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Craft books: Sandcastles Made Simple

If you want to try a craft that's totally different, family-friendly and hands-on, how about sandcastle-building? There's a serious art to it that goes way beyond buckets and spades. This book gives step-by-step expert instructions for building awe-inspiring sand creations, from turrets to tiny sculpted window-ledges. Family beach holidays will never be the same again.

Sandcastles Made Simple, Lucinda Wierenga (Stewart, Tabori & Chang, £6.99), www.amazon.co.uk