Steven Caney's Toy Book

Steven Caney's Toy Book
Author: Steven Caney
Publisher: Workman Publishing
Total Pages: 180
Release: 1972
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN:

First published in 1972, Steven Caney's classic Toy Book was written only after much research by the author and a group of 30 friends, all under the age of 13. A designer at the Boston Children's Museum (who had lectured at Harvard on the virtues of the refrigerator carton as a plaything), Caney came up with ideas the kids tested: they constructed and built, tried variations, used different materials, played. No toy could be included in the now-famous collection until it was agreed upon by every child. Could it be made easily? Was it fun? Safe? Caney and the children did their work well. As soon as Toy Book was released, it was recommended by the Museum of Modern Art, numerous book clubs, critics. Use it now as boys and girls always have: to enter new worlds of imagination, concentration, and confidence.

Steven Caney's Toy Book

Steven Caney's Toy Book
Author: Steven Caney
Publisher: Turtleback
Total Pages:
Release: 1988-02-01
Genre:
ISBN: 9780613905244

Directions for making fifty-one toys and games from easily available materials.

Steven Caney's Toybook

Steven Caney's Toybook
Author: Steven Caney
Publisher:
Total Pages: 175
Release: 1977
Genre: Creative activities and seat work
ISBN: 9780725102661

Steven Caney's Invention Book

Steven Caney's Invention Book
Author: Steven Caney
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1985
Genre: Inventions
ISBN: 9780894800764

A project book for the would-be inventor with activities, a list of "contraptions" in need of invention, and the stories behind thirty-six existing inventions.

Steven Caney's Ultimate Building Book

Steven Caney's Ultimate Building Book
Author: Steven Caney
Publisher: Running Press
Total Pages: 608
Release: 2006-10-10
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780762404094

Ever wonder how a suspension bridge can cross a gap thousands of feet wide? Want to know how to build a comfortable lounge chair out of cardboard boxes? Or what keeps a massive cathedral dome from collapsing? Discover the answers to these and many more questions in Steven Caney's Ultimate Building Book, a wonderfully comprehensive exploration of design, construction, and invention that will stimulate the curiosity of children and adults alike. Much as David Macaulay's blockbuster The Way Things Work did for machines and devices a decade ago, this definitive volume from best-selling author Steven Caney details the ins and outs of construction in all its fascinating forms. Packed with exciting building projects guaranteed to engage anyone from age 4 to 104, the Ultimate Building Book gives easy-to-follow instructions for creating amazing models and toys that are as much fun to make as they are to play with! Readers are also introduced to a wide variety of household materials and tools that can be used for building, along with fascinating insights into the architectural and design properties of everything from drinking straws to yurts. A mammoth project in its own right, this book has been under construction for more than a decade. The result is hundreds of superbly illustrated pages that will enlighten and fascinate armchair architects of all ages for years to come.

Steven Caney's Kids' America

Steven Caney's Kids' America
Author: Steven Caney
Publisher: Workman Publishing
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1978
Genre: Amusements
ISBN: 9780911104806

Introduces life in early American settlements by means of suggested projects including churning butter, making rope, and tracing a family tree.

Unbored

Unbored
Author: Joshua Glenn
Publisher: A&C Black
Total Pages: 353
Release: 2013-07-18
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 1408830256

Unbored is the book every modern child needs. Brilliantly walking the line between cool and constructive, it's crammed with activities that are not only fun and doable but that also get kids standing on their own two feet. If you're a kid, you can: -- Build a tipi or an igloo -- Learn to knit -- Take stuff apart and fix it -- Find out how to be constructively critical -- Film a stop-action movie or edit your own music -- Do parkour like James Bond -- Make a little house for a mouse from lollipop sticks -- Be independent! Catch a bus solo or cook yourself lunch -- Make a fake exhaust for your bike so it sounds like you're revving up a motorcycle -- Design a board game -- Go camping (or glamping) -- Plan a road trip -- Get proactive and support the causes you care about -- Develop your taste and decorate your own room -- Make a rocket from a coke bottle -- Play farting games There are gross facts and fascinating stories, reports on what stuff is like (home schooling, working in an office...), Q&As with inspiring grown-ups, extracts from classic novels, lists of useful resources and best ever lists like the top clean rap songs, stop-motion movies or books about rebellion. Just as kids begin to disappear into their screens, here is a book that encourages them to use those tech skills to be creative, try new things and change the world. And it gets parents to join in. Unbored is fully illustrated, easy to use and appealing to young and old, girl and boy. Parents will be comforted by its anti-perfectionist spirit and humour. Kids will just think it's brilliant.

What Goes Up Must Come Down

What Goes Up Must Come Down
Author: Anne Mazer
Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2008
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9780439829267

Abby is ecstatic about her family's plans for a vacation in Paris. But when they get there, it's more of the same old thing: her siblings fighting non-stop, with nobody able to agree on so much as where to eat dinner. Abby feels a connection to the city, though -- after all, it's the home of many famous writers. So she decides to take matters into her own hands...and go off on an adventure of her own.

The Stories of I.C. Eason, King of the Dog People

The Stories of I.C. Eason, King of the Dog People
Author: I. C. Eason
Publisher: University of North Texas Press
Total Pages: 164
Release: 1996
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781574410129

Pipelines, and put up miles of power lines. All of a sudden he was in the middle of a big battle, and he soon became known as "The King of the Dog People."

Global Ethics

Global Ethics
Author: Heather Widdows
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 343
Release: 2014-12-05
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1317491742

Global ethics addresses some of the most pressing ethical concerns today, including rogue states, torture, scarce resources, poverty, migration, consumption, global trade, medical tourism, and humanitarian intervention. It is both topical and important. How we resolve (or fail to resolve) the dilemmas of global ethics shapes how we understand ourselves, our relationships with each other and the social and political frameworks of governance now and into the future. This is seen most clearly in the case of climate change, where our actions now determine the environment our grandchildren will inherit, but it is also the case in other areas as our decisions about what it is permissible for humans beings to do to each other determines the type of beings we are. This book, suitable for course use, introduces students to the theory and practice of global ethics, ranging over issues in global governance and citizenship, poverty and development, war and terrorism, bioethics, environmental and climate ethics and gender justice.