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The book provided instructions on how to create 129 string figures that were identified by anthropologists studying traditional societies [7] such as those in Congo-Kasai [8] and the Caroline Islands. [9] The 1906 book review from the Journal of Education: Whew! Five-dollar cat's-cradles! Several full-page pictures and 934 other illustrations ...
The following is a list of string figures, various figures which can be made using a loop of string, and which occur in games such as cat's cradle. Most of the titles are translations and/or descriptions.
A book for beginners. Many stars and more string games, New York: William Morrow & Co Library 1985, ISBN 0-688-05792-6; A book for beginners. Super string games, New York: William Morrow & Co Library 1996, ISBN 0-688-15040-3; A book for advanced. Fascinating String Figures, International String Figure Association 1999, Dover, ISBN 0-486-40400-5
Cat's Cradle is a satirical postmodern novel, with science fiction elements, by American writer Kurt Vonnegut.Vonnegut's fourth novel, it was first published on March 18, 1963, [1] exploring and satirizing issues of science, technology, the purpose of religion, and the arms race, often through the use of morbid humor.
Camilla Gryski's Cat's Cradle: A Book of String Games. illus. Tom Sankey. Scholastic/Kids Can Press, 1995. ISBN 9780439779388/ ISBN 978-1-55337-090-1. Camilla Gryski's Favourite String Games. illus. Tom Sankey. Toronto: Kids Can Press, 1995. ISBN 978-1-55074-261-9. Let's Play: Traditional Games of Childhood. illus. Dušan Petričić. Toronto ...
Chinese jump rope combines the skills of hopscotch with some of the patterns from the hand-and-string game cat's cradle. The game began in 7th-century China. In the 1960s, children in the Western hemisphere adapted the game. German-speaking children call Chinese jump rope gummitwist and British children call it elastics. The game is typically ...
ACE Gamebooks, written by Jonathan Green (10+ books planned, 7 published so far) Australian Adventure Gamebooks (2 books advertised but only 1 published) Autumn Snow, written by Martin Charbonneau and Joe Dever (3 books advertised but only 2 published) Battleground General, written by Alistair Smith, Jon Sutherland and Diane Canwell (2 books)
A mischievous anthropomorphic feline from Dr. Seuss's book of the same name. Cat Morgan: Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats: T. S. Eliot: Retired and works as a doorman at the book publishers Faber and Faber. He is a gruff but likeable character. Cheshire Cat: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland: Lewis Carroll