The Magic Boat

by Tom Seidmann-Freud

A collection of stories and poems, together with a puzzle and a Punch-and-Judy play, illustrated with movable pictures, by the artist niece of Sigmund Freud. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0688004040
• ISBN13: 9780688004040
• Release Date: January 1981
• Publisher: Greenwillow Books
• Length: 10 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Fun book with moveable parts

An ingenious book that even adults love to play with! When my daughter was young and we'd read together, I puzzled over the amazing construction of these moveable parts, illustrations, and pages more than she did. The background described on the back cover is worth knowing: "Tom" Seidmann-Freud was actually a very extraordinary woman! Martha Seidmann-Freud was the artist niece of Sigmund Freud and like her famous uncle, held her own, very decided views. Over half a century ago, she designed a moveable book that woudl "delight and surprise," full of games, stories and ingenious ways for the reader to take part. Reproduced now as "The Magic Boat," it still has "Tom" on the cover as she wished--because she liked the idea of using a man's name.