paper boomerang. Let all the others chase after their dull folded airplanes—you can now build a flying device that comes right back to you, every time! And unlike expensive, heavy wooden boomerangs, you won't endanger windows and skulls with paper boomerangs.

            The Paper Boomerang Book is the first-of-its-kind guide to this fascinating toy. Expert Mark Latno not only tells you how to build, perfect, and troubleshoot your paper boomerang, but about the 20,000-year history of the device, including Egyptian throwing sticks found in pharaoh's tombs, and the physics behind their circuitous flights. And once you've mastered the basic throw, return, and catch, it's on to more impressive tricks—the Behind-the-Back Toss, the Boomerang Juggle, the Under-the-Leg Catch, and the dreaded Double-Handed, Backward, Double-Boomerang Throw.

            For those who don't have the luxury of the wide-open outback on a clear Australian day, author Latno includes plans for Little Dragons, miniature versions of the paper boomerang that can be used indoors in almost any sized room, rain or shine.
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    • School Library Journal

      July 1, 2010
      Gr 5–8—-n a unique, if somewhat padded, guide Latno draws on nearly 20 years of teaching experience to explain how to make, fine-tune, and decorate a type of paper boomerang that can be constructed with commonly available materials and thrown with (relative) safety indoors. The instructions and simply drawn diagrams are embedded in a history of boomerangs and throwing sticks, a challenging technical discussion of the physics of boomerangs and gyroscopes, and very detailed descriptions of the characteristics of railroad board (Latno's preferred paper) and alternatives, plus art-and-craft materials that can be used to dress up finished models. Noting that boomerangs are very sensitive to small changes in their edges and weight distribution, the author repeatedly encourages young enthusiasts to experiment with their projects. He also provides directions for standard and trick throws, and closes with lists of relevant organizations. Similar instructional titles on boomerangs for young fliers are rare in this country, and this is by far the most comprehensive volume available.—"John Peters, New York Public Library"

      Copyright 2010 School Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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