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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.
Contributor:
Schimmel, Caroline F., associated name, former owner.
Hancock Public Library, former owner.
Caroline F. Schimmel Collection of Women in the American Wilderness (University of Pennsylvania)
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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