String Games (Klutz) (Spiral-bound)

~ (Editor) "From a very early time, people have made string out of whatever they had at hand..." (more)
Key Phrases: string games, pull your hands, Spider Woman

Editorial Reviews

Product Description

Seven brand new (yet ages old) string games, introduced by seven real-live kids from each of seven incredibly diverse cultures. Complete with gorgeous full-color photographs and watercolor paintings -- and a tie-dyed string loop.

From the Publisher

Winner of Canadian Toy Testing Council Award of Excellence, National Parenting Publications Gold Award

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 4-8
  
• Spiral-bound: 80 pages
• Publisher: Klutz (June 1, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1570540403
• ISBN-13: 978-1570540400
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 5.9 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #273,159 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

48 of 48 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great pictures, fun string figures--a good sequel, September 18, 2000

By	Mike Christie (Austin, TX USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This book is a sequel to Johnson's "Cat's Cradle", which contained five string figures. This book has seven more, from around the world--Paraguay, Australia, Ghana, the U.S. (a Navajo string figure), New Guinea, Alaska, and Ireland. Each is accompanied by photographs of the children who taught Johnson the figures, and good detailed diagrams of how to make the figures.

The presentation is more spectacular than in "Cat's Cradle", but when you get down to it the figures are what counts, and these are no more fun than the first book. In fact, they're a little more difficult to learn. We bought this for our five year old daughter, who'd enjoyed the first book (despite one of the patterns being too difficult for her); she found this one much less interesting. I think an older child would like the extra details about the children in the different countries, however.

I'd recommend that you buy "Cat's Cradle" first. If you or the child you buy it for enjoys it, this is a good follow up gift, but it doesn't have anything as easy to learn and fun as Cup and Saucer or Witch's Broom, from the first book.

20 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A very good book, January 2, 2000

By	M. Tait (Hamburg. Michigan) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This book is an excellent string game book. It has easy to read instructions and wonderful pictures. The flying bird, one of the games, the bird flies from hand to hand! With the mosquito, you can smack it between you hands and it disapears! An excellent book, I would recommend it to everyon who it interesting in string games.

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Cat's Cradle, September 3, 2000

A Kid's Review

I think the book had good instructions and it helped me understand how to make 4 or 5 new string figures. It was easy to read, and the pictures were very good. I would recommend this book for beginners who are learning to make string figures.