Needle Crafts, Games & Amusements - General & Miscellaneous
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Overview
This super book returns, complete with a six-foot loop of string. With a little bit of practice and imagination, kids can turn their string into a slithering snake, a walking dog, or a fisherman pulling a salmon out of a river. More than 25 beguiling string sequences from around the world are meticulously diagrammed and clearly explained, step by step, loop by loop.Provides step-by-step instructions for creating twenty-six string figures from around the world, including "The Fish Trap" and "The Sea Snake."
Editorials
School Library Journal
Gr 5-8 The string games in this book, as in Gryski's other two (Cat's Cradle, Owl's Eyes 1984 and Many Stars and More String Games 1985, both Mor row) have been collected from all around the world. Basic instructions are given on how to prepare the string; terminology and the naming of fingers and loops are included. At first glance, the string games seem complicated, but by reading the step-by-step instruc tions, which are clearly illustrated with ink drawings of hands and red arrows pointing directions to move the string, readers can make the string games suc cessfully. Similar string game books are available, such as Jayne's String Fig ures and How to Make Them (Dover, 1906) and Cat's Cradles and Other String Figures (Penguin, 1980; o.p.) by Elffers and Schuyt. The instructions and illustrations in Gryski's book are the easiest to follow.Sue E. Hamil ton, Jackson County Library, Medford, Oreg.Book Details
Published
March 1, 1988
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Pages
80
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780688076849