How to Grow as a Fan! Spark your creativity as you grow into your fandom! This book helps you develop as you embrace the passions and interests that give you joy. Fandoms build friendships and communities through many engaging activities. With the help of this book, you can learn new ways to enjoy being a fan. Inside are numerous pathways that one can connect with others with similar pursuits! Whether it is through starting a collection, dressing in cosplay, writing a blog, or attending a convention, each of these brings happiness to those who participate. This book also contains interviews with fans of all ages (5 to 101), who tell their stories and share how they participate in their hobbies. Celebrate your fandom and the things that you enjoy the most! Fun Things to Do! New Things to Learn! Cool Things to Try! "This is a book that most of us probably didn't realize needed to be written. But a few pages in and you quickly realize that How to Celebrate Your Fandom is a book that belongs in homes, classrooms, and libraries everywhere. It celebrates our varied interests and highlights the exciting and valuable differences that pique our passions. How to Celebrate Your Fandom fosters connections using our differences! To that end, it's a book every child deserves a chance to read. Zepo publishing takes the good that already exists in the world and amplifies it. A common thread in its books is its message of inclusion and acceptance of our individual differences that connect us in unique ways to one another." - Dr. Janet Canino Ph.D., LMFT