Steven Caney's Toy Book

by Steven Caney, Arielle Mather (Illustrator)

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780911104172
Publisher:	Workman Publishing Company, Inc.
Publication date:	02/28/1988
Edition description:	Reissue
Pages:	176
Sales rank:	554,884
Product dimensions:	9.06(w) x 8.12(h) x 0.30(d)
Age Range:	4 - 8 Years

Table of Contents

	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