Editorial Review
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"A collection of easy-to-learn string figures and games. Step-by-step directions accompany the clear photographs of hands manipulating strings of different colors."--School Library Journal
Everyone loves Cat's Cradle, but that's only one of many string games--and these come from a variety of cultures and countries around the world. Some are great for a single child, others are fun for a group, and all are photographed in close-ups that capture the hands in motion. Get started with simple figures like "Jacob's Ladder" and move on to "A Fishing Net" from Sierra Leone or a "Butterfly" from the Navajo. Each game includes information on the level and the loop length you'll need.
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Customer Reviews
This is a wonderful book 
2008-06-17
This is a wonderful book. My son got it when he was 7 and got hooked on making string figures, which is a very educational pastime. This book shows how to make figures in a pretty wide range of complexity, and the 3 colored strings it comes with are perfect: the color of each string varies along the string, which sometimes helps in figuring out the patterns. (My son has used the strings so much that they've come apart a couple of times, but the ends can easily be glued together again.)
If this book inspires a passion for string figures, one can move on to classic collections of figures by anthropologists like Caroline Furness Jayne and famous mathematicians like Rouse-Ball (both published by Dover). Very educational, and all you need is... a string!
Good Product 
2008-01-14
It was funny because with all the fancy, expensive gifts my daughter received for Christmas, this was her favorite. This was a last minute extra gift for my 11 yo for Christmas, and it was worth every penny.
Good book 2008-01-03
My daughter (Age 9) received this book for Christmas and has already learned several things to do with the string. I recommend it. It brings back memories of all the things I couldn't remember to do.
A little complicated, but fun! 2007-09-08
I bought the String Games book for my 12-year old daughter for Christmas last year and she loved it. Some of the techniques were a bit complicated, but she figured out most of them after a few months. She played with the strings so much that one of them popped (reason for the 4 stars).
String Games 2007-01-25
A great book and activity for kids who need something other than TV and movies. The history of string games makes youngsters understand a bit what it was like to play creatively before society decided to overstimulate them.
String games a little trickier than it seems 2007-01-09
New in Paper
"A collection of easy-to-learn string figures and games. Step-by-step directions accompany the clear photographs of hands manipulating strings of different colors."--School Library Journal
Everyone loves Cat's Cradle, but that's only one of many string games--and these come from a variety of cultures and countries around the world. Some are great for a single child, others are fun for a group, and all are photographed in close-ups that capture the hands in motion. Get started with simple figures like "Jacob's Ladder" and move on to "A Fishing Net" from Sierra Leone or a "Butterfly" from the Navajo. Each game includes information on the level and the loop length you'll need.
Enjoy yourself! 2003-10-01
Most of this book is for advanced but you can find also
beginning figures (Scissors, Jacob's ladder, Walking Sticks)
Then you will find figures a little less easy (Chest ornament, Fishing net and lightning).
Next you will try figures a little more difficult
(Hina's skipping rope, Teniako's bridge, Ten Men and Crayfish).
I'm very found of series. In the book there are three :
Mr Umake, Crabs and Mt. Fuji.
With a good friend, you will make the figures for two
(a Mountain, Looking Glass and Sting Ray).
Tricks are things i love because they amaze my children.
My youger child (6) did the "Buttonhole trick" to his friend.
Trick are easy and you feel like a magician!
The other tricks are Caroline Island catch, Cutting off the fingers 1 and Cutting off the fingers 2.
But i think people prefer, first, tri-dimensional string figures
(Two mountains and a stream, King'trone and Howler monkey'mouth).
When you see a "Butterfly" like a real, it's really magic.
An excellent book with photos to each step.
You have also the sources of the figures, if you want learn more
about string figures.
In the book you will find three good strings (not same longer).
An excellent idea.
