Posted by Cy Tymony on 3/27/09

Santa Monica, CA Eco Event

Book Signing and Demonstration

Wednesday April 1st

Cy Tymony – Author of “Sneaky Green Uses for Everyday
Things,” signs and demonstrates projects from his new
book. 3:45 p.m. Santa Monica Main Library, 601 Santa
Monica Blvd. Free. 310-458-8621. sneakyuses.com

Co-sponsored by the
Office of Sustainability and the Environment

Burbank, CA Eco Event

THURSDAY April 2nd

Book Signing and Demonstration

Cy Tymony – Author of “Sneaky Green Uses for Everyday
Things,” signs and demonstrates projects from his new
book. 7:00 p.m. Buena Vista Branch Library, 300 N. Buena
Vista St., Burbank. Free 818-238-5620. sneakyuses.com

This event is part of the Burbank READS campaign.

More Info:

When times get tough, the tough get smarter, creative and
imaginative!

They say that necessity is the mother of invention. Well
if times are hard economically, it’s time to get creative
and make the most out of what we have.

People often take for granted the common items and devices
they use in everyday life. Looks can be deceiving. It's
not what things appear to be, it's what they can become.
At no time in history has improving science
resourcefulness been more important than it is today. But
learning science should be an adventure, not to memorize
and pass a test.

Sneaky Green Uses for Everyday Things has a science
resourcefulness theme illustrating how we can do more than
we think with what we already have. Educators have
developed resourcefulness courses based on the books. The
first three Sneaky Use books have sold over 200,000
copies.

Cy Tymony has performed events at bookstores, science
museums, libraries and schools across the U.S. and Canada.
At the events he reveals amazing stories about
resourcefulness including: people who make boats made out
of milk cartons, the window washer who used a squeegee to
save an elevator car full of people on September 11, 2001,
as well as the story of the Colditz glider, an 18-foot
airplane built by prisoners in a German war camp out of
materials scavenged from their beds and sleeping bags.

He also demonstrates how ordinary objects can be used in
extraordinary ways including: Turning milk into a plastic
ring that can detect counterfeit currency and turn on
devices; alternative energy projects; boomerangs made from
bookmarks, converting cups into calculators, turning
holiday discards into robots and how to make a 007 'Gadget
Jacket.'

Gayle Anderson of KTLA Channel 5 News reported that
parents saw an improvement in their children's grades
after reading the books. The books have been featured in
the Los Angeles Times, The Daily Breeze, U.S. News & World
Report, on NPR's Science Friday, WBBM-TV's Tech Tuesday,
WMAQ5, ABC-7 and on CNN Headline News.

For more information visit www.sneakyuses.com

What People Are Saying

“For folks who wonder why they keep tossing odds and ends
in that junk drawer in the kitchen, Sneaky Uses for
Everyday things… offers evidence that technology doesn’t
always have to come from best Buy, Amazon.com or
Microsoft,” - U.S. News and World Report

“Thank you Cy...for opening up the world of tinkering and
creativity to a whole new generation looking to get their
hands dirty with new and exciting projects.” - NPR’s Ira
Flatow, host of Science Friday

"Offering readers a chance to become real-life MacGyvers,
Tymony's Sneaky Uses for Everyday Things shares a mixed
bag of useful and useless tricks. - Publishers Weekly

"The author of Sneaky Uses for Everyday Things interests
students in the wonders of science by showing them how to
do their own amazing MacGyver feats. This approach not
only gets students interested in science, but also
encourages good critical thinking by students as they
solve practical problems." - The National Science Teacher
Association

Cy appears on the PBS series Make: Television airing
nationwide.
Episodes can be seen at: Makezine.TV

Contact: Cy Tymony 310-502-0598 Email:
cy@sneakyuses.com

The Books:

Sneaky Uses for Everyday Things 2003 ISBN-13:
9780740738593
Sneakier Uses for Everyday Things 2005 ISBN-13:
9780740754968
Sneakiest Uses for Everyday Things 2007 ISBN-13:
9780740768743
The Sneaky Book for Boys 2008
ISBN-13: 9780740773136
The Sneaky Book for Girls 2008
ISBN-13: 9780740777141

Sneaky GREEN Uses for Everyday Things March 2009 ISBN-
13: 9780740779336

Amazon.com page link for the Sneaky Uses books:
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_gw?url=search-alias%
3Daps&field-keywords=tymony

Sneaky Uses for Everyday Things

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