A Big Ball of String (Beginner Books) [Hardcover]

Marion Holland (Author)

Book Description

Series: Beginner Books

After winding a large ball of string, a young boy has fun finding ways of using it.

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By Marion Holland, Illustrated by Marion Holland --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 1 pages
• Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers; 2nd edition (September 12, 1958)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0394800052
• ISBN-13: 978-0394800059
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6.8 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #583,862 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Big Ball of String, November 29, 1999

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Rochelle Moore (Naples, Florida) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Big Ball of String (Beginner Books) (Hardcover)

A wonderful rhyming story of Imagination and CAN-DO ability of a 6-9 year old child. The story begins with things to do with string out of bed. It ends with how many things can be done from bed. My decrepit copy begins at page 19, however is still enjoyed by, and hopefully inspires, first graders to step away from the TV. A MAGAZINE company advertises String a ma Thing a toy that had to have been inspired by this inventive boy. My copy is an orange-red hardcover, written and illustrated by Marion Holland and precious.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My favorite book as a kid!, January 2, 2001

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Kerry S. (Bonner Springs, KS) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Big Ball of String (Hardcover)

This was my favorite book growing up. I love the drawings and the ideas the boy came up to do with his string. I decided to go online to look for a copy I could read to my own kids. Now that I see how rare it is, I think I'm going to beg my parents for my old book back. Its a well worn book and has had its spine taped since it was read so much. But that's ok -- I still love it. (Besides, its all ready personalized for me -by me- in big red crayon "Kerry")

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "....I can do anything, anything at all!", November 11, 2005

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Kimberly Ann Blevins "Kimberly Ann Blevins" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Big Ball of String (Beginner Books) (Hardcover)

This is a wonderful rhyming book that falls back time and time again on the refrain, "...I can do anything, anything at all!" and is much more than a beginning reading book. It is thrilling to a child (and to an adult for that matter) that with something as simple as string they can do so many different things, even while sick in bed (part of the theme of the story). My next-to-youngest child of four children begged me to read this book aloud over and over long after his beginning reading days were over. I think it struck a chord with him in regard to his natural mechanical abilities, and he started around then taking things apart and fixing them. Now at 25 he can fix just about anything. Our copy is falling apart, but I plan to keep on gluing it, taping it, or whatever is required to be able to keep on reading it, including to my grandchildren who are now under my homeschool tutelage and my great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren, should I be blessed with so many years.