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Mother Nature's toy-shop / by Lina Beard and Adelia B. Beard; with many illustrations by the authors.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Schimmel Collection Schimmel 8172
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Beard, Lina, author, illustrator.
- Beard, Adelia B. (Adelia Belle), 1857-1920, author, illustrator.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Toys.
- Amusements.
- Play and Playthings.
- toys (recreational artifacts).
- Medical Subjects:
- Play and Playthings.
- Genre:
- Activity books.
- Physical Description:
- viii pages, [1], 177 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York, Chicago : C. Scribner's Sons, [1918]
- Summary:
- An illustrated activity book with instructions for creating toys and playing games using flowers, leaves, and plants.
- Contents:
- Wild flowers
- Grasses - Green leaves
- Cultivated flowers
- Seed-vessels
- Vegetables
- Fruit.
- Local Notes:
- Schimmel 8172: Presented to the Penn Libraries in 2024 by Caroline F. Schimmel. Ink inscription on front pastedown: November 1918. Hancock Public Library bookplate on front pastedown. Ink inscription on rear endleaf: Date due. Stamped Jun 3 1932 beneath. Circulation slip in pocket on rear pastedown with dates variously inscribed in pencil or stamped ranging from 1926 to 1994.
- OCLC:
- 18112204
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