Klutz Press is a publishing company started in 1977 and acquired by Scholastic Inc. in 2002. The first Klutz book was a how-to guide titled Juggling for the Complete Klutz, which came provided with juggling

Juggling

Juggling is a skill involving moving objects for entertainment or sport. The most recognizable form of juggling is toss juggling, in which the juggler throws objects up to catch and toss up again. This may be one object or many objects, at the same time with one or many hands. Jugglers often refer...

 beanbags attached in a mesh bag. The book was created by three friends who graduated from Stanford University

Stanford University

The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...

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John Cassidy (author)

John Cassidy is the chief executive and co-founder of Klutz Press and author of over 200 instructional and children's books, including Juggling for the Complete Klutz, The Klutz Book of Inventions, and The Klutz Book of Brilliantly Ridiculous Inventions.Cassidy attended Stanford University, where...

, and B.C. Rimbeaux. Since then the company has continued to specialize in activity-driven books sold along with other items needed for the activity. Not all the books are about developing a skill; there has also been a geography book containing, among other physical attachments, packets of rice corresponding to the average daily caloric intake among the poorest people of the world. Many of their books are spiral bound and teach various crafts. The items needed are usually included with the book, e.g. the juggling guide. The Klutz credo is: Create wonderful things, be good, have fun.

Scientific

• Explorabook
• Earthsearch
• Zap Science
• Disaster Science
• Mother Nature Goes Nuts
• Magnetic Magic
• Battery Science
• Boom! Splat! Kablooey!

Featuring unique toys

• The Bubble Book
• The Official Koosh Book
• The Official Icky Poo Book
• The Aerobie Book
• The Foxtail Book
• Crazy Action Contraptions

Know-how

• Juggling for the Complete Klutz
• Magic for the Complete Klutz
• The Klutz Book of Knots
• The Klutz Book of Paper Airplanes
• The Rubber Chicken Book
• The Klutz Book of Animation
• The Klutz Yo-Yo Book
• The Klutz Book of Inventions
• The Klutz Book of Brilliantly Ridiculous Inventions
• The Klutz Book of Capsters

Other

• The Encyclopedia of Immaturity Volume I
• The Encyclopedia of Immaturity Volume II
• Tricky Video
• Country and Blues Harmonica for the Musically Hopeless
• My drawing journal
• Thumb Wars The Ultimate Guide