Toys!
Subtitle: amazing stories behind some great inventions
By: Don Wulffson ; with illustrations by Laurie Keller.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: H. Holt
Published: 2000
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 137
ISBN-13: 9780805061963
Subjects: Toys -- History -- Juvenile literature.; Inventions -- History -- Juvenile literature.; Toys.; Inventions.
Genres: Juvenile literature.
Description: Describes the creation of a variety of toys and games, from seesaws to Silly Putty and toy soldiers to Trivial Pursuit.
Table of contents: title: The slinky; title: Seesaw; title: Lego; title: Tops; title: Mr. Potato Head; title: Playing cards; title: Silly putty; title: Windup toys and automatons; title: Hobbyhorses; title: Bicycles; title: Remote-controlled toys; title: Raggedy Ann; title: Toy soldiers; title: Twister; title: Parcheesi; title: Checkers; title: Magic rocks; title: Super ball; title: Toy trains; title: Play-doh; title: Table tennis; title: From pinball to video; title: Trivial pursuit; title: Kites; title: Novelty gags; title: Bibliography.