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DO IT NOW!

RAD STUNTS & SNEAKY PRANKS

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90 hilarious jokes, amazing action moves, and superfun games that will wow everyone!

73 fight a marshmallow war

78 juggle like a pro

14 set up a bocce match

55 create a fake wound5 tailwhip a scooter

US $6.99 CAN $7.99ISBN 13: 978-1-61628-391-9 ISBN 10: 1-61628-391-2

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contentshow to use this book

build a junkyard go-kart

trick out a kart

crabwalk in roller sneakers

skate backward

tailwhip a scooter

ollie like a pro

bust a feeble grind

land a kickflip

nail a handstand fingerflip

freeze an ice rink

skate a back crossover

improvise a sled

dominate a snowball fight

set up a bocce match

toss horseshoes

head a soccer ball

master goalie moves

pitch a fastball

sink a free throw

ride a boogie board

move

bodysurf a wave

sail into a swan dive

do a jackknife dive

be a human cannonball

swim a flip turn

perform a barracuda

do the worm

moonwalk in style

stand on your head

walk on your hands

perfect a back walkover

ace a cherry drop

skin the cat

swing a back hip circle

bunny-hop a bike

pop a wheelie

hang a tire swing

rig a zipline

run a ninja obstacle course

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shimmy up walls

bounce off a wall

do a stuntman vault

mess with a computer

get cool photo effects

form shadow puppets

see through your hand

make a floating finger

build a creepy sarcophagus

fake mummy organs

serve yourself on a platter

paint funny feet

draw hand costumes

create chin people

become a zombie

create a fake wound

spurt fake blood

hear a galloping horse

listen to a crackling fire

make rolling thunder

flap like a bird

rip out rude noises

make a coin jump

bring a dove back to life

tie a knot one-handed

fake a fall

amaze

perform a slick hat trick

spin a plate

dowse for water

read a love line

interpret a head line

follow a life line

slice an unpeeled banana

fight a marshmallow war

blow a nose bubble

stick a pin in a balloon

walk the dog

rock the baby

juggle like a pro

spin a basketball

skip a stone

dribble under one leg

booby-trap a bathroom

secure a bedroom

turn drink mix into hair dye

make a “platinum” grill

fake a cheek piercing

sport spiky hair

twirl a drumstick

do a rock-star jump

master the angus spin

tell me more

index

about the authors

credits

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Push off and crouch down.

Straighten up, pulling the scooter with you.

Use your feet to flick the deck sideways.

Tuck your legs as the deck swings around.

Catch it with your feet after a full turn.

Land, keeping your knees bent.

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1918pitch a fastball sink a free throw

Put index and middle fingers on the seam.

Hide your hand to conceal your grip.

Shift to your back foot. Angle your front.

Wind up using your front leg and arm.

Release with your fingers over the ball.

Follow through after you throw.

Stand at the free-throw line.

Crouch down. Keep your knees loose.

Focus on the backboard.

Put one hand on the ball’s side to guide it.

Straighten up. Flick your wrists.

Swish!

1 in (2½ cm)

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Crouch low. Hop up, pulling the handlebars with you.

Point your toes down. Keep pulling up!

Tuck your legs up to raise the back wheel.

Land it!

Start pedaling slowly. Push one pedal down hard and lean backward.

Don’t have a dirt-bike course nearby? Practice your tricks on the grass to avoid gnarly skinned knees. When you feel confident, move up to the pavement!

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Set a picture of shattered glass as the wallpaper.

Disconnect the mouse, keyboard, or printer.

This button can temporarily wreak havoc on a keyboard.

Opaque tape on the sensor “blinds” the mouse.

Turn the brightness down to make the screen black.

NumLock

Try these quick computer pranks if you want to drive someone nuts—without causing permanent damage.

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frrrrrap!

fwwwpt!

pfffft!

pthbbbt!

Inflate your cheeks, then smush them with your fists.

Make air bubbles under your knees with your hands, then bend your legs for a rip-roaring effect.

Cover your armpit with your hand, trapping an air bubble. Then raise and lower your arm to really “let one loose.”

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Hook the loop onto your middle finger.

Make a fist. Snap your wrist down hard.

Stop it at the floor.Gently lower the yo-yo.

The yo-yo will “walk” on its own.

Jerk it back up to your hand.

Toss the yo-yo over the back of your hand.

Lift your bottom hand to double the string.

Hook the string with your thumb.

Turn your top hand over so that it’s palm up.

Lift your bottom hand. Pinch the string.

Let the baby “rock” in the string triangle.

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Set with hair spray.Blow-dry on warm.Put gel in wet hair. Twist into spikes.

fake a cheek piercing

sport spiky hair

Snip the arm of a safety pin in half.

Put glue on the tip. Secure the loose end.

Bend back the very tip of the pin arm.

Now it’s safe to stick the pin in your cheek.

wire clippers

needle-nose pliers

hair gel hair spray

WELDON OWEN INC.

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Assistant Editors Emelie Griffin, Katharine Moore

Senior Designers Stephanie Tang, Meghan Hildebrand

Designer Delbarr Moradi

Illustration Coordinators Sheila Masson, Conor Buckley

Production Director Chris Hemesath

Production Manager Michelle Duggan

Illustration credits

Front cover

Liberum Donum (Juan Calle, Santiago Calle, Andres

Penagos): horseshoes Otis Thomson: go-kart Gabhor

Utomo: feet Tina Cash Walsh: tire swing

Back cover

Britt Hanson: horse, marshmallow war, showerhead

with paint Vic Kulihin: yo-yo, juggling Raymond Larrett:

banana Liberum Donum (Juan Calle, Santiago Calle,

Andres Penagos): fake wound, bocce, gymnast on high bar

Christine Meighan: backward skating, scooter Gabhor

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Do It Now! Tricks: Rad Stunts & Sneaky Pranks

Copyright © 2012 by Weldon Owen Inc.

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Excerpted from Show Off, first published by

Candlewick Press in 2009.

Library of Congress Control Number: 2012932625

ISBN 13: 978-1-61628-391-9

ISBN 10: 1-61628-391-2

10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 12016 2015 2014 2013 2012

Printed in China by SNP Leefung

Typeset in Vectora LH

Special thanks to:

Storyboarders

Esy Casey, Julumarie Joy Cornista, Sarah Lynn Duncan,

Chris Hall, Paula Rogers, Jamie Spinello, Brandi Valenza

Illustration specialists

Hayden Foell, Raymond Larrett, Ross Sublett

Editorial and research support team

Ian Cannon, Marc Caswell, Mollie Church, Elizabeth

Dougherty, Kat Engh, Alex Eros, Justin Goers, Sarah

Gurman, Susan Jonaitis, Peter Masiak, Grace Newell,

Jennifer Newens, Paul Ozzello, Ben Rosenberg, Hiya

Swanhuyser

Kid-reviewer panel

Emma Arlen, Leah Cohen, Sally Elton, Whitman Hall,

Tesserae Honor, Nami Kaneko, Emily Newell,

Eloise Shaw, Georgia Shaw

A Show Me Now Book.Show Me Now is a trademark of Weldon Owen Inc.

Utomo: swimmer, soccer player Tina Cash Walsh: ice rink,

handstand, tire swing Mary Zins: shadow puppets

Interiors

Key: bg = background; bd = border; fr = frames;

ex = extra art

Kelly Booth: 69–71 Hayden Foell: 62 bd, 63 bd, 75 bg, 77

Britt Hanson: 11 bg, 12–13, 57–60, 62–64 bg, 73, 74 bg,

82–83 Joshua Kemble: 18–19 Vic Kulihin: 38, 39, 76, 78

fr, 80 Raymond Larrett: 65–68, 72, 74 fr, 75 fr Liberum

Donum: 3 bg, 4 bg, 5 bg, 14–15, 20–21, 27–28, 32–34,

40–43, 50, 54–56, 78 ex, 79, 81 Christine Meighan: 3 fr,

4 fr, 5 fr, 44, 62 Vincent Perea: 48–49 Bryon Thompson:

6–9, 22–24, 35–36 Otis Thomson: 1–2 Gabhor Utomo:

16–17, 25–26, 46–47, 51–53, 61, 84–90 Tina Cash Walsh:

10–11 fr, 29–31, 37, 63 fr, 64 fr Mary Zins: 45