Authors: Steven Caney, Arielle Mather
ISBN-13: 9780911104172, ISBN-10: 0911104178
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Workman Publishing Company, Inc.
Date Published: February 1988
Edition: Reissue
First published in 1972, Steven Caney's classic Toy Book was written only after much research by the author and a group of 30 friends, all under the age of 13. A designer at the Boston Children's Museum (who had lectured at Harvard on the virtues of the refrigerator carton as a plaything), Caney came up with ideas the kids tested: they constructed and built, tried variations, used different materials, played. No toy could be included in the now-famous collection until it was agreed upon by every child. Could it be made easily? Was it fun? Safe? Caney and the children did their work well. As soon as Toy Book was released, it was recommended by the Museum of Modern Art, numerous book clubs, critics. Use it now as boys and girls always have: to enter new worlds of imagination, concentration, and confidence.
Discovery Toys | ||
Donut Bird Feeder | 22 | |
Kazoo | 25 | |
Ant Jar | 27 | |
Water Lens | 30 | |
Taleidoscope | 33 | |
Drum Box | 36 | |
Sun Goggles | 39 | |
Illusion Circles | 42 | |
Movie Wheel | 45 | |
Barometer | 49 | |
Straw Horn | 52 | |
Sundial | 54 | |
Water Scope and Magnifier | 57 | |
Inside Growers | 60 | |
Curds and Whey | 64 | |
Creature Cage | 66 | |
Pretending Toys | ||
Tube Telephone | 70 | |
Pretend Play Cutouts | 73 | |
Soap Floats | 76 | |
Sand Combs | 79 | |
Moustaches | 81 | |
Games | ||
Substitution Game | 86 | |
Hexaflexagon | 89 | |
Great Turtle Race | 92 | |
Clothespin Wrestlers | 95 | |
Racing Spool | 97 | |
Ring and Pin Game | 100 | |
Number Square Puzzle | 103 | |
Building Toys | ||
Building Circles | 108 | |
Pea and Toothpick Building | 111 | |
Rope Machine | 114 | |
Picture Puzzles | 118 | |
Clip Hangers | 121 | |
Action Toys | ||
City Kite | 124 | |
Pocket Parachute | 127 | |
Tire Ring Swing | 130 | |
Bull Roarer | 133 | |
Soap Bubblers | 135 | |
Paper Wing and Z Helicopter | 138 | |
Dancing Man | 141 | |
Propeller Stick | 144 | |
Milk Carton Sailboat | 147 | |
Design Toys | ||
Color Jars | 152 | |
Cardboard Weaving | 155 | |
Roller and Stamp Printing | 156 | |
Soap Crayons | 161 | |
Candy Color Circles | 163 | |
Design Board | 166 | |
Paperback Sculpture | 168 | |
Paper Roll Pottery | 171 | |
Reflection Card | 174 |