{"product_id":"ebook-the-quiet-box-120-games-challenges-and-small-rituals-for-a-set-of-squishies","title":"Ebook: The Quiet Box — 120 games, challenges and small rituals for a set of squishies","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThe sequence is always the same. Something arrives, it gets real attention for a while, and then it spends two years on a shelf being fine. Nothing went wrong; novelty is a quantity and it got spent.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eWhat is unusual about a set of small squeeze toys is that the novelty was never really in the objects. It is in what your hands are doing and who else is in the room. Which means the same eight pieces can be worth picking up for months, provided somebody occasionally supplies a different reason.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Quiet Box\u003c\/em\u003e is 120 of those reasons, numbered straight through in eleven sets and ordered from easiest to hardest. It is built around the fact that these particular objects are silent, don't roll away, need no batteries or table, and are different enough from each other to sort, match, guess and trade. Around the bank sits the part that actually makes it work: how to start a game without proposing one, how long to run it, and what to do on the days the answer is no.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 dir=\"ltr\"\u003eWhat's inside\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe Ten-Minute Problem\u003c\/strong\u003e — why novelty runs out, and what is actually being replaced when you replace it\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHow to Start Without Announcing It\u003c\/strong\u003e — the three openings that work, and why \"shall we play a game?\" is the one that doesn't\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHow to Run One\u003c\/strong\u003e — say how long it lasts, stop early, let them change the rules, lose out loud\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eOn Your Own, and On the Move\u003c\/strong\u003e — 34 for one pair of hands, a back seat and a waiting-room queue\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWith Other People\u003c\/strong\u003e — 36 for two players, the kitchen table at four o'clock, and a group that has all arrived at once\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMaking, Filming, Counting\u003c\/strong\u003e — 34 for a wet afternoon, a phone camera, and maths nobody has to be told is maths\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSlow and Quiet\u003c\/strong\u003e — 16 with no winner and nothing to tidy up, including six for the adult who bought the set\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIf You Only Ever Do Five\u003c\/strong\u003e — the five that earn their place, and why each one is there\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe Child Who Says No\u003c\/strong\u003e — the chapter for the one who doesn't want to play, today or at all\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWhen It Stalls\u003c\/strong\u003e — five causes that look identical from outside, and a different fix for each\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFrom Two Thousand Miles Away\u003c\/strong\u003e — playing over a video call with a child you don't live with\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eOne Page\u003c\/strong\u003e — the whole book, short enough to photograph\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3 dir=\"ltr\"\u003eWho it's for\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eAnyone who has a set of small squeeze toys and about ten minutes: parents at four o'clock, teachers with a tin on the desk, and long-distance aunts, uncles and grandparents — Chapter Eleven is written specifically for them. Nothing needs a complete set. Most of the 120 work with a single piece, and they work just as well with squishies you already own.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Caelum Online","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46571716346042,"sku":null,"price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0766\/7636\/6522\/files\/Caelum-Online_The-Quiet-Box_cover.png?v=1788769051","url":"https:\/\/caelumonline.com\/products\/ebook-the-quiet-box-120-games-challenges-and-small-rituals-for-a-set-of-squishies","provider":"Caelum Online","version":"1.0","type":"link"}