item: #1 of 29 id: 11757 author: Bianco, Margery Williams title: The Velveteen Rabbit date: None words: 4039 flesch: 90 summary: The Rabbit could not claim to be a model of anything, for he didn't know that real rabbits existed; he thought they were all stuffed with sawdust like himself, and he understood that sawdust was quite out-of-date and should never be mentioned in modern circles. He took the Velveteen Rabbit with him, and before he wandered off to pick flowers, or play at brigands among the trees, he always made the Rabbit a little nest somewhere among the bracken, where he would be quite cosy, for he was a kind-hearted little boy and he liked Bunny to be comfortable. keywords: boy; rabbit; skin; time cache: 11757.txt plain text: 11757.txt item: #2 of 29 id: 16770 author: Upton, Bertha title: The Adventure of Two Dutch Dolls and a 'Golliwogg' date: None words: 1867 flesch: 90 summary: Then simple Sarah Jane climbed up Upon his wooden back; With tim'rous heart She felt him start Upon the open track. Then up the pole with trembling limbs, Poor Sarah Jane did mount; She dared not lag, But seized the flag, keywords: illustration; jane; peg; sarah cache: 16770.txt plain text: 16770.txt item: #3 of 29 id: 17276 author: Hope, Laura Lee title: The Story of a Candy Rabbit date: None words: 17374 flesch: 96 summary: [Illustration: It Was Not My Fault, Said Candy Rabbit. Said Candy Rabbit. keywords: candy rabbit; cat; doll; dorothy; easter; girl; madeline; mother; rabbit; sawdust; tom cache: 17276.txt plain text: 17276.txt item: #4 of 29 id: 17277 author: Hope, Laura Lee title: The Story of a Monkey on a Stick date: None words: 17371 flesch: 96 summary: You go and visit Jack Hare's cave, Mr. Monkey. Mrs. Hare, allow me to present Mr. Monkey on a Stick, who has come to pay us a visit. keywords: candy; carlo; dick; dog; doll; herbert; ink; monkey; rabbit; stick cache: 17277.txt plain text: 17277.txt item: #5 of 29 id: 17679 author: Hope, Laura Lee title: The Story of a Nodding Donkey date: None words: 19477 flesch: 94 summary: Good-by, Nodding Donkey! called Joe to his toy, as he was driven away; and when Mrs. Richmond put the mended Donkey away on the closet shelf, there were tears in her eyes. Other toys were put under the tree, and one of these was the Nodding Donkey. keywords: boy; cat; claus; donkey; joe; nodding; nodding donkey; santa; store; toys cache: 17679.txt plain text: 17679.txt item: #6 of 29 id: 18655 author: Cory, David title: The Cruise of the Noah's Ark date: None words: 15848 flesch: 92 summary: It was now time for supper, so Mrs. Noah busied herself preparing the evening meal, while Capt. Noah and his three sons, Ham, Shem and Japheth, fed the animals. Mercy! cried Mrs. Noah. Don't worry, whispered Capt. Noah. keywords: aboard; animals; ark; boys; capt; deck; elephant; ham; jonah; marjorie; mrs; noah; time; water; weathercock cache: 18655.txt plain text: 18655.txt item: #7 of 29 id: 19333 author: Hope, Laura Lee title: The Story of a China Cat date: None words: 19670 flesch: 98 summary: This isn't Friday; and we don't want any fish! Speak for yourself, if you please, said a large, white China Cat, who had just finished washing a few specks of dirt off her shiny coat with her red tongue. The Talking Doll swayed on her feet as though waltzing, and even the China Cat beat time with her tail. keywords: cat; china; china cat; doll; donkey; fire; jack; jeff; jennie; mugg; toy; toys cache: 19333.txt plain text: 19333.txt item: #8 of 29 id: 19425 author: Hope, Laura Lee title: The Story of a Stuffed Elephant date: None words: 18961 flesch: 97 summary: You're up on my back, laughed the jolly Elephant toy. Some one who tells the right from the wrong, answered the Rake. Listen, Mr. Stuffed Elephant! keywords: archie; barn; big; doll; dunn; elephant; elsie; nip; toy; toys cache: 19425.txt plain text: 19425.txt item: #9 of 29 id: 23456 author: Hunter, Richard title: More Dollies date: None words: 1283 flesch: 94 summary: [Illustration: Little Yam Mango.] Little Yam Mango. keywords: illustration; little; shepherdess cache: 23456.txt plain text: 23456.txt item: #10 of 29 id: 23523 author: Hall, Edith King title: Adventures in Toyland; What the Marionette Told Molly date: None words: 23303 flesch: 91 summary: More than she knew how to say! Poor little Marionette! said Molly. Time, he replied, for little boys to be in bed. keywords: boys; day; doll; driver; eyes; girl; good; great; illustrations; lady; little; love; marionette; mouse; officer; rabbit; sentry; series; stories; story; tell; thought; time; toys cache: 23523.txt plain text: 23523.txt item: #11 of 29 id: 33368 author: Broderip, Frances Freeling title: Tales of the Toys, Told by Themselves date: None words: 45308 flesch: 76 summary: She had grown up with the same sweet, unselfish nature though, and old affection for little children that had been so remarkable even in her early years; only that now she was able to be out among them all, and she might frequently be seen, the centre of a group of eager school children, all striving for her notice, while the babes in the cottages, who could not speak yet, would greet her with a crow and a spring as they were taken in her gentle arms. Many little children were, no doubt, going to bed then in country cottages, tired out with their long rambles in country lanes--dirty with dust and forbidden mud-pies--and hungry for the crust of very dry bread--but healthy from their day's long breathing of pure air. keywords: ball; care; children; come; day; dear; doll; frank; gee; good; help; home; house; illustration; joe; kite; lady; life; little; mamma; man; miss; mother; mrs; nurse; poor; rest; room; round; set; story; table; tea; things; time; toys; uncle; way; work cache: 33368.txt plain text: 33368.txt item: #12 of 29 id: 34467 author: Bangs, John Kendrick title: In Camp With A Tin Soldier date: None words: 38213 flesch: 86 summary: Barely had Jimmieboy satisfied himself on this point when a handsomely dressed soldier, on a blue lead horse, came galloping up, and cried out so loud that his voice echoed through the tall trees of the forest: Is General Jimmieboy here? Jimmieboy is here, answered the little fellow. I need rest, and here I shall take it, in this beautiful valley, which by virtue of our victory belongs wholly and in equal parts to General Jimmieboy, Major Sprite and myself. keywords: bludgeonhead; colonel; corporal; course; day; fortyforefoot; general; good; jimmieboy; major; man; parallelopipedon; people; place; right; road; soldiers; sprite; story; thing; thought; time; tin; tom; turn; way; years cache: 34467.txt plain text: 34467.txt item: #13 of 29 id: 36815 author: Mitchell, David M. title: Advanced Toy Making for Schools date: None words: 12686 flesch: 77 summary: Designs for Wheels.#--Suggestions for wooden toy wheels are shown in Fig. On account of the unfailing interest on the part of the pupils in toys and because of the unlimited educational possibilities contained in toy making, this work is rightfully taking an increasingly important place in the manual arts program in the schools. keywords: air; colors; cut; fig; illustration; making; material; paint; plate; saw; shop; time; toys; use; water; wheels; work cache: 36815.txt plain text: 36815.txt item: #14 of 29 id: 39778 author: Bangs, John Kendrick title: Mollie and the Unwiseman Abroad date: None words: 49284 flesch: 87 summary: Ain't he silly, Mollie? I don't think I ever heard of one either, Mr. Unwiseman, said Mollie. Hoh! Well you certainly are pretty well prepared for whatever happens, aren't you, Mr. Unwiseman, said Mollie admiringly. keywords: air; bag; big; bottle; carpet; columbus; day; dollars; french; gentleman; good; guess; hat; head; home; hotel; house; kind; king; kitchen; know; land; london; look; lot; mollie; new; people; place; right; snow; stove; things; time; unwiseman; water; way; whistlebinkie cache: 39778.txt plain text: 39778.txt item: #15 of 29 id: 39820 author: Bangs, John Kendrick title: Mollie and the Unwiseman date: None words: 25886 flesch: 90 summary: During] the days immediately following Christmas Mollie was so absorbed in the beautiful things the season of peace on earth and good will to men had brought to her that she not only forgot the Unwiseman and his woe over the failure of his business plans, but even her poor little friend Whistlebinkie was allowed to lie undisturbed and unthought of. In which Mollie meets the Unwiseman. keywords: bopeep; business; day; door; good; home; house; idea; illustration; mollie; new; people; right; things; time; unwiseman; way; whistlebinkie cache: 39820.txt plain text: 39820.txt item: #16 of 29 id: 41268 author: Moore, Harris W. title: Manual Training Toys for the Boy's Workshop date: None words: 22736 flesch: 89 summary: First drill small holes at each end of the diamond, then bore other holes as large as will go within the diamond, Plate 9. For ease in making small holes, a _hand-drill_ is essential. keywords: axle; bore; center; edge; end; ends; glue; hole; nail; page; piece; plate; saw; straight; string; wheel; wood cache: 41268.txt plain text: 41268.txt item: #17 of 29 id: 41669 author: Hall, A. Neely (Albert Neely) title: Home-made Toys for Girls and Boys Wooden and Cardboard Toys, Mechanical and Electric Toys date: None words: 46435 flesch: 88 summary: Bore a hole through the back of the building for the cable cord _L_ to run through (_P_, Figs. 97 and 100), and cut another through the smoke-stack. Cut strips _P_ and _Q_ 12 inches long and _R_ 10 inches long, and trim off the upper ends of _P_ and _Q_ so when they are nailed together the lower ends will be 8 inches apart; nail strip _R_ to the lower ends of _P_ and _Q_ (Fig. 150). keywords: box; cardboard; center; chapter; cigar; cut; doll; end; ends; fig; figs; glue; hole; home; illustration; inches; motor; nail; paper; piece; place; round; shaft; sides; spool; stick; strips; toy; water; wheel; wire cache: 41669.txt plain text: 41669.txt item: #18 of 29 id: 42278 author: Adams, Morley title: Toy-Making at Home: How to Make a Hundred Toys from Odds and Ends date: None words: 16610 flesch: 86 summary: For ammunition all you need is an unlimited number of little pieces of cardboard, folded in two. Legs and arms can be added, fixed into place with dabs of sealing wax; clothes can be devised; and grotesque little toys improvised--toys suitable for the decoration of the Christmas tree or sale at bazaars, &c. keywords: base; box; cardboard; centre; cut; end; fig; glue; hole; illustration; match; means; piece; toy; wheel; wood cache: 42278.txt plain text: 42278.txt item: #19 of 29 id: 42650 author: Hall, A. Neely (Albert Neely) title: The Boy Craftsman Practical and Profitable Ideas for a Boy's Leisure Hours date: None words: 81736 flesch: 82 summary: To connect the points it is necessary to have a straight-edge--a steel framing-square (Fig. 42) for large boards and a small try-square (Fig. 38) for smaller pieces--and a pencil or knife. In the same way longer boards may be divided up by using two-and three-inch divisions on the rule instead of one-inch, and smaller pieces by using half-and quarter-inch divisions. keywords: boards; box; boy; boys; cabin; cardboard; centre; chapter; cut; cutting; doll; door; drawing; edge; end; ends; fasten; fastened; feet; fig; figs; form; frame; half; hand; head; holes; house; illustration; inches; inside; line; making; means; nail; number; opening; paper; piece; place; roof; room; set; sides; size; stick; strips; type; window; wood; work cache: 42650.txt plain text: 42650.txt item: #20 of 29 id: 43635 author: Petersen, Louis Christian title: Educational Toys Consisting Chiefly of Coping-Saw Problems for Children in School and the Home date: None words: 15245 flesch: 87 summary: The head, tail and body pieces, one with and one without the leg, are sawed from 1/4, the back (E) from 5/16, the wedge from 3/8, and the clamp from 1/2 stock. See Transcriber's Notes at end of document for more details.] ------------------------------------------------------------- EDUCATIONAL TOYS Consisting Chiefly of Coping-Saw Problems for Children in the School and the Home by LOUIS C. PETERSEN, B. Sc. Director of Manual Arts, State Normal University, Carbondale, Illinois [Illustration] PUBLISHED BY THE MANUAL ARTS PRESS PEORIA, ILLINOIS COPYRIGHT LOUIS C. PETERSEN 1920 CONTENTS _ keywords: body; color; end; ends; fig; holes; illustration; legs; nails; parts; piece; platform; saw; stock; wheels; wood cache: 43635.txt plain text: 43635.txt item: #21 of 29 id: 43692 author: Austin, Cyril F. title: Edward Buttoneye and His Adventures date: None words: 2247 flesch: 96 summary: And as he sat, there passed him by Two visions of delight; Each viewed with fond, maternal eye And hugged--it made poor Edward sigh-- A golliwoggy fright. They led poor Edward such a dance, He scarce could hold them in; They tugged as if their only chance In life was to get home to France And join their kith and kin. keywords: day; edward; horace; poor; thought cache: 43692.txt plain text: 43692.txt item: #22 of 29 id: 44440 author: Beard, Lina title: Mother Nature's Toy-Shop date: None words: 33582 flesch: 87 summary: [Illustration: Fig.3 - Bring B around and in front of it's own upright.] [Illustration: Fig.8 - The Spike.] Cut off the lower, thin part of the spike to which the arrow points in Fig. 8 and, after puncturing a deep hole in the end, push in a very slender twig or grass-stem. keywords: clover; cut; design; end; ends; fig; flowers; grass; green; half; head; hold; house; illustration; leaf; leaves; legs; look; paper; pea; place; pod; push; stem; stick; water; way; white cache: 44440.txt plain text: 44440.txt item: #23 of 29 id: 44501 author: Baxter, Leon H. title: Toy Craft date: None words: 28122 flesch: 87 summary: [Illustration: _Plate 1._ _METHOD OF JOINTING WOOD_] Place the work in clamps, if available, protecting the edges of the wood from the iron of the clamps with small pieces or blocks of soft wood. When used with this side up it is for the purpose of sawing off small pieces of wood with the back saw, and when used with the other side up, on which the long cleat is attached, it is for the purpose of planing the end of a piece of wood across the grain. keywords: board; cut; drawing; edge; end; ends; glue; head; hole; illustration; legs; piece; plate; round; screws; size; wood cache: 44501.txt plain text: 44501.txt item: #24 of 29 id: 45775 author: Polkinghorne, M. I. R. (Mabel Irene Rutherford) title: Toy-Making in School and Home date: None words: 69926 flesch: 89 summary: Now make holes, D, in the front legs, and nail them to the body so that holes D are on a level with the axle C. Make a hole through the body A, midway between the front legs, through which the string, E, will pass. Cut part of the cover of a match-box as in =Fig. 131= to form the back of the sledge, B. Gum a brown-paper hood round this. keywords: axle; b c; box; c d; cardboard; chapter; children; cork; cut; end; ends; fig; fold; form; glue; gum; half; holes; illustration; inches; length; making; match; paper; piece; roof; round; saw; sides; size; square; strips; stripwood; toy; toys; way; wheels; wire; wood; work cache: 45775.txt plain text: 45775.txt item: #25 of 29 id: 46108 author: Macbeth, Ann title: The Playwork Book date: None words: 22113 flesch: 80 summary: A WOOLLEN BALL MATERIALS REQUIRED:-- A small strip of thick cardboard, a small piece of string, wool, scissors. ANOTHER WOOLLEN BALL MATERIALS REQUIRED:-- Two used postcards or pieces of thin cardboard, a strong darning needle, odd pieces of bright-colored wools, scissors. keywords: box; cardboard; cork; cut; end; fig; figure; hole; illustration; inches; materials; needle; paper; piece; required:-; round; scissors; stick; string; thread; wood; wool cache: 46108.txt plain text: 46108.txt item: #26 of 29 id: 5804 author: Hope, Laura Lee title: The Story of a Lamb on Wheels date: None words: 17052 flesch: 98 summary: [Illustration: I Hardly Remember, Said Lamb on Wheels.] Well, I just guess I do! cried Mirabell, and she hugged the Lamb in her arms, and rolled her across the floor on her wheels. keywords: arnold; doll; dorothy; lamb; man; mirabell; toy; wheels cache: 5804.txt plain text: 5804.txt item: #27 of 29 id: 5845 author: Hope, Laura Lee title: The Story of a Calico Clown date: None words: 16344 flesch: 98 summary: exclaimed the Calico Clown himself. and, as true as I'm telling you, that boy caught up the Calico Clown. keywords: boy; calico; calico clown; clown; little; man; monkey; sidney; toy cache: 5845.txt plain text: 5845.txt item: #28 of 29 id: 6307 author: Hope, Laura Lee title: The Story of a Bold Tin Soldier date: None words: 16546 flesch: 96 summary: What's the matter down there in your barracks, my Bold Tin Soldier? went on the Box-Jack, as he was sometimes called for short. The Bold Tin Soldier had gone back to his box with his men, and there he and they stood, straight and stiff as ramrods, waiting for what might happen to them. keywords: arnold; captain; clown; doll; lamb; mirabell; soldier; tin cache: 6307.txt plain text: 6307.txt item: #29 of 29 id: 6324 author: Hope, Laura Lee title: The Story of a White Rocking Horse date: None words: 16851 flesch: 97 summary: You may play with your White Rocking Horse to-morrow, Dick. [Illustration: White Rocking Horse is Glad to See Sawdust Doll Again.] keywords: boy; clown; dick; doll; dorothy; elephant; horse; sawdust; toy cache: 6324.txt plain text: 6324.txt