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Recommendations... Hidden Pictures
by Larry Daste
Loads of brain-teasing diversions for older children and fun-loving adults in 24 pages of cleverly hidden objects — all identified in a caption beneath each charmingly rendered picture.
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by William W. Newell
Features 190 games and play situations, full song texts, many melodies, comparison with similar material from other cultures. An entertaining, basic book in the field.
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| |  Favorite Board Games: You Can Make and Play
by Asterie Baker Provenzo, Eugene F. Provenzo, Jr.
Instructions, over 300 illustrations for creating boards and playing pieces for 39 games: Pachisi, Alquerque, Solitaire, Queen’s Guard, 35 others. Lexicon, supply list, more.
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 Hand Shadows and More Hand Shadows
by Henry Bursill
Learn how to position hands and fingers to create 34 fascinating shadow figures on a wall, including a quacking duck and a rabbit munching its meal.
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Products in Hobbies & Amusements | | |  | 101 Easy-to-Do Magic Tricks
by Bill Tarr
Illustrations, simple instructions for performing over 100 tricks, including The Inexhaustible Hat, The Chinese Rings, Steel Through Steel, Fingers That See, much more.
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|  | ABC of Ballet
by Janet Grosser
Clearly worded, abundantly illustrated little guide defines basic ballet-related terms: arabesque, battement, pas de chat, relevé, sissonne, many others. Pronunciation guide included. Excellent primer.
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|  | Beginning Birdwatcher's Book: With 48 Stickers
by Sy Barlowe
Fact-filled book with sticker images of blue jay, American crow, mourning dove, barn owl, and 44 other birds, plus informative text noting bird's size, habitat, eating habits, and other data.
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| |  | Calculator Puzzles, Tricks and Games
by Norvin Pallas
Perform amazing feats of mathematical magic, answer clever riddles, solve a baffling murder, and much more with this clever introduction to calculator games. Answers included.
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|  | Codes, Ciphers and Secret Writing
by Martin Gardner
Cipher and decipher codes: transposition and polyalphabetical ciphers, famous codes, typewriter and telephone codes, codes that use playing cards, knots, and swizzle sticks . . . even invisible writing and sending messages through space. 45 diagrams.
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|  | Cowboy Roping and Rope Tricks
by Chester Byers
An old-time champion shows how to spin a rope into rolls, figure 8s, zigzags, and other impressive formations. Includes photos, figures, and a Foreword by Will Rogers.
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| |  | Easy Carpentry Projects for Children
by Jerome E. Leavitt
Teaches boys and girls age 7 and up basic carpentry skills through easy-to-make projects: bird feeder, sailboat, tie rack, flower box, and 11 more. Over 100 black-and-white illustrations.
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|  | Easy-to-Do Card Tricks for Children
by Karl Fulves
Thirty mind-boggling maneuvers — arranged in order of difficulty — finding cards, mind-reading feats, many more. Diagrams, instructions for preparing and manipulating deck.
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|  | Easy-to-Do Magic Tricks for Children
by Karl Fulves
Step-by-step instructions and clear diagrams show how to perform 18 mystifying maneuvers, using only common objects. Strength Test, Untangled, Elastic Lock, Mystic Spinner, Rollaway, Heavyset, The Great Escape, 11 more.
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|  | Fascinating String Figures
by International String Figure Association
Diagrams and simple instructions show how to create a turtle, an elegant cobweb, a miniature hammock, polar bear, little girl with pigtails, swan, and 17 other intriguing projects.
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| | Favorite Board Games: You Can Make and Play
by Asterie Baker Provenzo, Eugene F. Provenzo, Jr.
Instructions, over 300 illustrations for creating boards and playing pieces for 39 games: Pachisi, Alquerque, Solitaire, Queen’s Guard, 35 others. Lexicon, supply list, more.
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| |  | A First Cookbook for Children
by Evelyne Johnson, Christopher Santoro
Helpful introduction includes a basic list of necessary ingredients and equipment, cooking hints, and sample menus. Total of 60 recipes: pizza, hamburgers, salads, cookies, cakes, macaroni and cheese, much more.
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|  | Fun with Secret Writing
by Geoffrey Lamb
Learn how to invent and decipher a host of codes and secret messages, including those using a revolving circle, a key letter, dots and pinpricks, grills, patterns, wheels, and other systems. 14 black-and-white illustrations.
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| | | Games and Songs of American Children
by William W. Newell
Features 190 games and play situations, full song texts, many melodies, comparison with similar material from other cultures. An entertaining, basic book in the field.
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|  | Hand Puppets: How to Make and Use Them
by Laura Ross
Simple instructions, diagrams, traceable patterns for creating puppets from paper bags, papier mache, and other materials. Directions for writing, staging your own original show.
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| | Hand Shadows and More Hand Shadows
by Henry Bursill
Learn how to position hands and fingers to create 34 fascinating shadow figures on a wall, including a quacking duck and a rabbit munching its meal.
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