{"product_id":"how-to-be-an-explorer-of-the-world-isbn-9780399534607","title":"How to Be an Explorer of the World","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the internationally bestselling creator of \u003ci\u003eWreck This Journal\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e an interactive guide for exploring and documenting the art and science of everyday life.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eArtists and scientists analyze the world around them in surprisingly similar ways, by observing, collecting, documenting, analyzing, and comparing. In this captivating guided journal, readers are encouraged to explore their world as both artists and scientists.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The mission Smith proposes? To document and observe the world around you as if you’ve never seen it before. Take notes. Collect things you find on your travels. Document findings. Notice patterns. Copy. Trace. Focus on one thing at a time. Record what you are drawn to.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Through this series of beautifully hand-illustrated interactive prompts, readers will enjoy exploring and discovering the world in ways they never even imagined.\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eHow to Be an Explorer of the World\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e“Both daring and meditative, \u003ci\u003eHow to Be an Explorer of the World\u003c\/i\u003e is part Maira Kalman, part Wendy MacNaughton, part its very own kind of whimsy, delivering—beautifully—exactly what it says on the tin, with an invitation to be just a little bit more alive each day.” —\u003ci\u003eBrain Pickings\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“This book serves as an example of what the author is trying to teach us: creating, documenting, collecting. Analog instead of digital, natural in place of artificial.” —\u003ci\u003eWired\u003c\/i\u003e Magazine\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“What Keri Smith achieves in this book is one of the most accessible articulations of a \u003ci\u003epsychogeographic\u003c\/i\u003e mindset I’ve come across. This book is an optimistic treat, a wonderfully practical, fun and engaging encouragement to open our eyes and minds to the mundane minutae of the world around us and see revealed the beauty in things might otherwise go unnoticed.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Museum of Thin Objects\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“The book is deliciously simple but thought-provoking. [Smith] engages you to try and deviate from the norm when it comes to living your life—living consciously, rather than unconsciously strolling through life.” —\u003ci\u003ePikaland\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for Keri Smith\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Keri Smith may well be the self-help guru this DIY generation deserves.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Believer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A conceptual artist and author luring kids into questioning the world and appreciating every smell, texture and mystery in it.” —\u003ci\u003eTIME\u003c\/i\u003e Magazine\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eKeri Smith\u003c\/b\u003e is a bestselling author, illustrator, and thinker. Her books include \u003ci\u003eWreck This Journal\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e The Wander Society\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e This is Not a Book\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e How to Be an Explorer of the World\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e Mess\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e Finish This Book\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e The Pocket Scavenger\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e Wreck This Journal Everywhere\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e Everything Is Connected\u003c\/i\u003e, and\u003ci\u003e The Imaginary World of...\u003c\/i\u003e as well as Wreck This App, This is Not an App, and the Pocket Scavenger app. She enjoys spending time with her husband, experimental musician Jefferson Pitcher, and two children.","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46302610030821,"sku":"NP9780399534607","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780399534607.jpg?v=1767729369","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/how-to-be-an-explorer-of-the-world-isbn-9780399534607","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}