Fantastic toys

by Monika Beisner

Introduces in text and illustrations a variety of toys and games with unusual qualities such as a Glowing Teddy, a Sheep Toboggan, Animal Umbrellas, and Jumping Boots. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0695405047
• ISBN13: 9780695405045
• Release Date: January 1975
• Publisher: Follett
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Welcome to Toy Paradise!

This used to be one of my absolute favourite picture books: all of the toys featured here should really be manufactured, and some of them have, like the spring-propelled hopping-boots (actually on the market now: kangaroo boots), or animal shaped umbrellas for kids. My favourite toy would be the paintable giant balloon: what a dream to be able to paint on a huge oject and then deflate it and send it to a friend! I also liked the ram-shaped sleds and the rope-skipping machine. Curious? Find this book, it is beautifully illustrated and so inspiring!

A gallery of imaginative inventions!

This is a wonderful collection of full-page drawings of -- just what the title says -- fantastic toys. "Fantastic" in the original meaning: "so extreme as to challenge belief." One of our favorites is a child's sled designed in the shape of a big white, wooly ram. The children are shown sliding downhill sitting upright on the backs of their sleds, holding onto the rams' horns for handles. This book should really be reprinted. It sparks the imagination.