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  <name><![CDATA[Kris Bordessa]]></name>
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  <about><![CDATA[I believe that hands-on learning is the best kind of learning, whether for adults or children - and certainly for myself! Long before I imagined Team Challenges as a book, I was scrawling challenges on lined paper for my creative problem solving groups to use during their meetings. Those sheets of paper - never tidy - and the kids' love of tackling these problems led me to compile the activities in one place, resulting in Team Challenges. Shortly after I completed Team Challenges, I had the opportunity to pen two new books: Tools of the Ancient Greeks and Great Colonial America Projects You Can Build Yourself. Though a bit different in nature - history is a far cry from creative problem solving - both of these had that element I consider crucial for learning: hands-on activities.

My husband and I are both from Northern California, though we are currently living in Hawaii with our two boys, doing a little hands-on learning ourselves.]]></about>    <gender>female</gender>        
  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Tools of the Ancient Greeks: A Kid's Guide to the History &amp; Science of Life in Ancient Greece (Tools of Discovery series)]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Team Challenges: 170+ Group Activities to Build Cooperation, Communication, and Creativity]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Great Medieval Projects You Can Build Yourself (Build It Yourself series)]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Kris Bordessa]]></name>
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  <title><![CDATA[Great Colonial America Projects You Can Build Yourself! (Build It Yourself series)]]></title>
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