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Title: Little Folks' Handy Book

Author: Lina Beard
Adelia B. Beard

Release Date: May 13, 2008 [EBook #25462]

Language: English

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Little Folks' Handy Book

BOOKS BY LINA BEARD AND ADELIA B. BEARD

_Illustrated by the Authors_

ON THE TRAIL

THINGS WORTH DOING AND HOW TO DO THEM

RECREATIONS FOR GIRLS--INDOOR AND OUTDOOR

WHAT A GIRL CAN MAKE AND DO, AND NEW IDEAS FOR WORK AND PLAY

THE AMERICAN GIRL'S HANDY BOOK; or, HOW TO AMUSE YOURSELF
AND OTHERS

LITTLE FOLKS' HANDY BOOK

CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS

Little Folks' Handy Book

By

LINA BEARD AND ADELIA B. BEARD

With Many Illustrations

by the Authors

Charles Scribner's Sons
NEW YORK CHICAGO BOSTON

COPYRIGHT, 1910, BY
CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS

Printed in the United States of America

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SPECIAL NOTICE

All the material in this book, both text and cuts, is original with the
authors and invented by them; and warning is hereby given that the
unauthorized printing of any portion of the text and the reproduction of
any of the illustrations or diagrams are expressly forbidden.

[Illustration]

PREFACE

"LET _me_ do it. Let _me_ make it," is the cry when a child sees an
older person putting together the different parts of an interesting
piece of work; and it is this desire to do things himself, this impulse
toward self-expression, that, when properly directed, forms so great a
factor in his all-around development and education. Using the hands and
brain together stimulates interest and quickens observation and
intelligence, and, as the object takes form beneath the little fingers,
the act of making, of creating, brings with it a delight and
satisfaction which the mere possession of the same thing m